While aquaculture has the potential to relieve pressure on wild stocks, “it still relies heavily on wild-caught forage fish such as anchovies, sardines and mackerel to feed carnivorous species like ...

The decades-long overexploitation of the marine fisheries resources of most West African countries is one of the top drivers ...

Oyster beds are critical to a healthy ocean, because they filter water, prevent erosion and provide a home for an estimated ...

Oyster beds are critical to a healthy ocean, because they filter water, prevent erosion and provide a home for an estimated ...

Agencies such as national navies and coast guards no longer need to rely solely on costly physical patrols over huge areas. With tools such as the Global Fishing Watch map, which makes vessel tracking ...

If you were to hear that by 2050 there will be more plastic in our oceans (by weight) than there will be fish, would you be alarmed? I definitely was alarmed when I read white paper about the plastic ...

Halting menhaden fishing in the Chesapeake Bay would harm Virginia workers and undermine marine science, menhaden captain ...

Ambassador Gustavo Lunazzi presented Argentina’s instrument of acceptance to WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala in ...

Caroline Collatos is a PhD candidate at UMass Boston working with the New England Aquarium. She spends her days on the island ...

Our oceans are facing major threats, including overfishing, pollution, habitat loss, climate change, and biodiversity decline. With ocean ecosystems under increasing pressure, the European Union is ...

Mornings at Iririki begin on the Azure deck, where the daily buffet lays out tropical fruit, cereals, pastries and a live egg station; strong locally roasted Tanna coffee flows freely, and harbour ...

The mandated study of North Carolina's fisheries management practices finds that the state, despite increasingly intense ...