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Fisheries

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

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fisheries

Squid fisheries are booming in a regulatory vacuum

The expansion of squid fisheries in parts of the high seas has left scientists and conservationists concerned about the potential impacts on ocean life
Leather backturtle caught and released in the sea at Gwadar, Pakistan Article
Communities

Bycatch almost eradicated when Pakistan’s fishers embrace different methods

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IUU fishing

Study sheds light on murky world of reflagging

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Overfishing

Liberia’s struggle to protect endangered sharks and rays

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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

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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

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?

basket of anchovies being hauled onto fishing vessel Article
Aquaculture

China pushes ‘compound feed’ to protect juvenile fish

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Under Threat

Seaweed blooms caused by fishmeal plants hurt Gambian coastal communities

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fisheries

WTO reaches historic agreement to end harmful fisheries subsidies

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Negotiations

Opinion: Some fishing deals in West Africa make little economic sense

Fishery inspectors approach a Spanish tuna boat in Sierra Leonean waters. Article
Explainer

The treaty that aims to end illegal fishing, explained

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Aquaculture

To meet global food demand, aquaculture needs more policy support and research

Fishermen unload noodle fish at Xiaogang wharf in Qingdao Article
Overfishing

China replaces fuel subsidies with responsible fishing payments

A Chinese flagged squid boat in the Northern Indian Ocean. Article
Overfishing

China starts limiting squid boat numbers

Pacific bluefin tuna Article
What We Eat

Pacific bluefin quota increase was too hasty

Fish being transferred from handheld net to bucket over river Article
Aquaculture

China’s five-year plan for fishing focuses on aquaculture

Ghana fisher mending nets Article
Crime

What does a second ‘yellow card’ from the EU mean for Ghana’s fishing communities?

Workers process frozen octopi to be exported to Japan at seafood factory, China Article
What We Eat

China re-exports most of the seafood it imports

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