Endorsement of transshipment guidelines marks a key move against IUU fishing
To curb IUU fishing, an intergovernmental forum on fisheries and aquaculture has endorsed new voluntary transshipment guidelines.
‘They need a good reason to stay’: How one coalition may break a decade of deadlock in the North Atlantic mackerel fishery
GOAL 2022: The North Atlantic Pelagic Advocacy Group, led by Dr. Tom Pickerell, is a finalist for GSA’s inaugural Global Fisheries Innovation Award.
EDF toolkit designed to help fisheries build climate change resilience
The Environmental Defense Fund has released a new toolkit to help fishing communities and partners build climate change resilience.
Study outlines ‘impactful steps’ to improve climate resilience of U.S. fisheries
A new study has identified “actionable recommendations” to help U.S. fisheries adapt to climate change and improve climate resilience.
Ocean seeding and blue corridors: Can these approaches effectively safeguard fisheries?
Can seeding the ocean with iron spur phytoplankton growth? Will protecting migration routes save fish stocks? Exploring new ways to safeguard fisheries.
Acoustic receiver promises a faster way to track fish
PNNL researchers have developed a new acoustic receiver that sends near-real-time fish tracking data to the digital cloud.
How data from remotely operated and autonomous underwater vehicles inform fisheries management
Management of fisheries in Alaska, the Pacific Northwest and the Gulf of Maine are starting to be informed by decades’ worth of data collection using remotely operated vehicles and autonomous underwater vehicles.
Marine conservation effort in U.S. Virgin Islands aids key fish species, study finds
A new study has found that a 30-year marine conservation effort in the U.S. Virgin Islands has aided the recovery of a key fish species.
Survey: Global warming is a ‘major barrier’ to sustainable fisheries management
A recent poll found that EU fisheries stakeholders regard global warming as a threat to sustainably managing fisheries in the future.
Researchers develop model to predict success of Marine Protected Areas
Researchers aim to predict the success of Marine Protected Areas based on historical fishing pressure and environmental conditions.
Could these high- and low-tech approaches help curb fisheries bycatch?
From marine mammal ‘pingers’ to seabird-sparing fishing hooks, commercial fishermen have a growing number of options to prevent fisheries bycatch.
Scientists warn about climate change effects on fisheries and agriculture in tropical coastal communities
A new study is warning about the effects of climate change on fishing and agriculture in tropical coastal communities.
Mining poses greater threats to salmon than impact assessments show, scientists say
A new study shows that impact assessments don’t fully capture the environmental risks of mining to salmonid-bearing watersheds.
Make seafood production and processing more responsive and responsible? Sounds like a job for AI
Environmental reporting and quality control are two additional areas in which artificial intelligence can boost seafood producers' performance.
Offshore wind farms expected to reduce clam fishery revenue, study finds
The clam fishing industry will experience revenue losses as offshore wind energy develops along U.S. Northeast and Mid-Atlantic coasts, researchers say.
WTO members agree to curb subsidies that contribute to overfishing
World Trade Organization members have struck an agreement to end subsidies that contribute to overfishing, a decision that took 20 years to reach.