By Teuila Fuatai, RNZ Pacific senior journalist, and Susana Suisuiki, RNZ Pacific Waves host The future of the Manawanui wreckage and potential compensation payments remain a major talking point in Samoa. The Royal New Zealand Navy vessel ran aground on a reef off the south coast of Upolu in October last year and sank. New| Asia Pacific Report
Written by Efin Muttaqin, Programme Manager for the Rekam Nusantara Foundation, and Jo Murray, Marine Wildlife Trade and Bycatch Lead at Cefas. “The greatest challenge of the 21st century is to raise a new generation that understands the importance of …| marinescience.blog.gov.uk
New self-charging lights co-designed by scientists and fishers slash turtle entanglements and could become a model for sustainable tech at sea.| Anthropocene
Alaska’s winter chinook fishery targets mostly non-Alaskan salmon—while B.C.’s boats stay tied up. It’s time to fix the Pacific Salmon Treaty.| Watershed Watch Salmon Society
What three party leaders said about provincial fisheries and ocean priorities—and what they didn’t say| Commentary Archives – The Independent
Ahead of the provincial election, all parties agree the province needs a stronger voice with Ottawa, but they diverge on priority areas| Commentary Archives – The Independent
The country is lagging far behind on marine conservation targets and even its few existing protected areas are failing, say experts The post Can Pakistan reverse its dismal record on ocean protection? appeared first on Dialogue Earth.| Dialogue Earth
A global agreement to curb subsidies for fishing fleets could be an ocean conservation breakthrough if it works as intended, five experts say| Dialogue Earth
An emergency set net fishing ban to protect yellow-eyed penguins around the Otago Peninsula begins at 5 pm today. The three-month ban follows a voluntary closure by set-net fishers last week and earlier calls for a ban during the breeding season of hoiho – the 2024 Bird of the Year. The SMC as| www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz
We are 44 per cent of the way toward our $5K goal. Will you help?| Commentary Archives – The Independent
Fishing fatalities are preventable and the workforce is shrinking. So why aren’t there fewer deaths in Canadian commercial fisheries?| Commentary Archives – The Independent
Something fishy’s going on, and Andrew Furey and Gudie Hutchings should be getting us answers.| Commentary Archives – The Independent
Harvesters in Newfoundland and Labrador preparing for the worst.| Commentary Archives – The Independent
2025 creekwalker contracts are renewed after public pressure but there's uncertainty ahead. Plus, see who caught what in salmon fisheries this summer.| Watershed Watch Salmon Society
U.S. fleets net Fraser pinks with Ottawa’s approval, Skeena steelhead near crisis, and DFO abandons salmon monitoring.| Watershed Watch Salmon Society
This week in salmon fisheries, Canada folds to the US on a pink salmon fishery while leaving our own fishers tied to the docks and previous contract cuts have one long-time guardian monitoring streams on his own dime.| Watershed Watch Salmon Society
Beneath the surface of the Chesapeake Bay, a subtle but dramatic shift is taking place as eelgrass gives way to its warmer-water relative, widgeon grass. A new study from researchers at William & Mary’s Batten School & VIMS shows that this seagrass swap could have ecological impacts across the Bay’s food webs, fisheries and ecosystem functions. Published in Marine Ecology Progress Series, the study reveals that while both seagrass species offer valuable habitat, they support marine lif...| Project Seagrass
The Environment Agency has published the latest Atlantic salmon stock assessment for England, providing insights into the health of our salmon populations. The results, based on 2024 data, confirm that salmon stocks remain at critically low levels, underscoring the urgent …| Creating a better place
This week in salmon fisheries, fishermen’s frustrations mount in the Fraser as sockeye returns soar past forecasts but fishing opportunities stay limited. Nass returns remain troubling, and Alaska shuts down District 104 only after the damage is done.| Watershed Watch Salmon Society
B.C.’s salmon season is heating up. This week, Greg Taylor breaks down the latest on steelhead, sockeye, and pink salmon returns — and the management challenges they face.| Watershed Watch Salmon Society
Over the past 50 years, England has suffered lots of droughts - some of the more notable ones include 1975-76, 1989-92, 1995-96, 2004-06, 2011-12 and recently 2018, 2022 and 2025. But what does this mean, how does the Environment Agency …| environmentagency.blog.gov.uk
Spurdog (also known as the spiny dogfish, scientific name Squalus acanthias) is a type of small shark found in oceans around the world. It can travel long distances and has been an important species for commercial fishing in the past. …| marinescience.blog.gov.uk
First 2022 fisheries data now live for 30 global EEZs.| Sea Around Us
B.C.’s salmon season is heating up. Greg Taylor covers Alaska’s interceptions, DFO’s Skeena call, and a blink-and-you-missed-it Fraser River opening announcement this week.| Watershed Watch Salmon Society
