Auditor Faults Overcapacity of European Fleets
European spending on modernizing fleets has actually increased fishing capacity at a time when official policy demanded a reduction, a report says.
View ArticleOn Our Radar: Tensions Over Chinese Fishing Attack
A day after a killing, South Korea's president pledges to get tough on Chinese boats fishing illegally in the nation's waters and strengthen measures to ensure the safety of coast guard officers.
View ArticleWith Reef Ecosystems, It May Be All or Nothing
The most strictly enforced no-take areas in the Mediterranean have the highest fish biomass, researchers found. But they noted no significant differences between areas that allow only limited fishing...
View ArticleAncient Hawaiians Caught More By Fishing Less
Their secret? Strict enforcement of fishing bans, restrictions on certain species and gear, and catch limits, so that populations could be replenished.
View ArticleThe Bluefin Tuna: What’s to Be Done?
Conservation measures that have been put into place are widely flouted, with a huge black market in the fish making a mockery of international protection efforts.
View ArticleA Rebound for 6 Fish Populations
The federal government says that improved stocks show that catch limits are working,
View ArticleAs Regulators Meet, Fishing Boats Thumb Their Noses
Two fleets, one of them Chinese and the other unidentified, intrude on bluefin tuna zones as the European Union and the United States confer on regulation of illegal fishing.
View ArticlePressures on Predators Lead to Marshland Die-Offs
Overfishing of striped bass and other predators reduces the number that feed on Sesarma crabs, causing a population explosion of these grass-eating animals.
View ArticleOn Our Radar: A Pipeline Land Grab?
The replacement of a pipeline that ruptured in 2010 with a line that has a far bigger diameter has some Michigan residents up in arms.
View ArticleA Reef in Distress? Gobies to the Rescue
Corals use chemical communication to recruit fish to help control menacing seaweed, researchers say.
View ArticleBattle Brews Over a Small, Vital Fish
The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission meets Friday to consider imposing a strict catch limit on the menhaden, a fish that is vital to the ocean food chain but also to the fertilizer and...
View ArticlePacific Tuna Stocks Have Plummeted, Scientists Warn
Overfishing has reduced their numbers by a whopping 96 percent, a report warns.
View ArticleGroup Seeks to Jump-Start Ocean Protections
A new body will call attention to the plundering of ocean resources, from overfishing to the mining of the seabed.
View ArticleEurope’s Rift on Overfishing and Subsidies
As Europe wrestles with the issue of overfishing, it might be hard to dismantle subsidies that keep unprofitable boats going after ever fewer fish.
View ArticleGhostlike and Vulnerable, the Manta Ray Finds a Friend
Days before a big conference on endangered species, a filmmaker calls attention to the vast trade in manta rays.
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