fisheries collapse
Alaska’s climate-driven fisheries collapse is devastating Indigenous communities
Alaska’s salmon, king crab, and snow crab populations crashed last year, disrupting Native food supplies and traditions—and sending a warning for what’s to come for the Lower 48.
When is it time to give up on doomed fisheries?
Climate change is shifting what BC seafood restaurants source and serve
A new University of British Columbia study says we can expect more warm-water-loving species on our plates.
Despite warnings, a destructive African dam project moves ahead
A massive hydroelectric dam under construction in Tanzania threatens to flood part of a famed game reserve and deprive villages and mangrove forests of water, experts warn. But fear of the country’s authoritarian government has silenced critics.
Iraq’s second largest lake drying up, turning up dead fish
raq’s Razzaza Lake was once a tourist attraction known for its beautiful scenery and an abundance of fish that locals depended on. Now, dead fish litter its shores and the once-fertile lands around it have turned into a barren desert.
David Geselbracht, Stephen Hazell: Canada needs accountability to reach UN convention biodiversity targets
As the UN Convention on Biological Diversity creates new targets, the federal government must take action or risk another dismal report card.
DFO's closures of Pacific coast salmon fisheries leave workers reeling
Commercial fishers are paying the price for a 'collective failure' to minimize impacts to wild salmon populations, one watchdog says.