Tag: Overfishing
Sharks, turtles and other sea creatures face greater risk from industrial...
Heather Welch, University of California, Santa Cruz
My colleagues and I mapped activity in the northeast Pacific of “dark”...
Protecting the ocean: 5 essential reads on invasive species, overfishing and...
Jennifer Weeks, The Conversation
Humans rely on the ocean for many things, including food, jobs, recreation and stabilization of...
How much is the world’s most productive river worth? Here’s how...
Stefan Lovgren, University of Nevada, Reno
Southeast Asia’s Mekong may be the most important river in the world. Known...
The information age is starting to transform fishing worldwide
Nicholas P. Sullivan, Tufts University
People in the world’s developed nations live in a post-industrial era, working mainly in...
Ocean warming has fisheries on the move, helping some but hurting...
Chris Free, University of California, Santa Barbara
Climate change has been steadily warming the ocean, which absorbs most of the heat trapped by greenhouse gases...
Biodiversity helps coral reefs thrive – and could be part of...
Cody Clements, Georgia Institute of Technology
Coral reefs are home to so many species that they often are called “the rainforests of the seas.” Today...
To succeed, large ocean sanctuaries need to benefit both sea life...
Rebecca Gruby, Colorado State University; Lisa Campbell, Duke University; Luke Fairbanks, Duke University, and Noella Gray, University of Guelph
There is growing concern that the...
Will there be enough fish to go around? Not if we...
By Ruth H. Thurstan, The University of Queensland and Callum Roberts, University of York
Globally, we still catch enough fish to eat – just about....