Fishing

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

Fishmeal factories supply fish farms in Asia and Europe but compete with locals for affordable fish. Protestors are calling them out for pollution and overfishing pressure. NOSMOT GBADAMOSI reports

Whale sharks roam less than previously thought and require greater protection from local and regional threats, a new study published in the Marine Ecology Progress Series finds. MARIANNE BROOKER reports

The future of UK fisheries depends on a government white paper which is due this Spring. This will decide whether Britain will regulate fishing properly and sustainably after Brexit. ClientEarth, the environmental lawyers, argues this is essential for the future of marine life, writes BRENDAN MONTAGUE

Australia recently opened one of its largest marine reserves in the hopes that increased fishing will stimulate the economy. However, human contact with this previously untouched reserve could greatly affect the health of the ecosystem and species in it, argues EMILY FOLK

Fishermen in Senegal know their livelihoods will end if African governments don’t take action. And time is running out. NOSMOT GBADAMOSI reports

With the UN Ocean Conference beginning in New York next week, Elizabeth A Kirk asks: can we devise a legal system that promotes the ecological resilience of the oceans? To do so will mean placing ecosystems at the heart of decision making, over and above countries' selfish 'national interests'. It will be tough, but if we fail it's hard to see how the gamut of problems - from ocean acidification to plastic pollution and overfishing - can ever be solved.