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Marine protected areas will be important for achieving the ocean Sustainable Development Goals.
Agreements between the EU and its partner countries for fishing rights could be a great vehicle to push sustainability but more must be done before we can say they are doing that.
Forced labor is a widespread problem in fisheries on the high seas. Between 2012 and 2018, an estimated 100,000 people may have been victims of forced labor on thousands of different boats.
Decision-makers, locally and globally, must balance management of pandemics with a recognition that fish and fishing communities are essential to local well being.
For 200 years, a small number of countries have exploited the marine wildlife of Antarctica, often with devastating impact on their populations.
Marine fish could serve as a crucial global emergency food supply in times of crisis, if marine ecosystems were in a healthy state to start with.
Most existing MPAs are in distant and largely empty waters. Expanding them where it counts will meet a lot of resistance.
The message from commercial fishers is that fishing in St. Marys Bay outside the commercial season is illegal and a conservation concern. In fact, it is neither.
Healthy seagrasses form underwater meadows teeming with fish and shellfish. A successful large-scale restoration project in Virginia could become a model for reseeding damaged seagrass beds worldwide.
Because the forecast for rainfall in the Rift Valley basin is a rising trend, the lake levels look set to rise even more in the future.
Chinese fishermen are illegally trawling South American waters, inflaming tensions with the US. But for centuries Washington used aggressive fishing to expand its overseas presence, too.
My research explores how fisheries minister Susi Pudjiastuti was left out of Jokowi’s new cabinet. Her harsh managerial style alienated many parties and a coalition rose to oust her from office.
The COVID-19 crisis highlights the importance of supply chains. But even with the increased recent attention, most supply chains remain murky. Consumers can play a key role in lifting that cloud.
Everyone who cares about marine biodiversity, fish, fishers, coastal communities and fishing industry workers of today and tomorrow must push for the end of fisheries subsidies.
Pollutants from industrial and domestic sources in the Lagos lagoon represent a cocktail of environmental contaminants.
As climate change warms northern rivers and changes precipitation patterns, some types of cold-loving fish are failing.
Environmental monitoring and public participation are necessary to maintain transparency and protect ecosystems and communities.
An El Niño event in 2015-16 led to the lowest ever catch in redlegs. Fisheries must work with research to climate-proof their management.
Traditional fishers are one of the most economically vulnerable professions in Indonesia. But, my research found that they are happier than those in other professions.
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Lecturer in Sustainable Futures, University of St Andrews
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Director & Professor, Fisheries Economics Research Unit, University of British Columbia
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Assistant Professor, School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society // CEO MarFishEco Fisheries Consultant Ltd, Heriot-Watt University
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Wen Family Chair in Conservation, The University of Western Australia
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Affiliated Researcher, Fisheries Economics Research Unit, University of British Columbia
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Associate Professor in Marine Biology, Swansea University
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Honorary Fellow in Economics, The University of Queensland
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Researcher in Ecosystem Dynamics, University of California, Santa Cruz
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Professor of Aquatic Resources Development, University of Stirling
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Director of CORDIO in East Africa and Adjunct Fellow, Pwani University
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Associate Professor in Ocean Stewardship, Stockholm University
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Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Guelph
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Research Scientist, Fisheries & Marine Institute, Memorial University of Newfoundland
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Emeritus Professor, The University of Western Australia
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Distinguished University Professor and Adviser in Marine Studies, Oregon State University