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a spear fisher with a speared tropical fish
overview

Sustainable Fishing

Humans across the globe rely on the ocean as a main source of food. We enjoy fish...
April 2018
White abalone
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White Abalone In Danger

White abalones are slow-moving, algae-eating mollusks. Rapid overharvesting since...
This illustration shows how fishing lines attached to traps and buoys on the ocean floor present a potentially deadly hazard to North Atlantic right whales.
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How Whales Become Entangled

This illustration shows how fishing lines attached to traps and buoys on the ocean...
Phoenix’s entanglement badly injured her right lip, leaving a distinctive scar from that ordeal.
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Beware of Fishing Gear

There were fewer than 450 North Atlantic right whales in 2006. Yet it has been...
These statistics come from a United Nations Food & Agriculture Organization review.
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Global Status of Marine Fish Stocks

These statistics come from a United Nations Food & Agriculture Organization...
Freshly cut dorsal fin from a scalloped hammerhead shark held by fisherman with knife.
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Shark Finning: Sharks Turned Prey

Sharks have been feared hunters ever since people first observed them swimming in...
August 2013
Orange roughy and various marine species, bycatch, on the deck of a research trawler

Rough Going for Orange Roughy

In the dark, cold waters 600 meters (nearly 2000 feet) below the ocean's surface,...
July 2011
Map showing the range of the eastern and western populations of Atlantic bluefin tuna and their spawning grounds in the Gulf of Mexico and the Mediterranean Sea.
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Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus)

Because of consumer demand for sashimi (a fresh raw seafood dish), the fishing...
September 2009
A school of bluefin tuna
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The Great Pacific Migration of Bluefin Tuna

Shortly after their first birthday, Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis)...
September 2017
An underwater photo of Southern Bluefin Tuna swimming above a fish farm net.
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Tunas and Marlins Officially Classified as Threatened

Extinction is a real possibility for three species of tunas. That’s one of the...
July 2011
An underwater photo of Southern Bluefin Tuna swimming above a fish farm net.
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Southern Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus maccoyii)

Largely due to overfishing, the Southern Bluefin Tuna is listed as "critically...
A school of Atlantic bluefin tuna swimming.
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Atlantic Bluefin Tuna: One Species at a Time

What is it like to be eyeball to eyeball with a fish the size of a Volkswagen? In...
Thu, 07/08/2010 - 18:57
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