Antarctic whales’ remarkable comeback is threatened by krill fishing Huge industrial trawlers are competing for krill – the main food source for whales – in the Southern Ocean, removing vital nutrients from the ecosystem

"In the Southern Ocean, whalers slaughtered more than 2 million whales during the 20th century, pushing a number of species to the brink."
#SixthExtinction #Seaspiracy #overfishing #ecocide
#SeaOfSlaughter #Anthropocene #envhist
#MarineLifeConservation
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The fuel required for large, petrol-powered boats is subsidized. These subsidies are funded through taxes and ultimately enrich oil companies. Banks only lend money to fishermen who use industrial fishing methods. All industrial fishermen around the world catch the same fishes in the same locations, under the same conditions and are dependent on oil. The abundance of energy (oil) and subsidy rules have led to widespread purchases of trawlers for pelagic net fishing. This method involves hauling in all marine life and keeping only those that generate profit. This fishing practice has become widespread and is used in unsuitable locations. Fish or marine animals caught that do not meet the desired criteria (sizes and species) are discarded dead into the sea or ocean. There is indeed overfishing. Some boats engage in dredging in unsuitable environments, scouring up everything on the seabed or ocean floor. They leave nothing alive in their wake. These are acts of ecocides. They destroy resources. This approach is short-sighted because fishes and other living organisms cannot reproduce. This directly threatens food security. Today, a large portion of the fish caught is used to feed chickens and pigs. Prior to the widespread availability of fuel subsidies, a greater diversity of fishing methods existed, each adapted to different environments, seabeds, and fish species. These methods were far more environmentally friendly. It is imperative to stop subsidizing industrial fishing and reinvest in more sustainable traditional fishing techniques, which ensure the reproduction of species, protect the environment, and avoid waste. This would cost taxpayers far less. Fishing should be reduced, limited to feeding humans, and the practice of feeding livestock with fish flour should be put to an end. Industrial fishermen do not have a better standard of living than in the past. They are drowning in debt. They no longer have the freedom to choose their working methods due to th…

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#Cameroon #Goyal #India #Overfishing #WTO #Yaoundé

[6/6] Face à ce "far west" maritime, de nouveaux outils émergent avec Greenpeace, qui mobilise satellites, radars et smartphones pour mieux surveiller les pratiques. Ces innovations ouvrent la voie à une régulation plus fine des espaces maritimes. #geography #fisheries #overfishing #Senegal

Les pêcheurs artisanaux sénégalais acculés face aux conséquences en série du « pillage » de leurs ressources La Fondation pour la justice environnementale suit de près l’évolution de la ressource halieutique sur les côtes sénégalaise et explique son déclin par, notamment, la pêche industrielle et illégale qu...

[1/6] Mélanie Chartier décrit une crise halieutique majeure au #Sénégal, où la raréfaction du poisson transforme profondément les littoraux et fragilise des sociétés côtières dont les équilibres économiques, alimentaires et sociaux reposent largement sur la pêche artisanale. #geography #overfishing

Antarctic whales’ remarkable comeback is threatened by krill fishing Huge industrial trawlers are competing for krill – the main food source for whales – in the Southern Ocean, removing vital nutrients from the ecosystem

Antarctic whales’ remarkable comeback is threatened by krill fishing www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/26/... 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Science #Overfishing

Global trade tensions test WTO as reform battle begins in Yaoundé Trade ministers from 166 countries are gathering in Cameroon’s capital this week for a high-stakes World Trade Organisation meeting – with divisions over reform, digital trade and development raising…

A 2022 agreement on #fishing subsidies came into force in September 2025, but negotiations continue on a follow-up deal targeting overcapacity and #overfishing, with members divided over how much flexibility to give developing countries. www.rfi.fr/en/internati...

Decline in migratory fish populations prompts fight for protection The UN assessment of the state of migratory freshwater fish revealed an 81% decline in the last 50 years.

Decline in migratory fish populations prompts fight for protection

#Fish species that undertake mammoth migrations through rivers, lakes and ponds are facing a combined threat from dams, #pollution and #overfishing preventing them from reaching their breeding grounds.

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[8/8] L’Antarctique apparaît ainsi comme un espace stratégique où se croisent enjeux économiques, scientifiques et environnementaux. La gestion du krill révèle les limites de la gouvernance mondiale face à un risque écologique potentiellement irréversible. #geography #krill #overfishing #Antarctic

‘It smells like a rancid fish and chip shop’: at sea with the Antarctic’s krill supertrawlers The fishery is regulated but experts say it is wrecking the food chain. Gordon Peake joined a Sea Shepherd mission to observe the giant ships compete for catch

[1/8] REPORTAGE - Gordon Peake embarque avec #SeaShepherd en Antarctique pour observer la pêche industrielle au krill. L’enquête montre comment cette ressource clé, au cœur des écosystèmes polaires, est devenue un enjeu économique et écologique mondial.
#geography #krill #overfishing #Antarctic

Decline in migratory fish populations prompts fight for protection The UN assessment of the state of migratory freshwater fish revealed an 81% decline in the last 50 years.

