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22 January 2021
Tahiti, French Polynesia
Multi-Media
5-15 Minutes
A rapidly changing climate is shaking up how French Polynesian pearl farmers are doing business. Kamoka Pearl Farm is incorporating more sustainable practices like using its own oysters to create the nuclei that form ...
19 January 2021
Santa Barbara, California, United States
Multi-Media
1500-3000 Words
After restaurants closed due to COVID-19 and tariffs were implemented on exports to China, fishermen and women in the United States had to shift their business model to sell directly to consumers. For example, Get Hoo...
19 January 2021
Namibia
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Under 800 Words
Tens of thousands of vulnerable bird species have been saved over the last decade thanks to new equipment that has been installed by Namibian fishing boats. By fitting colorful hosepipe to lines towed behind boats, a ...
12 January 2021
Na Doi, Thailand
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800-1500 Words
By setting aside an area of the Ngao River to be off limits for fishing, several villages in Thailand have seen a revitalization of large barb and carp in their waters. Compared to non-protected stretches of the river...
7 January 2021
Ghana
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Under 800 Words
With more than 200 communities along the Ghana coast relying on small-scale fishing, a new app called DASE seeks to hold industrial trawlers accountable for illegally fishing in their seas. The app allows people to ta...
23 December 2020
Washington, United States
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1500-3000 Words
A unique partnership between scientists, state agencies, and coastal communities in Washington state allows these different entities to monitor and manage toxic algal blooms. Known as the Olympic Region Harmful Algal ...
19 December 2020
Miami, Florida, United States
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Over 3000 Words
In Florida, a land-based salmon farming operation has optimized the ideal conditions for fish to be raised sustainably on land. “There is no winter here, there are no diseases, there are no sea lice. We optimize every...
15 December 2020
Tamil Nadu, India
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1500-3000 Words
Local villages along the coast of India are seen as a model for large-scale seaweed cultivation, which can be a form of sustainable agriculture and climate mitigation. As the country’s land is being lost to soil degra...
24 November 2020
Fidalgo Island, Washington, United States
Multi-Media
1500-3000 Words
The Swinomish tribe in Washington state is combining traditional knowledge and science to combat the effects of climate change and improve the health of its land, water, and people. In recent years, their salmon harve...
21 October 2020
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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Under 800 Words
A community-based seafood program called Fiishadelphia is the first community supported fishery run by high-school students in the city. They offer locally harvested and affordable seafood to a diverse customer base w...
16 October 2020
Hong Kong
Photojournalism
1500-3000 Words
The Mai Po Nature Reserve in Hong Kong shows how the protection of mangrove forests is possible. These ecosystems are seen as a way to combat the effects of climate change since the forests can help prevent flood dama...
The Narwhal
Matt Simmons
3 October 2020
Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada
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1500-3000 Words
Coastal Shellfish, an Indigenous aquaculture company in British Columbia, is focusing on sustainable food and food security through its product Great Bear Scallops. This is the first project funded by the Costal Funds...
The Huffington Post
Stephen Miller
14 September 2020
Alaska, United States
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1500-3000 Words
A small, southeast-Alaskan fishing community banded together to protect the source of its livelihood from industrial fishing. Legislation officially protected 70,000 square miles of pristine waters in 1998. The ban on...
31 August 2020
São Raimundo, Brazil
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800-1500 Words
After high demands for arapaima fish led to near extinction, a co-management system in the Amazon rainforest has resulted in the recovery of the fish as well as the economic empowerment of local women. The work includ...
28 August 2020
Garibaldi, Oregon, United States
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1500-3000 Words
The international seafood supply chain was disrupted in the wake of the pandemic but small fisheries in the northwest have tapped into new local markets. The fisheries, which generally depend on exporting seafood inte...
24 August 2020
Yangon, Myanmar
Multi-Media
Over 3000 Words
In Myanmar, aquaculture production from medium-sized freshwater farms is growing and could be an important and sustainable supplier of food for the world’s growing population. Aquaculture businesses are thriving in So...
24 August 2020
Torre Guaceto, Italy
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1500-3000 Words
Fishers, researchers, and managers came together to create Torre Guaceto, a marine reserve off the coast of Italy. The area was previously exploited, but because of this cooperative management project, biodiversity ha...
17 August 2020
Maria Elena Bay, Mexico
Multi-Media
800-1500 Words
A collective of fishers have adopted sustainable fishing practices to catch spiny lobsters in Maria Elena Bay in Mexico, while also protecting the species. To keep future lobster populations healthy, fishers will meas...
14 July 2020
Homestead, Florida, United States
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Over 3000 Words
A Norwegian firm has built a land-based fish farm – which is "a supersized aquatic version of greenhouse agriculture that aims to solve a host of environmental problems plaguing conventional salmon farms in coastal wa...
La Voz de Guanacaste
Eduardo Costa
3 July 2020
Costa Rica
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800-1500 Words
In Costa Rica, the Guanacaste Chamber of Fishermen, known as CPG launched an initiative to help local fisherman making a living during the pandemic. Most of them sold their product to hotels, but due to the pandemic, ...
Mongabay
Keith Anthony S. Fabro
30 April 2020
Coron, Palawan, Philippines
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1500-3000 Words
A COVID-19-spurred shutdown has halted ecotourism to Siete Pecados, a marine protected area in the Philippines. As a result, many residents have turned to fishing as a way to supplement their income. To make sure thi...
21 February 2020
Indonesia
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800-1500 Words
A space-based initiative called Global Fishing Watch is using satellite imagery and data to hold companies accountable to their promise of providing sustainable sourced seafood. While the volume of data and cost of ob...
11 February 2020
Poompuhar, Tamil Nadu, India
Multi-Media
800-1500 Words
After climate change led to a declining fish catch, fishermen in Tamil Nadu experimented with artificial reefs to boost biodiversity that would provide fishermen with a better catch. Artificial reefs can serve many pu...
31 January 2020
Rio Verde, Arizona, United States
Multi-Media
5-15 Minutes
Volunteers in Arizona are building plastic cube structures to create a fish habitat in some of the state’s lakes. Since many of the lakes are in the desert, the shoreline is often not very hospitable for fish. These “...
27 January 2020
Bula, Philippines
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800-1500 Words
By replacing fishing with seaweed cultivation, coastal communities in the Philippines are adapting to climate change and new market opportunities. In Bula, families are increasingly looking to seaweed as a source of i...
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