Intelligence
What the COVID-19 pandemic taught us about seafood fraud
A co-author of a recent paper discusses two innovative case studies emerging from work conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic to minimize seafood fraud.
Fisheries
Balancing protection and production: Diving into the North Atlantic right whale conflict with lobster and crab fishing
A closer look at the conflict between North American fixed-gear fisheries and North Atlantic right whale protection measures.
Responsibility
Some First Nations are asserting their right to farm salmon, despite pending government closures
With salmon farm closures imminent, some First Nations are taking action to preserve ocean-based farming and assert Indigenous sovereignty.
Fisheries
Can a data-sharing tool eliminate IUU fishing and make seafood supply chains more reliable?
The Sustainable Fisheries Partnership’s new data-sharing tool helps users identify environmental risks and eliminate IUU fishing in seafood supply chains.
Fisheries
Ocean mining’s energy potential could put global fisheries at risk
Interest in ocean mining is growing, but hundreds of scientists warn that impacts may devastate existing marine industries, including fisheries.
Fisheries
Bottom trawling linked to high greenhouse gas emissions in MPA-supporting study
A study touts marine protected areas and bottom trawling bans, but its methods and conclusions are questioned by fellow researchers and fishers.