#Fish that undertake mammoth migrations are facing threats from #pollution, #habitat loss and #overfishing
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This Monument Is the Latest Casualty in Trump’s War on Public Lands Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument could be opened up to commercial fishing

#Environment #Climate #Oceans #MarineMonuments #Politics #OverFishing
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This Monument Is the Latest Casualty in Trump’s War on Public Lands Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument could be opened up to commercial fishing

#Environment #Climate #Oceans #MarineMonuments #Politics #OverFishing
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**Our Oceans Are Being Emptied**

90% of large fish populations have vanished since 1950. We're fishing faster than oceans can recover, threatening marine life and billions who depend on the sea for food.

The time to act is NOW.

#Overfishing #SaveOurOceans #MarineLife

Political cartoon featuring a shark being shredded on a grater which turns into money falling into a bag labeled "Corporate Greed."

Throwback Thursday!! All the way back to Inktober 2025. 🤣

The art prompt for this was "Shredded." I'm a big fan of sharks and this popped into my head. 🦈🤘

#political #fishing #overfishing #bycatch #conservation #oceans #animals #corruption #politicalcartoon #drawings #illustrations #ArtYear #art

China is killing the fish An environmental danger almost no one is paying attention to.

#China #Overfishing #Extinction #Ecosystems #Seafood #MarineStewardship

Ocean heating and overfishing need to be tackled together | Letter The most troubling aspect of your report (Chronic ocean heating fuels ‘staggering’ loss of marine life, study finds, 25 February) is not only the scale of marine decline, but how easily it can be misunderstood. If short-term marine heatwaves create temporary gains in colder areas, institutions may mistake local improvement for broader recovery while the overall system continues to weaken. This is not an abstract environmental concern. Fish populations are tied directly to food security, coastal livelihoods and ecosystem stability. When long-term ocean warming steadily reduces biomass, this should be treated as a policy and public accountability issue as much as a scientific one. Climate policy and fisheries policy can no longer be managed separately. Governments should not point to isolated rebounds as evidence of success while ignoring the cumulative warming trend beneath them. A temporary rise is not recovery. In some cases, it may be what masks deeper collapse. The article rightly notes that overfishing remains a major driver of loss. That is precisely why this moment requires honesty. This is not a choice between overfishing and climate change. Both pressures are now reinforcing each other, and both must be addressed together...

Ocean heating and overfishing need to be tackled together | Letter
->The Guardian | More on "Ocean warming fisheries policy accountability" at BigEarthData.ai | #Overfishing #Ocean

Waitrose to suspend mackerel sales due to overfishing concerns The supermarket chain says it will stop sourcing fresh, chilled and frozen mackerel by 29 April.

Waitrose to suspend mackerel sales due to #overfishing concerns

Marine groups have recommended a cut in the amount of North East Atlantic mackerel being caught to prevent a collapse in population numbers.

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Waitrose to suspend mackerel sales due to overfishing concerns The supermarket said it would stop sourcing fresh, chilled and frozen mackerel by 29 April, as well as tinned mackerel once their current stocks have been sold. Marine groups have recommended a cut in the amount of North East Atlantic mackerel being caught to prevent a collapse in population numbers. Waitrose said it was the first UK supermarket to suspend mackerel sales, adding it would only start selling the fish again once it met their "high sourcing standards". The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), which gives scientific advice on sustainable fishing, said that in recent years, mackerel has been overfished due to a lack of international quota agreements. As a result there is not a high enough rate of breeding to replace the volume being caught. More mackerel is caught in British waters than any other fish – in 2024 UK vessels landed more than 230,000 tonnes of the species. In December, the UK, Norway, the Faroe Islands and Iceland agreed to cut mackerel catches by 48%, but Waitrose said this did not go far enough. The grocery chain, which sources all its mackerel from Scottish waters, said that from May 2026, North East Atlantic mackerel...

