Fisheries
EU project tracks small-scale fishing vessels to improve fisheries management
The EM4SSF project is tracking small-scale fishing vessels across five European countries to inform fisheries management.
Fisheries
Catch & Culture Review: How Atlantic bluefin tuna catch rates and sizes vary over space and time
This review of recent fisheries literature examines bluefin tuna catch rates, ecosystem-based fisheries management and acoustic aggregation patterns. Findings support regionally and seasonally targeted management and conservation, while showing the value of scientific catch-and-release fishing.
Fisheries
Study of historic Baltic herring fishery collapse offers lessons for modern fisheries management
Study of a historic Baltic herring fishery collapse shows why fisheries management must consider environmental, economic and social pressures.
Intelligence
At the Responsible Seafood Summit, seafood industry’s pressure points come into focus
Feed volatility, fisheries data gaps, animal welfare, consumer affordability and digital risk shaped the 2026 Responsible Seafood Summit in Bangkok.
Fisheries
FAO opens Adriatic unit to strengthen fisheries management
The FAO has opened a new Adriatic Sea unit in Croatia to support science-based fisheries management and cooperation among six countries.
Fisheries
Study: American lobster fishery’s past could help improve future forecasts
Considering the lobster fishery’s history could make forecasts more useful for fishermen and managers making decisions about the future.
Fisheries
DFO Canada: Season length a key tool for managing Maritime lobster fisheries
A new DFO study finds season length could be an effective tool for managing Maritime lobster fisheries as ocean conditions change.
Catch & Culture Review: Worldwide genome-wide genetic diversity and population structure of mahimahi
Fisheries
Catch & Culture Review: Worldwide genome-wide genetic diversity and population structure of mahimahi
This review of recent fisheries literatures explores population dynamics of mahimahi, marine protected areas and sea scallop adaptation.
Fisheries
Tagged bigeye tuna recaptured after nearly a decade could help improve fisheries management
A tagged bigeye tuna recaptured after nearly 10 years is helping scientists refine growth estimates for fisheries management.
Fisheries
Catch & Culture Review: How deoxygenation in the ocean impacts Pacific halibut fisheries, with ecological and economic projections
In this review of recent fisheries literature, we explore deoxygenation's impact on halibut, shifting effort toward free-school tuna harvesting and more.
Fisheries
A decade after anti-IUU fishing pact, Mediterranean and Black Sea overfishing drops
A decade after a the anti-IUU fishing Port State Measures Agreement, overfishing in the Mediterranean and Black Sea drops to record lows.
Fisheries
Does greater amberjack need a new fisheries management approach?
Study finds that greater amberjack in the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic may benefit from separate fisheries management approaches.
Responsibility
Ocean warming is pushing Gulf of Maine species deeper and farther north, decades of data show
A University of Maine study uses decades of survey data to show how ocean warming is shifting species, biodiversity and fishery conditions.
Fisheries
Catch & Culture Review: Ocean shifts are shaping yellowfin tuna productivity in the Pacific
Fisheries literature review covers pelagic stock management, puerulus fisheries supporting spiny lobster aquaculture and nutrition security in Peru.
Fisheries
As ocean technology advances, fisheries face a new challenge: scaling it
From AI to vessel tracking, ocean technology is transforming fisheries – but getting them into the water at scale remains difficult.
Fisheries
BBNJ treaty enters into force, strengthening governance of the high seas
The BBNJ treaty has entered into force, with FAO supporting countries in implementing the agreement to strengthen global ocean governance.