Early Stuart sockeye surge, DFO miscount, pink returns, and rising Fraser River temperatures.| Watershed Watch Salmon Society
How Smart Policy and Collaboration Brought Groundfish Back From the Brink Vermillion Rockfish scientific illustration Recently, I wrote a more personal essay than I usually would, one in which I re…| California Curated
The International Court of Justice will be delivering its advisory opinion on what obligations countries have to address the impacts of climate change very early morning this Thursday (NZ time). The case started with Pacific youth lobbying governments and civil society to advocate for legal action| www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz
Doubling Northern cod catch limits ran counter to what scientists and key stakeholders called for — so what’s behind the decision?| The Independent
Nass sockeye is tracking near average. Sockeye and chum fishing for gillnets and seines started off well for fisheries targeting Nass sockeye and Alaskan hatchery chums. | Watershed Watch Salmon Society
Alaska’s District 101 fishery intercepts B.C.-bound salmon and has been reporting zero chinook bycatch. Here's why.| Watershed Watch Salmon Society
B.C.’s 2025 salmon season is heating up. Our fisheries advisor, Greg Taylor, provides a fisheries update.| Watershed Watch Salmon Society
Party leader Tony Wakeham asks Premier John Hogan to join him in pushing for the expansion, and on federal Fisheries Minister Joanne Thompson to listen to Newfoundlanders and Labradorians| The Independent
Government's only vision is to either increase corporate concentration (foreign ownership or otherwise) or see more plant closures, divestment, and decline.| Analysis Archives – The Independent
Is corporate concentration a central part of the province’s long-term strategy for the fishery? How does that benefit Newfoundlanders and Labradorians?| Analysis Archives – The Independent
Blinded By The Numbers? Implementing the Modernized Fisheries Act Goes Beyond Acting On What Stock Science Tells Us.| Analysis Archives – The Independent
Watershed Watch unpacks the numbers from DFO’s 2025 Salmon Outlook and shares insights and predictions for this year’s returns from fisheries advisor Greg Taylor.| Watershed Watch Salmon Society
Deep-sea sharks include some of the longest-lived vertebrates known. The record holder is the Greenland shark, with a recently estimated maximum age of nearly 400 years. Their slow life cycle …| ConservationBytes.com
The One Food programme team at the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) and Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) recently visited the FAO head office in Rome, Italy to co-lead a collaborative workshop on multi-hazard monitoring and …| Marine Science
((Above Photo of GMA office by Miss Shalini Jha) GUEST ARTICLE BY DR. RUCHI SHREE On 22-23 February, 2025, Ganga Mukti Andolan (GMA) celebrated its 43rd anniversary in Kahalgaon (Bhagalpur, Bihar).…| SANDRP
As the world's oceans continue to warm, tuna stocks in the Pacific are expected to head east: away from local economies and into international waters. Newly announced research funding is aiming to help small Pacific nations adapt. Fourteen Pacific Island countries will receive a grant of NZD $187 m| www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz
Clean water, food security, and healthy communities are how we will outlast Trump By Glen Williams, Stewart Phillip Grand Chief Stewart Phillip is president of the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs. Glen Williams/Malii is the president and chief negotiator of the Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs. Some B.C. politicians are using the trade war threat posed by President Donald Trump to push for no-holds-barred resource extraction on First Nations lands. We support Premier David Eby and his ministers as ...| Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs
Work began this week to add 4 acres to an existing oyster and recreational fishing reef in the lower Cape Fear River near the banks of Carolina Beach State Park.| Coastal Review
A conversation with Georg Baunach, managing partner and co-founder of Hatch Blue, a knowledge-driven aquaculture and alternative seafood specialist. We discuss what aquaculture is and why it is important; what, where, and how to farm; what are the potential and challenges of regenerative aquaculture, and why is it important to look into it. We end with the risks and challenges of aquaculture, the feed conversion ratio and why it is important, the role of algae, waste, medicines, microplastics...| Investing in regenerative agriculture
Harpswell Sound is a body of water that flows from Casco Bay at Little Mark Island ten miles to the Ewing Narrows Bridge, then two miles on to Long Reach and finally merges with the New Meadows River. Casco Bay has been reported as a significant warming water body. This may be contributing to| Maine: An Encyclopedia
Land & Sea Together is a collaborative network of services and opportunities, aimed at reducing stress.| Land & Sea Together
