"The abandonment and dumping of fishing gear is one of the main reasons for the death of marine life. However, no government seems to care."

>"Union leaders say fossil fuel companies must pay for rising ocean temperatures. Not all boat captains are persuaded"

"Fishermen say their concerns, from safety issues to how offshore wind will alter the ocean environment, aren’t being meaningfully considered by regulators"

Companies are trying to prove that conservation, sustainable fishing and carbon sequestration are profitable.

The number of overfished stocks globally has tripled in half a century and today fully one-third of the world's assessed fisheries are currently pushed beyond their biological limits..

>"New research confirms that reducing fishing is the best way to get more benefits from the oceans."

"The film gets some things wrong, but it exposes the grim ecological destruction of the Earth’s oceans."

Environmental groups propose urgent plan to stop overfishing and safeguard marine life, as existing laws go unenforced.

>"Member states blame uncertainty over Brexit as reason for breach of next year’s limits"

New satellite analysis show Japan using Mauritius as a base for its tuna fishing operations along the African coast and across the Indian Ocean in the last two years. This raises questions about illegal fishing in other countries' waters _...Read More_

TIL that lionfish aren't the only invasive species on menus for both population control and educational purposes. "Americans have eaten dandelions, Belgians have eaten the Canada goose, Queen Elizabeth ate pie made from non-native lamprey, _...Read More_

>"Murcia residents hope to protect the polluted Mar Menor, Europe’s largest saltwater lagoon, with a change _...Read More_

UK overseas territory Tristan da Cunha’s new marine protected area will be fourth largest sanctuary of its kind

>"The startup Urchinomics says it can fight climate change by harvesting invasive urchins and fattening them up for restaurants."