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Fisheries

Covering global efforts to sustainably manage fisheries, with a focus on solutions to illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing

Fishing vessels tied up along harbour Article
IUU fishing

Indonesia struggles with agreement to stem illegal catch

So far only four ports are compliant with the Port State Measures Agreement, with three more under consideration
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fisheries

Kenya looks to mariculture as fish demand outstrips supply

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Communities

Mining sand for cash in Sierra Leone is costing the environment

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Communities

Overfishing off West Africa hits livelihoods, fuelling emigration

fish being scooped into yellow plastic bin Article
Innovation

The chemical fingerprints that could combat global seafood fraud

Two men stand on a beach in front of a fishing boat Photo Story
Under Threat

The Mexican community who saved a mollusc from collapse

Illustration of China’s Deep Blue 1 offshore fish farm Article
Aquaculture

China’s offshore fish farming grows amid environmental concerns

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Innovation

Can cultivated fish maw help endangered species?

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Overfishing

To tackle overfishing in West Africa, cooperation is needed

Highlights

Explainer
Crime

Explainer: Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing

We look at the illegal activity stretching depleted fish populations to breaking point, to mark International Day for the Fight Against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing.
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governance

WTO inches closer to agreement on harmful fishing subsidies

Ministerial meeting could pave the way to a global agreement to ban subsidies that contribute to overfishing
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Blue economy

‘Ocean 100’: How a few corporations dominate the ocean economy

One hundred companies dominate 60% of the ocean economy. Can they work with policymakers, scientists and civil society to lead the sustainable way?
Explainer
Crime

Explainer: Electronic Monitoring on fishing boats

Digital cameras on vessels are increasingly being used to spot illegal fishing. Can they ever replace humans?

man sitting on small fishing boat with Guinea-Bissau flag Article
IUU fishing

Illegal fishing threatens Guinea-Bissau’s blue economy

two men seen from behind facing large fishing vessel Opinion
IUU fishing

Opinion: To tackle abuse of fishers and illegal fishing, consider the risk factors

illustration depicting group of squid Article
fisheries

Squid fisheries are booming in a regulatory vacuum

Leather backturtle caught and released in the sea at Gwadar, Pakistan Article
Communities

Bycatch almost eradicated when Pakistan’s fishers embrace different methods

overhead view of two large ships Article
IUU fishing

Study sheds light on murky world of reflagging

blue shark with fishing lure in its mouth Article
Overfishing

Liberia’s struggle to protect endangered sharks and rays

people scooping fish into bucket Article
Aquaculture

Finance is crucial to making fishing and aquaculture sustainable

Six Members of the Taxawu Kayar Collective outside the High Court of Thiès. The court dismissed the request to temporarily close a Spanish-owned fishmeal factory accused of contaminating drinking water. Article
Overfishing

The Senegalese community who sued a fishmeal company

Women migrant workers sleep during a break at a harbour processing facility in Mangaluru, southern India Article
fisheries

Women anchor global fishing, but get a raw deal

Scalloped hammerhead shark Article
Endangered

Costa Rica capturing thousands of endangered sharks every year

Two Hong Kong customs officials in suits inspect shark fins and totoaba fish bladder (maw) in front of boxes of smuggled items Article
Aquaculture

In Mexico, the green light for exporting farmed totoaba divides opinion

basket of anchovies being hauled onto fishing vessel Article
Aquaculture

China pushes ‘compound feed’ to protect juvenile fish

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