Overfishing

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

On 5 March 2023, after around 36 hours of intense negotiations in New York, a breakthrough deal to protect international waters and their marine life from a multitude of activities was agreed…

25th May 2023

High seas uncertainty

25th May 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Plans to mobilise US$100 million to safeguard the ocean and sustainable seafood supplies over the next decade have been laid out by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC).

13th April 2023

MSC ups sustainability drive by $100m

13th April 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The latest update of the Marine Conservation Society’s (MCS) Good Fish Guide has seen Northeast Atlantic mackerel moved on to the amber list, having been on the green list since before 2011.

6th April 2023

Northeast Atlantic mackerel downgraded

6th April 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Northeast Atlantic coastal states have been slammed by the North Atlantic Pelagic Advocacy Group (NAPA) for failing to meet their own deadline of 31 March 2023 to agree shares of the mackerel…

3rd April 2023

NAPA: NEA coastal states have blown it

3rd April 2023

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

New research has identified 55 global ‘paper parks’, or MPAs that fall short of safeguarding marine biodiversity, especially where fishing is concerned.

28th March 2023

Research exposes multiple flouting of MPA rules

28th March 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) Synthesis Report calls on the EU to slash fishing fleet fuel subsidies to hasten low carbon transition.

21st March 2023

EU warned to slash fishing fleet fuel subsidies now

21st March 2023

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

After two decades of talks, United Nations’ member countries have agreed a treaty to protect the high seas that will ensure the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity in areas…

6th March 2023

UN gives ‘historic’ protection to high seas

6th March 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Eighteen limestone boulders have been placed on the seabed in the South West Deeps (East) marine protected area (MPA) by Greenpeace UK to block destructive industrial fishing in the area.

6th September 2022

Greenpeace fishing barrier

6th September 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A lack of transparency in China’s distant water fleet is enabling extensive illegal fishing around the world, according to a new report from the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF).

20th June 2022

China ‘rampantly’ overfishing

20th June 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Of the total commercial tuna catch worldwide, 80.5% is sourced from stocks deemed to be at “healthy” levels of abundance, according to the latest edition of the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF)…

18th March 2022

Global tuna health decline

18th March 2022