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Groundbreaking report on social-ecological transition of fisheries. “Time for a U-Turn: for a social-ecological transition of fisheries.” Faced with the environmental and social emergency and the lack of concrete scenarios […]
Overfished declaration for Quillback Rockfish off California. NOAA Fisheries has declared quillback rockfish off the coast of California overfished. This declaration prompts development of a rebuilding plan likely to curtail […]
NOAA Fisheries releases 2023 Ecosystem Status Reports for Alaska. NOAA Fisheries has released the 2023 Ecosystem Status Reports for the eastern Bering Sea, Aleutian Islands, and Gulf of Alaska. These […]
Prawn fishers urge shoppers to choose sustainably this Christmas. 63% of Aussie wild-caught prawns certified sustainable, MSC reveals. Six fisheries catching nine prawn species accounting for 63% of all wild-caught […]
A deep-sea fish inspired researchers to develop supramolecular light-driven machinery. The vision system, evolved over millions of years, is highly complex. To make vision sensitive throughout the whole range of […]
Eastern Rock Lobster becomes New South Wales’ first MSC certified fishery In a historic moment for New South Wales (NSW) the Eastern Rock Lobster (Sagmariasus verreauxi) becomes the Australian state’s […]
Manx king scallop fishery sees sustainability rating increased. The Isle of Man’s king scallop fishery, which opens next month, is now rated among the most sustainably managed in the British […]
Keep the small fish plentiful to ensure ocean health – new report. Only one in six forage fish populations in the Northeast Atlantic is both sustainably exploited and in a […]
Fishermen challenge the idea of a biodiversity crisis in Scotland’s seas. Fishermen in Shetland say that the extent of biodiversity loss in the country’s seas has been greatly exaggerated in […]
Big fish are getting smaller, and little fish are replacing them, says new research Organisms are becoming smaller through a combination of species replacement, and changes within species, according to […]
Billions in conservation spending fail to improve wild fish stocks in Columbia Basin. Four decades of conservation spending totalling more than $9 billion in inflation-adjusted tax dollars has failed to […]
Using new technologies to identify the age of fish. Rapid and reliable age estimation is crucial for effectively and efficiently managing fish stocks. Scientists successfully used a novel technology, Fourier transform […]
Underwater camera network to monitor the habitat needs of juvenile fish. Scientists, managers and fishing organisations in the South West of England will work together to create a network of […]
Plastic pollution on coral reefs mostly comes from fishing activities, Nature study finds. In a paper published in Nature, researchers from the California Academy of Sciences, University of São Paulo, University of […]
Protecting large ocean areas doesn’t curb fishing catches. A new study published in Science Advances provides evidence that large-scale, offshore, and fully-protected marine areas (MPAs) protect biodiversity without negatively impacting fishing and […]
Taking fish monitoring to new depths. In deep-water areas between reefs of the Great Barrier Reef, we know very little about the sustainability of popular commercial and recreational fishes, such […]
100 million US$ goal to scale up sustainable fishing. An ambitious goal to mobilise US$100 million to safeguard the ocean and sustainable seafood supplies over the next decade has been […]
Changes in plankton abundance could alter biological carbon pump Significant changes in plankton abundance and seasonality due to global climate change could alter the biological carbon pump in the ocean, […]
Climate change could affect the diet quality of fish by 10%. The diet quality of fish across large parts of the world’s oceans could decline by up to 10%, as […]
Eating wild caught fish better for environment than meat or crops. Eating wild caught fish is better for the environment and biodiversity than consuming meat or crops, says leading international […]
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