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A National Park Service boat navigates the waters in Biscayne National Park, Florida, July 8, 2014. Federal officials are seeking to ban commercial fishing in the park which is offshore from suburban Miami. Officials say cutting off commercial fishing wil
How governments finance the ruin of our oceans 
Fishing communities line up and come together to pull in the net from the sea.
COVID-19
‘Difficult years’: Brazil’s fishing communities struggle to stay afloat during pandemic 
fishing nets in the sea of cortez
Business, Economics and Jobs
With no-fishing zones, Mexican fishermen restored the marine ecosystem
Captain Christopher Brown sorts fish at the F/V Proud Mary’s conveyor, with the electronic monitoring cameras visible behind him.
Business
The future of fishing is big data and artificial intelligence
Sushi, Schubert, Hanka
Full Episode
Arts, Culture & Media
Special Guest: Ian Frazier
The carcass of a right whale is prepared to be towed out to sea near Norway, Prince Edward Island.
Environment
Experts say ‘extinction is around the corner’ for Atlantic right whales
Fisherman Steve Barratt says the area just offshore of the English port of Ramsgate was a prime fishing ground until a wind farm was built there a few years ago. Now he says he has to steam for three hours to get a good catch, almost all the way to the Ne
Environment
The UK’s offshore wind boom is great for the climate. But what about the fish?
Kim Høegh-Dam is the founder of Iluliaq Seafood A/S.
Environment
Fishermen in Greenland are doing better than ever. That might be thanks to climate change.
Peru anchovies
Food
What happens when you eat seafood at every meal for a year?
A boy throws a plastic bottle into Guanabara Bay in Rio de Janeiro on Aug. 7.
Economics
Rio’s water cleanup barely works and it’s crimping impoverished fishermen
Abandoned "ghost nets" take a deadly toll on fish and aquatic ecosystems around the world. The NetWorks program in the Philippines attacks the problem by paying fishermen to haul up old nets and then sends them to Europe and the US to be recycled into com
Environment
Philippines project turns ‘ghost’ fishing nets into carpets
Trophy Hunting, Land Disputes, and The Birthday Song
Full Episode
Brazil 16:9
Environment
For generations, these Brazilian women harvested the sea, but industry threatens their way of life
Sang Ho and crew paint his shrimping boat for shrimping season. He now also farms in addition to shrimp fishing.
Economics
How anti-communist Vietnamese refugees signed up for a cooperative farm
Shrimp trawler
Environment
A bright idea could help eliminate a fishing problem
A man offers his fish for sale at a central fish market in Athens, Greece.
Environment
Seven questions you should ask to try to make sure your fish wasn’t caught by slaves
The total number of wild animals in the world has dropped by more than half in just 44 years, according to the World Wildlife Fund's new Living Planet Report. The report compiled data for more than 10,000 vertebrate species, along with trends in humanity'
Environment
Global wildlife populations have fallen by half — a stat that says it all
Healthy corals use chemical signals, or smells, to attract fish. New research has found that corals also send out "distress" signals when they're in trouble.
Environment
Coral reefs can communicate with fish, and many of them are crying for help
Environment
Japanese fisherman embrace tsunami as a chance to reinvent their industry
Business, Economics and Jobs
Dial-a-fish for the best seafood choice
Environment
Ghost Net Busters Dive to Remove Deadly Lost Fishing Nets
Environment
Japan’s Tsunami-Stricken Fishermen Chart New Course
Business, Economics and Jobs
Tunisian fishermen lose boats to migrants
Salmon Fishing Heritage
Shrimp Ban
Sport Fishing in Flordia
On the Beach With Dr. Sylvia Earle
Fishing Communities
Reforming United States Fishing Laws
What’s Ahead for Fisheries Policy
New England’s Fisheries Crisis
New England’s Troubled Fishery
Mexico Backs Off on Tuna
Whaling
Trawling for a Fishing Solution
One Fish, Two Fish, Farmed Fish, Barley Fish
Fishing for Facts on Fish Food
The Oyster is Their World
Fish Farming and First Nations
Dial-A-Fish
Dial-A-Fish
Out to Sea
Trawling for Adventure
Bypassing Bycatch
The Fish That Changed the World
Angling for Trout
Emerging Science Note/Ghost Nets
Bypassing Bycatch
Animal Note: Musical Fish
Almanac: American Angler
Cormorant Fishing
Fish Food
Salmon Fishing Heritage
Cormorant Fishing
Global Politics
Science Forum: Global fisheries decline
Arts, Culture & Media
Geo answer
Business, Economics and Jobs
Ghana’s new riches
Environment
A bright spot in depleted fisheries