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Traditional fishing techniques now involve monofilament nets, with snorkelers diving down to ensure the bigger fish don't get away.
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Fishing with a Net

Traditional fishing techniques now involve monofilament nets, with snorkelers...
Using dynamite to stun or kill bigger fish to sell at market leaves behind many dead undesired fish as bycatch.
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Fishing with Dynamite

Blast fishing, when dynamite or other explosives are used to stun or kill fish, is...
Orange roughy and various marine species, bycatch, on the deck of a research trawler
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Orange Roughy and Bycatch

Orange roughy (Hoplostethus atlanticus) is a deep ocean fish that grows and matures...
Algae has overtaken this coral reef off heavily populated Kiritimati, or Christmas Island.
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Unhealthy Coral Reef, Kiritimi, Line Islands

Algae has overtaken this coral reef off heavily populated Kiritimati, or Christmas...
Atmospheric carbon is captured by coastal mangroves, seagrasses and salt marshes at a rate five times faster than tropical forests.
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Blue Carbon

What is blue carbon? It's a term used to describe the carbon that is captured from...
The Brazilian Atlantic Islands site was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2001. The rich waters of the Fernando de Noronha Archipelago and Rocas Atoll are extremely important for the breeding and feeding of tuna, shark, turtle, and marine mammals. Th
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Brazilian Atlantic Islands: Fernando de Noronha and Atol das Rocas Reserves

The Brazilian Atlantic Islands site was inscribed on the World Heritage List in...
Traditional fishing techniques now involve monofilament nets, with snorkelers diving down to ensure the bigger fish don't get away.
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Field Notes from the East African Coast

We began this journey three months ago, a team of scientists and filmmakers...
April 2013
The Exxon Valdez oil spill occurred on March 24, 1989 when an oil tanker grounded on a reef in Alaska’s Prince William Sound. It spilled almost 11 million gallons of crude oil, which reached 1,300 miles of coastline. The spill's remote location, accessib
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Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

The Exxon Valdez oil spill occurred on March 24, 1989 when an oil tanker grounded...
The Exxon Valdez oil spill occurred on March 24, 1989 when an oil tanker grounded on a reef in Alaska’s Prince William Sound. It spilled almost 11 million gallons of crude oil, which reached 1,300 miles of coastline. The spill's remote location, accessib

Five Questions for Richard Carson, Natural Resource Economist

In 1989, the Exxon Valdez oil tanker ran aground in Alaska’s Prince William...
March 2014
Magellanic penguin parents typically lay two eggs under a bush or in a burrow, taking turns swimming out to sea to catch food for their chicks.
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Penguin Health Equals Ocean Health

It’s hard not to identify with penguins as they waddle about upright on land,...
April 2014
Nuclear bomb in Bikini Atoll

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Coral Reefs Can Recover From Disasters. How Can We Save Them From Us? Bikini...
May 2013
An oil drilling platform in oil-free water two years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Gulf Oil Spill

The Deepwater Horizon oil spill is recognized as the worst oil spill in U.S....
April 2018

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