Wild Fisheries

Aquaculture, the golden child of industrial food production, promises to feed the masses while saving wild fish. While farmed fish production has skyrocketed, its efficiency can't hide the fact that wild stocks are still overfished, and ecosystems are paying the price. Does aquaculture rescue wild fish populations – or put them at greater risk?

Along the shores of East Africa's Lake Victoria, in Kenya, women fisherfolk including those known for being victims of sexual exploitation, are harnessing the Internet of Things (IoT) to help them counter their abusers while enhancing their incomes, writes Joseph Davis Weddi.

Both aquaculture and fisheries have environmental and climate impacts — and they overlap more than you'd think.

Driven by a childhood marked by war and environmental devastation, marine scientist Dyhia Belhabib developed an innovative technology to combat illegal fishing

Four decades of conservation spending totaling more than $9 billion in inflation-adjusted tax dollars has failed to improve stocks of wild salmon and steelhead in the Columbia River Basin, according to Oregon State University research.

Scientists say a new calf has apparently been born to a pod of endangered killer whales in the Pacific Northwest

Flying fish are known for their explosive power. Learn about the astonishing adaptations behind their intricate movements.

A New Hampshire group wants to establish East Coast's first open-ocean pens for offshore fish farming. However, critics said the project could harm the environment.

The first full, high-quality reference genome for a genetically improved tilapia strain has been published, offering the potential to improve food security for billions of the world's poorest people.

The case for cell-cultured fish — and the challenges to commercialize it — explained

Nairobi, Dec 06 (IPS) - The Atlantic bluefin tuna is among the largest, fastest, and most beautifully colored of all the world's fish species. They can measure more than 10 feet in length, weigh over 700 kilograms, and can live longer than 30 years. With their metallic blue coloring on top and shimmering silver-white on the bottom, the giant bony fish is a sight to behold.

Washington has banned fish-farming with net pens in state waters, citing danger to struggling native salmon

Heat waves, droughts and extreme weather are endangering people and ecosystems somewhere in the world almost every day. These extremes are exacerbated by climate change, driven primarily by increasing emissions of greenhouse gases that build up in the atmosphere and trap heat at the Earth's surface.

British Columbia's ocean contributed almost $5 billion to provincial gross domestic product in 2015, a sum that is likely an underestimate, a new UBC study has found.

The California State Appellate Court of the Third District has ruled a bumblebee can be classified as a fish, overturning a previous decision.

Farming Atlantic salmon requires a high volume of wild-caught fish as feed, but produces only a small percentage of the world's farmed fish supply. A study suggests redirecting wild-caught fish towards human consumption instead of salmon farming could relieve pressure on fish stocks while increasing seafood production.

A bill to ban commercial octopus farming is still alive in the Legislature. Animal rights activists say the practice is inhumane.

Scientists in Europe have updated the knowledge around parasites in fish based on available surveillance data. The European Food Safety Authority

Researchers recorded the movements of ocean predators and found many diving to depths of over 3,200 feet for reasons that are currently unclear.

St. Louis' Benson Hill and the soy industry, at large, see fish farms as an enticing frontier for sales — a surging market that can be powered by soybeans.