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Abandoned 'ghost gear' kills sea life. A Myanmar nonprofit is turning the tide.

Anne Pinto-Rodrigues

November 13, 2024 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Myanmar

The nonprofit Myanmar Ocean Project is working to raise awareness of and remove ghost gear, abandoned fishing gear that kills marine life, from the country’s waters. Volunteer drivers remove the gear from the water and create public awareness campaigns.

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The Futures of Right Whales and Lobstermen Are Entangled. Could High-Tech Gear Help Save Them Both?

Kiley Price

October 20, 2024 |

Inside Climate News |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Provincetown, Massachusetts

Lobster is a crucial economic resource in New England, but entanglements with the fishing line from lobster traps are a major cause of death for endangered North Atlantic right whales. Scientists and lobstermen are testing ropeless, on-demand gear that minimizes the risk for whales and allows fishing to continue in areas that would otherwise be closed for months as the whales pass through.

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Biobanking Corals: One Woman's Mission to Save Coral Genetics in Turks and Caicos to Rebuild Reefs of the Future

Teresa Tomassoni

October 15, 2024 |

Inside Climate News |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: Turks and Caicos Islands

The Turks and Caicos Reef Fund coral lab houses a living biobank of coral species at risk of being lost to climate change impacts and disease. Researchers collect the corals from the ocean and plan to keep them on land until the oceans are a suitable habitat again.

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The Poachers Who Could Save Mexico's Vaquita

Daniel Shailer

September 24, 2024 |

Hakai Magazine |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: Mexico, San Felipe

Seeking to protect the endangered vaquita, a charity in San Felipe, Mexico, is encouraging fishers who poach totoaba, another endangered species, to swap their gillnets for cimbra. The hook-and-line style fishing equipment allows them to target totoaba that are worth more, meaning they can catch less while making the same or more income and keep other species out of the often harmful nets.

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New funding could help Indigenous communities disproportionately impacted by climate change

Rachael Schuit

August 02, 2024 |

VNN (Verified News Network) |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nooksack Indian Tribe, United States, Washington

The Nooksack Tribe and the Lummi Nation are working with farmers who are building new floodgates to ensure the systems benefit farmland and local salmon. Farmers are adding gates that protect salmon during flooding and give them safe passageways.

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How Native Nations Forced Federal Investment in Salmon Reintroduction

Luna Reyna

July 02, 2024 |

Underscore |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: Colville Indian Reservation, United States, Washington

The Upper Columbia United Tribes are working to reintroduce salmon along the Upper Columbia River after the Chief Joseph and Grand Coulee Dams altered the environment, preventing the salmon from returning. Their research on the impact of the dam on the river, salmon, and their culture has pressured the U.S. government to uphold its obligations to them. So far, it’s committed $200 million for the reintroduction efforts as a result.

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How the Nez Perce are using an energy transition to save salmon

Emily Senkosky

July 01, 2024 |

High Country News |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Nez Perce Reservation, United States, Lapwai, Idaho

The Nez Perce Tribe is installing solar panels on homes and community buildings across their reservation with the goal of producing enough energy to replace the hydroelectric dams on the Snake River responsible for the diminishing salmon and steelhead populations.

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Can Seaweed Save American Shellfish?

Alexandra Talty

June 27, 2024 |

Civil Eats |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States

Researchers, conservationists, and shellfish farmers on both U.S. coasts are starting and studying seaweed farms as a way to soak up excess nutrients in acidic water to help shellfish survive and grow.

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With prayers and well wishes, students release thousands of salmon fry in Okanagan waters

Aaron Hemens

June 27, 2024 |

IndigiNews |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: Okanagan Nation, Canada, Penticton, British Columbia

The Okanagan Nation Alliance leads a Fish in Schools program that donates fish spawn and the equipment to raise them to elementary and secondary schools near their territory. Thousands of fish raised by the students are released into local waterways during ceremonies at the end of the school year as a part of their efforts to bring salmon back to the area.

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The Fish In The Sea

Baratunde Thurston

June 19, 2024 |

PBS |

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Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: Scotland

Nonprofits and coastal communities are popularizing sustainable fishing practices and fishery management to allow ocean ecosystems to bounce back from overfishing and sustain the fishing industry long-term. For example, a community-led organization in Scotland campaigned to create the country’s first “No Take Zone” marine reserve, and a nonprofit in Hawaii is restoring fishponds to revive traditional Hawaiian aquaculture.

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