Fishing

Seaspiracy, the latest Netflix documentary exposing the impact of our food systems, is making a splash.

Bottom trawling could be prohibited in four English offshore marine protected areas, including Dogger Bank.

Activists close almost 50 square miles of the Dogger Bank protected area in the North Sea to all destructive bottom trawling.

Campaigners are concerned that the UK government is not prioritising sustainability in post-Brexit fisheries legislation.

South Africa's Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing must take responsibility for ongoing ocean grabbing.

The Celtic Sea, English Channel and southern North Sea have experienced significant warming over the past 40 years.

Dr Rainer Froese, from the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research in Kiel, Germany, says lockdown means we can end overfishing for ever.

Supermarkets failing consumers and the oceans according to new report

Environmentalists fear supertankers in UK seas correlates with spikes in dolphins washing up dead on British beaches.

Melting ice and climate collapse threaten Finland's lakes and the ancient, sustainable fishing traditions associated with them.

Pollution, potting and community action at Lyme Bay all demonstrate that we need to think synoptically about living systems.

The UK Government claims that three million square kilometres of ocean is 'protected' in Overseas Territories, while still permitting commercial fishing.

Legislation on the environment, fisheries and agriculture have been welcomed by campaigners, but many warn key measures are missing.

Shrimpers explain the impact of large-scale farming on their lives, the environment and ecology.

Marine conservation charity Ghost Fishing UK lifted over half a tonne of lost fishing gear from Cornish waters.

Ocean protectors will hatch plans to protect the South Atlantic from threats like Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing.

European Union rules to prevent 1.7 million tonnes of fish a year being discarded are being flouted.

Marine biodiversity loss is reaching catastrophic levels. Experts have predicted fishless oceans by 2048, but it's not too late to turn the tide.

Reforms represent significant progress for sustainable fishing in the region.

Innovative research is uncovering previously unknown species in deep seas vulnerable to over-fishing, pollution and habitat destruction.

Innovative technology could prevent hundreds of thousands of marine creatures from being accidentally killed in fishing nets.

The oceans can generate more abundant fish populations, food for human consumption and profits for fisheries. But nations must act now to adopt fisheries management reforms that take a changing climate into account, argues KRISTIN KLEISNER

The Labour party’s manifesto prioritises climate change, air quality and biodiversity decline, arguing that strong environmental policy is a social justice issue. CATHERINE EARLY reports