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On World Tuna Day, Let’s Fix Oversight of Tropical Species

On World Tuna Day, Let’s Fix Oversight of Tropical Species

By Rachel Hopkins Tropical tuna species—skipjack, bigeye and yellowfin tunas—are important economic assets for coastal communities across the globe, and even far from the ocean they are a favorite on supermarket shelves and in sushi bars. These three species—together worth close to $40 billion annually at the final point of sale—prompted eight Pacific island countries […]

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    Japan Joins Agreement to Fight Illegal Fishing

    Japan Joins Agreement to Fight Illegal Fishing

    By Tony Long Japan, one of the world’s largest fish importers, has joined 47 other governments in ratifying the Port State Measures Agreement (PSMA)—an international treaty designed to stop illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing. Adopted by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization in 2009, the PSMA helps governments strengthen their port controls to better […]

    Bears Ears: We Must Protect This Spectacular, Sacred American Monument

    Bears Ears: We Must Protect This Spectacular, Sacred American Monument

    By Mike Matz Eighty-one years ago, Franklin Roosevelt’s secretary of the interior, Harold Ickes, proposed a vast, four million-acre national monument for southern Utah. Over the ensuing decades, pieces of Ickes’ vision were realized in the establishment of Canyonlands and Capitol Reef national parks, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. Last […]