Waitrose to suspend mackerel sales due to overfishing concerns
->BBC | More on "Mackerel overfishing sustainable seafood sourcing" at BigEarthData.ai | #Overfishing

Waitrose suspends sale of mackerel because of overfishing Supermarket chain says it will point customers to herring and other species to protect threatened Atlantic stocks

Waitrose suspends sale of mackerel because of overfishing #Science #EarthSciences #EnvironmentalScience #Overfishing #Sustainability #MarineConservation

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Waitrose suspends sale of mackerel because of overfishing Waitrose has become the first UK supermarket to suspend the sale of mackerel because of overfishing and will start pointing customers toward herring and other species. The Marine Conservation Society warned last year that stocks were at breaking point owing to overfishing, and it downgraded mackerel from a three to a four on its five-point Good Fish Guide sustainability scale. Kerry Lyne, of the MCS, praised Waitrose’s move, saying: “To keep favourites like mackerel on the menu, we need support right across the supply chain with fishing kept within sustainable limits.” A University of East Anglia study published in January urged supermarkets to encourage customers to expand their fish diet to include more environmentally friendly and locally caught fish, such as herring and sardines. Last September, the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) recommended that mackerel fishing in the north-east Atlantic be cut by 70% to help replenish numbers to a sustainable level following overexploitation. Responding to the data, Hugo Tagholm, the executive director of the enviromental charity Oceana UK, said: “This a clear warning that we are risking the total collapse of this population and endangering countless other wildlife species in the process.” In December, all...

Waitrose suspends sale of mackerel because of overfishing
->The Guardian | More on "Mackerel overfishing sustainable seafood choices" at BigEarthData.ai | #Overfishing

🪶 62% of seabird species are already in decline across the UK - a figure that rises to 70% in Scotland. We don't know what's causing this tragic mass death event yet, but we do know how urgent it is to protect these birds from ongoing threats to their survival, like #overfishing & the #climatecrisis

Chronic ocean heating fuels ‘staggering’ loss of marine life, study finds Fish levels fall by 7.2% with as little as 0.1C of warming per decade, northern hemisphere research shows

Fish stocks in the northen hemisphere can drop as much as 20% (twenty percent) in a single year, due to chronic heating of the oceans.

#Seaspiracy #overfishing #ecocide
#GlobalWarming #OceanHeating
#warmingseas

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Overfishing, pollution push coastal fishing to brink VLORA — Coastal fishermen warn the sector is sliding toward collapse as fish stocks fall sharply and enforcement fails. Veteran fishermen say global warming has had an impact, but blame human activity for the steep drop in fish in the Bay of Vlora. They say fishing rules are widely ignored, including seasonal bans during spawning periods. Illegal practices persist, including dynamite fishing. Environmental groups say large trawlers operate too close to shore, dragging long nets that damage the seabed and marine habitat. Explosions kill fish and contaminate the seabed with chemicals, affecting invertebrates that sustain the marine food chain. Fishermen also complain of limited state support, saying the sector remains neglected despite mounting losses...

Overfishing, pollution push coastal fishing to brink
->TemA | More on "Overfishing and pollution in Albania" at BigEarthData.ai | #Ocean #Coastal #Pollution #Overfishing

Seafood Demand Threatens Ocean Health - Cozzy Energy Solutions **Global Seafood Consumption Surges, Raising Sustainability Concerns** February 9, 2026 – Worldwide demand for seafood is growing rapidly, exceeding current production levels and raising concerns about the health of ocean ecosystems. A recent report from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) details increasing consumption trends and emphasizes the need for more sustainable fishing

Seafood Demand Threatens Ocean Health #PJM #SustainableSeafood #OceanConservation #FoodSustainability #Overfishing #FAOreport

If We Let Coral Reef Fish Populations Bounce Back From Overfishing, They Could Feed 1.4 Million More People A new study finds that restoring coral reef fisheries could feed multitudes, especially where food is most needed...

If We Let Coral Reef Fish Populations Bounce Back From Overfishing, They Could Feed 1.4 Million More People
->Sentient Media | More on "Coral reef fisheries and food" at BigEarthData.ai | #CoralReef #Overfishing #Ocean

Europe's Offshore Wind Parks Are Doing A Lot More Than Generating Electricity - BGR Offshore wind parks have drawn concerns that their benefits might not outweigh their costs. However, those costs might not be as steep as expected.

"the fact that #fishermen cannot travel to those parts of the North Sea has also allowed marine life to flourish, where it might have previously been threatened by #overfishing.

#windturbines
#greenenergy

examples of bad news about the ocean in media

What news do you hear about the ocean?
Media tends to highlight negative aspects such as #pollution, #overfishing, #biodiversity loss, #climatechange impacts, etc.
This makes society pessimistic about the future of the #ocean
#GES4SEAS #MOOC

Making CITES count for sharks and rays - Nature Ecology & Evolution Recent expanded Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) listings for sharks and rays are welcome — yet seizing this opportunity requires that internatio...

#shark #overfishing #conservation

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