We studied 230 fisheries around the world, and found populations of many overfished species are in far worse condition than has been reported.
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There is enormous potential to increase the productivity of African fisheries. There is also potential to improve coastal and marine health.
A combination of flawed science and over-optimism meant experts misinterpreted the data that helped calculate estimates of cod stocks back in 2017.
The 2016 heatwave that caused mass bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef didn’t just kill corals - it also significantly changed the makeup of fish communities that call these reefs home.
Animals shed bits of DNA as they go about their lives. A new study of the Hudson River estuary tracked spring migration of ocean fish by collecting water samples and seeing whose DNA was present when.
The focus of food production systems, including aquaculture, must move beyond maximising yields to consider nutritional quality too.
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Senior Marine Ecologist, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania
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Public Health Nutritionist, The University of Queensland
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Adjunct Senior Research, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University
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Research Fellow, University of Tasmania
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Senior Research Associate in the Program for the Human Environment, The Rockefeller University
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Professor in Economics and Director of the Centre for Blue Governance, UNESCO Chair in Ocean Governance, University of Portsmouth
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Senior Research Fellow Mathematics and Statistics, University of Strathclyde
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Director - Global Plastics Policy Centre, University of Portsmouth
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Senior Lecturer, School of Environment and Science, Griffith University