Fishing

 Nestlé, the world’s largest food and beverage corporation, and Tesco, the UK’s biggest supermarket chain, have joined the Global Ghost Gear Initiative (GGGI) in a bid to address the 640,000 tons of fishing gear, or ghost gear, dumped in our oceans every year. The two major corporations announced the news at the Our Ocean Conference […]

Overfishing is expected to decimate global fish populations by 2050, scientists warn. And according to a study published in June in the journal Science, the fishing industry is also a major human rights violator. The researchers noted the industry is only profitable “with government subsidies or if they use forced labor—slavery.”  The Associated Press won a Pulitzer […]

A number of celebrities, including Hollywood actors Josh Brolin and Sean Penn, have appeared in a photo series for the Fishlove campaign, which aims to raise awareness about overfishing. Produced by Nicholas Röhl and Greta Scacchi, the image series depicts celebrities posing naked with commercially-fished, and often threatened, fish species. As well as Penn, participants […]

National Geographic explorer, marine biologist, and oceanographer Dr. Sylvia Earle is urging people to eat less seafood and look to sustainable vegan alternatives instead. Speaking at The Good Food Conference in California last week, Earle discussed the future of seafood with Liz Specht, a Senior Scientist at The Good Food Institute. Drawing on her experience as a National Geographic […]

Fishing nets make up half of the ocean plastic pollution, says new research, making the fishing industry more responsible than plastic straw users.

The northern Indian state of Uttarakhand has become the first to ban catch-and-release fishing, otherwise known as angling, Hindustan Times reports. Going forward, the act of catch-and-release fishing, which involves snagging fish by the mouth using hooks and then releasing them back, is outlawed in rivers and streams in both protected forest areas and tiger reserves. “Angling is a […]

Lush Cosmetics has re-launched its limited edition Shark Fin soap in honor of Rob Stewart, a visionary conservationist, wildlife photographer, educator and filmmaker, who died while diving in 2017. The vegan soap, which re-launched both online and in select stores across the USA, consists of softening arame seaweed, exfoliating sea salt, and a tangy lime […]

An increased trade tariff by China could result in the end of America’s shark fin industry. In the ever-increasing severe trade wars between China and the U.S., the Asian country recently introduced a 25 percent increased tariff on all shark fin and other seafood items, agricultural exports, and cars coming from the U.S. While shark fins […]