Broadcast version by Suzanne Potter for California News Service reporting for the Sentient-Public News Service Collaboration The global population is projected to hit at least 8.5 billion people by ...

The number of fish on the US government's overfishing list sunk to a new low last year in a sign of healthy fisheries, federal officials said. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA ...

Governments at a wildlife trade conference have adopted greater protections for over 70 species of sharks and rays amid concerns that overfishing is driving some to the brink of extinction. The ...

Henry Carey holds up shells while diving for conch off the coast of McLean's Town, Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas, Monday, Dec. 5, 2022. Queen conch, the key food species, is a marine snail that reaches ...

Tereha Davis, whose family has fished for conch from waters around the Bahamas for five generations, remembers when she could walk into the water from the beach and pick up the marine snails from the ...

The U.K. government has been urged to end overfishing and restore ocean health in a new report. The study by the non-profit Oceana says ministers should set a new legally binding, science-led deadline ...

To detractors, fisheries professor Ray Hilborn is an “overfishing denier” and all too eager to accept money from industry groups. To his backers, he’s a hero and a respected researcher. To his ...