Overfishing

Sushi is rolling with the times as more vegan options than ever before are being served around the world. Despite being several hundred years old as a dish, sushi is still developing and diversifying. Once considered highly exotic (think Breakfast Club lunch scene) and the height of sophistication, sushi, in a variety of forms, is […]

Global ocean conservation organization Sea Shepherd has received the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) from the Liberian Ministry of Defense. The order is the highest military award given by the ministry. The president of Liberia, George Weah, awarded the organization the prestigious honor for its “exceptional service to the Republic of Liberia” in Operation Sola Stella, […]

Popular vegetarian meat brand Linda McCartney Foods has launched vegan-friendly fish goujons. The meat-free brand – founded by the late Linda McCartney in the 1990s – made the announcement on its Instagram account. “Fish are friends, NOT food! Until now,” wrote the company. “Our NEW Vegetarian Fish Goujons are so deliciously close to the real deal, you might […]

New blockbuster “Aquaman,” released this month, is the much anticipated telling of Arthur Joseph Curry, aka DC superhero Aquaman. Curry was born into the human world but his mother hails from the underwater kingdom of Atlantis. The film has everything a superhero saga needs: villains, adventures, and lots of exciting action but it also contains […]

UK National treasure and environmentalist Sir David Attenborough is presenting a new Netflix natural history series named “Our Planet.” The 92-year-old broadcaster, who has for decades been synonymous with BBC nature documentaries, will record the voiceover for Netflix’s new eight-part series. Due to be released in April, “Our Planet” is produced by Alastair Fothergill and Keith […]

Animal populations have declined by 60 percent since 1970 thanks to humans, according to a new report by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). Since 1998, WWF has published the Living Planet Report every two years; it is based on the Living Planet Index, which takes stock of and examines 16,704 populations of more than 4,000 […]

Commercial fishing has just been banned in an area of the Arctic covering nearly one million square miles — about the size of the Mediterranean. The Guardian reports that per the Central Arctic Ocean agreement signed in Greenland last Wednesday, commercial fishing will be prohibited for at least the next 16 years. While no companies […]

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 […]