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Record Blue Shark Bycatch Highlights Urgent Need for Ocean Treaty Enforcement
Industrial fishing in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean resulted in a record-high bycatch of 438,500 blue sharks in 2023, highlighting the indiscriminate nature of longline fishing and the urgent need for stronger regulations under the United Global Oceans Treaty.
Record Blue Shark Bycatch Highlights Urgent Need for Ocean Treaty Enforcement
Industrial fishing in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean resulted in a record-high bycatch of 438,500 blue sharks in 2023, highlighting the indiscriminate nature of longline fishing and the urgent need for stronger regulations under the United Global Oceans Treaty.
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40% Bias Score
Breath": Senegal's Dying Seas
Ilaria Congiu's documentary "Breath" (debuting May 5th), filmed in Senegal, reveals the devastating effects of overfishing, pollution, and climate change on marine ecosystems and fishing communities, highlighting the interconnectedness of environmental degradation and social consequences.
Breath": Senegal's Dying Seas
Ilaria Congiu's documentary "Breath" (debuting May 5th), filmed in Senegal, reveals the devastating effects of overfishing, pollution, and climate change on marine ecosystems and fishing communities, highlighting the interconnectedness of environmental degradation and social consequences.
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36% Bias Score
Unsustainable Mackerel Fishing Prompts Dutch Advisory Against Purchase
The Dutch organization Good Fish advises against purchasing Atlantic mackerel due to overfishing resulting from a lack of international catch agreements since 2010, impacting the Dutch fishing sector and potentially removing mackerel from supermarkets.
Unsustainable Mackerel Fishing Prompts Dutch Advisory Against Purchase
The Dutch organization Good Fish advises against purchasing Atlantic mackerel due to overfishing resulting from a lack of international catch agreements since 2010, impacting the Dutch fishing sector and potentially removing mackerel from supermarkets.
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52% Bias Score
Spanish Fishermen to Self-Regulate Anchovy Catch Amidst Price Crash
The Spanish Ministry of Fisheries has delegated anchovy fishing quotas (28,600 tons) regulation to fishermen's organizations, aiming to stabilize prices that dropped from €6.77/kg to €0.74/kg in two days due to overfishing of small anchovies.
Spanish Fishermen to Self-Regulate Anchovy Catch Amidst Price Crash
The Spanish Ministry of Fisheries has delegated anchovy fishing quotas (28,600 tons) regulation to fishermen's organizations, aiming to stabilize prices that dropped from €6.77/kg to €0.74/kg in two days due to overfishing of small anchovies.
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44% Bias Score
German Coastal Crab Fishery Suffers Worst Year Ever in 2024
German coastal crab fishing experienced its worst year in 2024, with catches plummeting by 44% to 1,057 tons, causing a 41% revenue drop to €25 million despite higher prices. This is the sixth consecutive year of below-average catches, threatening the existence of many fisheries and highlighting the...
German Coastal Crab Fishery Suffers Worst Year Ever in 2024
German coastal crab fishing experienced its worst year in 2024, with catches plummeting by 44% to 1,057 tons, causing a 41% revenue drop to €25 million despite higher prices. This is the sixth consecutive year of below-average catches, threatening the existence of many fisheries and highlighting the...
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44% Bias Score
French Fish Stocks Struggle Despite Reduced Overfishing
Despite a 19% reduction in French fishing landings in 2023, 33% of the catch came from populations with low recruitment due to climate change, pollution, and habitat loss; 58% originated from healthy, non-overfished stocks, and 19% from overfished ones.
French Fish Stocks Struggle Despite Reduced Overfishing
Despite a 19% reduction in French fishing landings in 2023, 33% of the catch came from populations with low recruitment due to climate change, pollution, and habitat loss; 58% originated from healthy, non-overfished stocks, and 19% from overfished ones.
