March 3, 2020 By Sarah Tory Hakai Magazine
The tale of a notorious fishing vessel shows just how difficult combating illegal activity at sea can be.
Catch Me If You Can: The Global Pursuit of a Fugitive Ship
Tracking Whales by Satellite to Help Them Avoid Potentially Deadly Entanglements
March 2, 2020 By Tom Yulsman Discover
Whales attracted to commercial fishing operations and other human activities can wind up in real trouble. A young Norwegian researcher is trying to help.
Canada’s ‘dynamic’ plan to protect endangered right whales rests on robots
February 28, 2020 By Elizabeth Pennisi Science
With only about 400 North Atlantic right whales remaining, the Canadian government is stepping up its efforts to keep them safe, even as it tries to keep the nation’s lucrative snow crab and lobster fisheries in business. Officials yesterday announced the nation’s latest plan for reducing the number of these behemoths being hit by ships or tangled up in fishing nets.
Climate Change is Pushing Giant Ocean Currents Poleward
February 26, 2020 By Bob Berwyn InsideClimate News
The world’s major wind-driven ocean currents are moving toward the poles at a rate of about a mile every two years, potentially depriving important coastal fishing waters of important nutrients and raising the risk of sea level rise, extreme storms and heatwaves for some adjacent land areas.
Catching Plastic: Fishermen on Frontline of Ocean Clean-up
February 26, 2020 By Henry Ridgwell VOA
A group of Spanish fishermen will receive financial support to catch plastic as well as fish, in an innovative new project aimed at tackling the huge amount of garbage dumped in the world’s oceans.