€4.4 billion spent on emptying our oceans of life
The EU has been subsidising the denudation of our oceans to the tune of €4.4 billion over a 12 year period. Spain, possibly the...
Hundreds of common dolphins killed by commercial fishing bycatch
Well over 300 mostly common dolphins have been recorded washed up dead on the Atlantic coast of England, France and Ireland in the first...
China threatens the entire marine ecosystem
China has the largest fishing fleet in the world at around 300,000 vessels, employing nearly eight million people, and accounts for one-third of the...
UN Patron of Oceans calls for ban on tournaments which kill threatened sharks
Driving into the lovely seaside village of Cape May, New Jersey, I was stuck by two conflicting images.
On one side of the marina was...
On the brink of a marine meltdown
Spot the difference. Will we ever learn?
Why is it that with over two-thirds of the Earth's surface covered in water marine conservation still...
Japanese financial giant Nomura profits from lack of fish
Japan's list of environmental sins is growing. If it wasn't already pushing the boundaries of acceptable behaviour by killing whales in the Southern Ocean...
Big problems for the world’s biggest fish
It may surprise you that 100 million sharks are killed by people each year. What might surprise you further is that this is a...
Switch the fish, spread the problem
Supermarkets, led by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's Fish Fight and Sainsbury's Switch the Fish campaigns, have recently been encouraging us to eat lesser-known and so-called sustainable...
Fisheries governance after the South China Sea verdict
On the March 23, 2016 an illegal Chinese-flagged fishing vessel, the Fu Yuan Yu 076, entered the Exclusive Economic Zone of China, crossing into...
The world’s ocean has reached crisis point
There are alternatives to the way we treat the marine environment, but they require a change in the way we think and act. Land...