Climate change is the largest threat to ocean life
May 7, 2019
New research shows that local populations of ocean animals are more vulnerable to global warming-induced extinction than terrestrial animals.
New research shows that local populations of ocean animals are more vulnerable to global warming-induced extinction than terrestrial animals.
A recent paper looked at the environmental impact of substituting fishmeal with plant-based feed in shrimp aquaculture. The results might surprise you.
Recreational fishing and commercial fishing are usually separated in science, policy, and management. Integrating them would improve sustainability for all.
Would replacing wild-caught seafood with plant-based alternatives reduce the environmental impact of our food? Probably not, for a variety of reasons.
Researchers analyzed Northeast Atlantic fisheries from 1960-2015 and found that increases in spawning stock biomass were highly correlated to fishery policy implementation.
Is fishing happening inside MPAs? Are large MPAs ineffective? The answer to both of these questions is ‘yes’ and this paper does a good job demonstrating why.
A new report by the World Resources Institute calls for an increase in fish production as an integral part of sustainably feeding 10 billion people by 2050.
WWF’s Living Planet report has great potential to be a valuable policy tool going forward. We hope it leads to widespread terrestrial protections and progressive development policies that enable people to live dignified lives alongside nature. We wish it had a better press release and covered the ocean in a different way.
A new paper reports that improved management could offset many of the negative effects of climate change on fisheries.
Scientists are getting closer to figuring out how much of the world’s ocean is fished, but discrepancies in the scale and interpretation of data are producing wildly different answers with contrasting conservation implications.
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