Fisheries
Study: Malaysia’s wild fish catch is stagnating while aquaculture surges
A new study finds aquaculture is driving growth in Malaysia’s aquatic food sector but that reforms are needed to ensure sustainability.
Responsibility
Seaweed species face widespread local extinction by 2100, landmark report warns
A new report warns seaweed species face local extinction by 2100 and calls for global action to protect these vital marine habitats.
Fisheries
Report ties government subsidies to overfishing, urges stronger fisheries management
OECD report warns subsidies risk fueling overfishing and illegal fishing, and urges targeted funding to strengthen fisheries management.
Fisheries
Metastudy finds large-scale marine protected areas boost tuna populations
A new study finds that large-scale marine protected areas boost tuna populations and catch rates, benefiting both ecosystems and fisheries.
Fisheries
Study: Overfishing has halved shark and ray populations since 1970
Overfishing, bycatch, habitat loss and climate change have caused a 50 percent decline in shark and ray populations since 1970, study finds.
Fisheries
Western Mediterranean fish stocks recovering under EU fisheries management plan
A new report shows the Western Mediterranean fisheries management plan has led to fish stock recovery, with a strong near-term outlook.
Fisheries
ISSF: Nearly 50 percent of tuna stocks are subject to overfishing
The latest ISSF report reveals that nearly half of major tuna stocks successfully avoid overfishing and meet target biomass levels.
Fisheries
How can population genomics help prevent overfishing?
A new five-step plan explains how fisheries can use population genomics to reveal key details, like fish spawning and migration.
Fisheries
UK government embraces high-tech solution to safeguard fish stocks in English waters
Once operational, the UK plans to make Remote Electronic Monitoring technology mandatory for all vessels in five priority fisheries.
Fisheries
Defining and monitoring destructive fishing represents a new era in fisheries policy
Thanks to a new multistakeholder framework, researchers are a step closer to better understanding destructive fishing and addressing its impacts.
Fisheries
Protecting fish and communities should be balanced, concludes study of Marine Protected Areas
A study finds that Marine Protected Areas must be "flexible and responsive" to successfully restore fish stocks without harming communities.
Fisheries
An inverted management strategy allowing limited fishing of endangered marine fish species in marine protected areas
If implemented correctly, endangered species would recover in the larger areas outside MPAs and fishers would benefit from the conservation value.
Fisheries
A review of bycatch in the Antarctic krill trawl fishery
Understanding the significance of bycatch is critical to managing Antarctic krill, a keystone species and the largest fishery in the Southern Ocean.
Fisheries
Study: Marine protected areas unlikely to restore marine ecosystems
A new study has found that marine protected areas are limited in restoring food webs after intensive fishing.
Fisheries
Gaps in the conservation status of the most important fished species of marine fish
IUCN Red List evaluations for commercial fish species must rely on integrating new factors from fisheries sources and cooperation with stakeholders and managers.
Responsibility
U.S. West Coast abalones listed at risk of extinction on the IUCN Red List
All West Coast abalones are now listed as at risk for extinction on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.