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  • Ghost Gear Busters: Paying Fishers to Collect Derelict Nets, Traps

    Erica Cirino

    July 26, 2017 |

    News Deeply |

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    Response Location: United States, Barnegat Bay, New Jersey

    "Ghost gear" describes the nets, lines, and other debris lost off the back of commercial fishing boats in staggering amounts each year, and it spells death for hundreds of thousands of marine animals and birds who get tangled in it. Previously, there was little financial incentive to pull this litter back out of the water, but a new public-private partnership called Fishing For Energy is paying fishers to gather up ghost gear and help recycle it, as well as developing new technologies to prevent bycatch and educating communities about the issue.

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  • The New Technology That Promises to Blow up Illegal Fishing

    Paul Tullis

    July 17, 2017 |

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    Response Location: Australia, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

    Illegal fishing is a grave concern that not only threatens to destroy the ocean's ecosystem but the livelihoods of billions of people around the world who depend on stable fish populations for food. Now, software developed in a partnership between Vulcan - a private Seattle-based tech firm - and Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization allows law enforcement to quickly analyze suspicious patterns from the transponders of thousands of ships at a time, using special algorithms that automatically detect is a ship is a high-risk for criminal activity.

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  • Digital startup aims to lead a revolution in retail transparency

    Eleanor Ross

    July 11, 2017 |

    Positive.News |

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    Response Location: United States

    Being able to trace the means of production and transport of an consumer good allows people to make informed, ethical decisions about their purchases. The website Provenance provides this information by working with companies who ethically source their products to share information about their supply chain.

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  • Madagascar: No more fish? We'll farm seaweed instead

    Jacopo Pasotti

    June 25, 2017 |

    Deutsche Welle (DW) |

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    Response Location: Madagascar, Tampolove

    Adapting to climate change in coastal areas means adjusting local fishing and cultivation practices. Residents of Velondriake, a locally managed marine area in southern Madagascar, have introduced seaweed and algae farming as an alternative to fishing. With the help of Blue Ventures, an NGO based in the UK, and the University of Toliara, residents are monitoring their ecosystem and finding new markets for their harvests.

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  • Vietnam's response to climate change? A shrimp and mangrove cocktail

    Julia Laurie

    May 23, 2017 |

    The New Humanitarian (formerly IRIN) |

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    Response Location: Vietnam, Ben Tre Province

    Increasing salinization of water sources and droughts as a result of climate change have threatened traditional agricultural practices in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam. But The International Union for the Conservation of Nature and the Netherlands Development Agency are helping teach farmers to adapt by showing them how to work with the saltier waters, establishing organic shrimp farms instead of growing rice and preserving the valuable mangroves that protect their coastline from storms.

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  • Sea Ice Retreat Could Lead to Rapid Overfishing in the Arctic

    Hannah Hoag

    March 17, 2017 |

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    Response Location: Iceland, Reykjavík

    As arctic sea ice continues to melt at alarming rates due to climate change, new concerns about increased exposure of these virgin waters to the ravages of commercial fishing arise. Taking lessons from the population collapse of fish populations in the Bering Straight due to lack of regulation and data, international leaders from nations along the Arctic Circle are working together to protect these new territories and hopefully preserve capacities for the future.

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  • The bizarre and inspiring story of Iowa's fish farmers

    Maddie Oatman

    February 01, 2017 |

    Mother Jones |

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    Response Location: United States, Webster City, Iowa

    A family in Iowa, living 1,000 miles from the Atlantic Ocean and 1,500 miles from the Pacific Ocean, are paving the way for the future of fish farms. By filling their unused barn with fish tanks, this third-generation Webster City farming family found a solution for successfully and sustainably raise up to 10 million pounds of barramundi per year.

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  • The Sea Creature That Saved a School (How Lobsters Are Keeping Students in School)

    Tanya Paperny

    December 11, 2016 |

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    Response Location: United States, Deer Isle, Maine

    Deer Isle, Maine, struggled to keep students in school; many students felt that a diploma was unnecessary, since they could drop out and join the lobster fishing industry. But the local high school found a creative solution to keep students engaged and ensure more opportunities in what can be a volatile industry. They redesigned courses to suit the interests of students, moving to project-based learning that explores traditional academic topics through fishing and marine themes, such as studying geometry through boat building. The approach has helped increase graduation rates by more than 30 percent.

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  • United We Fish!

    Lina Zeldovich

    June 28, 2016 |

    Hakai Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, New Hampshire

    Local fisheries have been struggling to keep up with major manufacturers. Sustainable fishing practices have been countering that by creating Niche markets.

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  • The number one thing we can do to protect Earth's oceans

    Liza Gross

    May 23, 2016 |

    Ensia |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom, London, England

    Despite humanity's shared need for healthy oceans and marine biodiversity to support life as we know it, there is no central regulatory body able to protect the massive, critical swaths of ocean beyond any one country's marine borders, where pollution and climate change are proving disastrous to the ecosystem. But as the effects of the changing oceans become more prevalent to those on land, a few determined groups are slowly bringing together various governing bodies to create reserves and pass key legislation to hopefully give our oceans - and our planet - a chance.

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