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a rockfish and cut up swordfish displayed on ice
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Market Seafood

It is often difficult to determine exactly what species of fish you are purchasing...
lobster boats moored in the harbor
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Maine Fishermen

Scenes from Stonington Harbor, Deer Isle, Maine. Stonington lands the most lobster...
red fronds of kelp in low tide
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Palmaria Fronds

A red alga with leafy, red fronds similar to lettuce, dulse (Palmaria palmata) is a...
a succulent plant with small purple flowers in sand
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Sea Purslane

Like sea beans, sea purslane (Sesuvium portulacastrum) is a flowering succulent....
thin, green stalks of a succulent plant grow up
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Sea Beans

Known as the sea bean, Salicornia is a salt tolerant plant that grows in coastal...
Kelps are large, brown algae that grow along coasts around the world, especially in cooler regions.
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What is a Sea Vegetable?

Take a trip to the produce aisle in any Western country’s grocery store and you...
February 2021
a closeup of hands mending a fishing net
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Mending Nets

Fishing gear now uses durable plastics that are resistant to degradation. This...
a young woman stands by a fish equal to her size
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Historical Fishing

Recreational fishing can shed light on changes in fish sizes because prized catches...
fish caught in a green and blue net
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Caught in a Net

A recent haul of fish. ...
Three fishermen sit on wooden stilts that are sticking out of the ocean as they fish.
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Fishing for Food Security: Small-Scale Fisheries Are Key

In coastal communities across the globe, small-scale fisheries often provide most...
May 2022
A female napoleon wrasse swims by a reef
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An App Helps Scientists Combat Illegal Fish Trade

Relationships often begin with the locking of eyes. For Yvonne Sadovy, it was a...
September 2018
graph of trends in world fish stocks
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State of the World Fisheries and Aquaculture Stocks

A comparison of the proportion of overfished and sustainably fished stocks over...

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