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24% Bias Score
Critically Endangered Baltic Sea Porpoises Face Extinction
The Baltic Sea harbor porpoise population is critically endangered, with only 100-1000 individuals remaining near Rügen and Darß, primarily due to entanglement in fishing nets, dwindling fish stocks exacerbated by overfishing and climate change, and noise pollution from human activities.
Critically Endangered Baltic Sea Porpoises Face Extinction
The Baltic Sea harbor porpoise population is critically endangered, with only 100-1000 individuals remaining near Rügen and Darß, primarily due to entanglement in fishing nets, dwindling fish stocks exacerbated by overfishing and climate change, and noise pollution from human activities.
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24% Bias Score
Atlantic Salmon Near Extinction in Iberian Rivers
The population of Atlantic salmon in Iberian rivers has dropped dramatically from 10,000 in the 1950s to under 500 today, threatening extinction. Overfishing, habitat destruction, and ineffective management strategies are to blame; a complete fishing ban is proposed as the only solution.
Atlantic Salmon Near Extinction in Iberian Rivers
The population of Atlantic salmon in Iberian rivers has dropped dramatically from 10,000 in the 1950s to under 500 today, threatening extinction. Overfishing, habitat destruction, and ineffective management strategies are to blame; a complete fishing ban is proposed as the only solution.
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52% Bias Score
Mass Tasmanian Salmon Die-off Exposes Industry Unsustainability
A bacterial disease outbreak killed over one million farmed Tasmanian salmon in Tasmania, resulting in over 5,500 tonnes of dead fish being dumped in February, raising serious environmental and ethical concerns about the industry's practices and sustainability.
Mass Tasmanian Salmon Die-off Exposes Industry Unsustainability
A bacterial disease outbreak killed over one million farmed Tasmanian salmon in Tasmania, resulting in over 5,500 tonnes of dead fish being dumped in February, raising serious environmental and ethical concerns about the industry's practices and sustainability.
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56% Bias Score
Barents Sea Seabird Decline Linked to Fishing and Warming Waters
Industrial fishing and warming Atlantic waters are causing a decline in predatory bird populations in the southwest Barents Sea, impacting bird colonies along the Murmansk coast, while populations in the Arctic remain stable; scientists propose a capelin fishing moratorium.
Barents Sea Seabird Decline Linked to Fishing and Warming Waters
Industrial fishing and warming Atlantic waters are causing a decline in predatory bird populations in the southwest Barents Sea, impacting bird colonies along the Murmansk coast, while populations in the Arctic remain stable; scientists propose a capelin fishing moratorium.
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40% Bias Score
UK Government Sued Over Unsustainable Fishing Quotas
The Blue Marine Foundation is suing the UK government for setting 2024 fishing quotas for 54% of fish populations above sustainable levels advised by independent scientists, jeopardizing fish stocks and the livelihoods of fishers, contrary to the Fisheries Act 2020.
UK Government Sued Over Unsustainable Fishing Quotas
The Blue Marine Foundation is suing the UK government for setting 2024 fishing quotas for 54% of fish populations above sustainable levels advised by independent scientists, jeopardizing fish stocks and the livelihoods of fishers, contrary to the Fisheries Act 2020.
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44% Bias Score
Mixed Results: Indonesian Pelagic Thresher Shark Conservation Program
In Indonesia's Alor Archipelago, a conservation program between 2018 and 2023 provided fishers with alternative livelihoods (e.g., chicken farming, tuna fishing) to reduce pelagic thresher shark fishing; while six of nine fishers saw income increases over 500%, others saw decreases, highlighting the...
Mixed Results: Indonesian Pelagic Thresher Shark Conservation Program
In Indonesia's Alor Archipelago, a conservation program between 2018 and 2023 provided fishers with alternative livelihoods (e.g., chicken farming, tuna fishing) to reduce pelagic thresher shark fishing; while six of nine fishers saw income increases over 500%, others saw decreases, highlighting the...
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20% Bias Score
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