Fishing
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US, Argentina to cooperate, combat illegal Chinese fishing
Argentina, Chile and Peru have criticized Chinese-operated craft for large-scale invasive fishing in their territorial waters without regulation, which the…
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Chilean Navy Deploys Submarine to Monitor Chinese Fishing Vessels
In the depth of the South Pacific Ocean, a Chilean submarine has been keeping tabs on Chinese fishing vessels to…
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Energy transition: Charting a fair course for fishing fleets
The fishing industry, reliant on fossil fuels and vulnerable to climate change, needs to shift to alternative energy – but…
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Do you know where your seafood has come from? Here’s why it matters
Australians are in the dark about whether their Christmas lunch has been ethically sourced because of a lack of regulation…
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Italian Trawler Arrested in The Gambia with “Sustainably Caught Shrimp” Bound for Europe
An industrialized trawler named Twenty—with connections to an Italian fishing company—was arrested in West Africa by Gambian Navy sailors stationed…
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The High Seas Treaty: A Tall Order for Implementation?
Under the 1994 U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), the high seas constitute the waters that lie…
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Squid fishing grew by 68% in just three years, raising fears the industry is out of control
Our study, carried out with colleagues in Australia, Japan, the United States, Chile and Canada, and published today in Science Advances,…
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We now have a treaty governing the high seas.
Delegates gave a jubilant cheer at United Nations Headquarters in New York on Saturday night, as nations reached an agreement on ways…
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Deep sea fish conservation must not go adrift
The purse seiners of Tamil Nadu must note that ‘freedom in a commons brings ruin to all’ and must comply…
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Facing the dual threat of climate change and human disturbance, Mumbai – and the world – should listen to its fishing communities
Rising sea levels, warmer seas and changes in rainfall patterns are together creating conditions that mean misery for coastal dwellers.…
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Climate change is now on the menu at seafood restaurants
As it turns out, climate change may have something to do with this. William W. L. Cheung The Conversation Restaurants update…
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A Battle for the ‘Rules-Based Order’
The transposition in worldwide economic wealth has led to the ‘Asian Century.’ Vidhee Makwana TGP One can also not ignore…
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Octopus farms raise huge animal welfare concerns – and they’re unsustainable too
Yet the reality of life for some octopuses is existence within a barren tank, inescapably surrounded by humans and other octopuses.…
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Pakistan arrests 31 Indian fishermen for alleged poaching
Pakistan’s maritime authorities have arrested 31 Indian fishermen and seized five of their vessels for allegedly fishing in the country’s…
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City of Homer files amicus brief in EEZ litigation
An amicus brief is a legal document filed by a third party not involved in the case to offer information…
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Russia issues largest ever warning zone in Norwegian part of the Barents Sea
Norwegian fishermen say it is “totally unacceptable.” Thomas Nilsen The Barents Observer “The Russian NOTAM is the largest since the…
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