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    Exposing High Seas Crime With Journalism — and Help From Music

    Exposing High Seas Crime With Journalism — and Help From Music

    By Ian Urbina About 100 miles off the coast of Thailand, three dozen Cambodian boys and men worked barefoot all day and into the night on the deck of a purse seiner fishing ship. Fifteen-foot swells climbed the sides of the vessel, clipping the crew below the knees. Ocean spray and fish innards made the […]

    Who’s to Blame for the Lawbreaking and Habitat Destruction in U.S. Fisheries?

    Who’s to Blame for the Lawbreaking and Habitat Destruction in U.S. Fisheries?

    By Reynard Loki There is one main U.S. law that governs the management of marine fisheries in federal waters: The Magnuson–Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA). Originally intended to address the concern over foreign fisheries operating near U.S. waters, the MSA, which was passed in 1976, extended the nation’s exclusive fisheries zone from 12 […]

    5 Things to Know About the Fate of Wild Salmon

    5 Things to Know About the Fate of Wild Salmon

    By Tara Lohan It’s not too hard to find salmon on a menu in the United States, but that seeming abundance — much of it fueled by overseas fish farms — overshadows a grim reality on the ground. Many of our wild salmon, outside Alaska, are on the ropes — and have been for decades. […]

    First-of-Its Kind Study Offers Blueprint for Ocean Protection

    First-of-Its Kind Study Offers Blueprint for Ocean Protection

    A first-of-its-kind study has examined the benefits of protecting the world’s oceans. The study, published in Nature on Wednesday, endorsed protecting 30 percent of the world’s land and ocean by 2030 in order to protect biodiversity, restore fisheries and combat the climate crisis. “Ocean life has been declining worldwide because of overfishing, habitat destruction and […]

    Indigenous People Not Invited to UN Biodiversity Talks

    Indigenous People Not Invited to UN Biodiversity Talks

    Aiming to preserve 30 percent of the world’s land and water by 2030, dozens of countries will take part in a UN biodiversity conference later this year – but Indigenous people won’t have a seat at the table. Indigenous communities have repeatedly mobilized to block logging, mining and overfishing, with great success. More than a […]

    100 Companies Dominate the Ocean’s Economy, Study Finds

    100 Companies Dominate the Ocean’s Economy, Study Finds

    For the first time, researchers have identified 100 transnational corporations that take home the majority of profits from the ocean’s economy. Referred to as the “Ocean 100,” the corporations accounted for 60 percent of .9 trillion generated from core industries in the ocean economy in 2018 alone, according to an article by the Duke Nicholas […]