Ocean
Focusing on global ocean stewardship through fisheries management, marine conservation, and climate resilience
Will ‘loss and damage’ climate funding reach ocean communities?
The compensation fund could help fishers from small island and coastal states, but many challenges remain
Focus on fisheries
Can bottom trawling ever be sustainable?
Environmentalists are celebrating a Greek ban on bottom trawling and urging other nations to follow. Some scientists fear unintended consequences.
Saving China’s seagrass without shutting out fishers
Fishers worry seagrass protections will put them out of work, but must fishing and conservation be mutually exclusive?
Repurpose harmful fisheries subsidies to alleviate poverty
As WTO talks to limit these subsidies falter, another route could reap environmental and human benefits, write Louise Teh and Rashid Sumaila
How can China’s offshore fisheries handle climate change?
To support national guidelines, experts say adaptation measures must be tailored to local conditions, and basic research enhanced
