CONSERVATION NEWS
News, views and features from the front lines of conservation
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Big win for tuna fisheries nets renewed focus on human rights
By Sophie Bertazzo
June 8, 2020
Walmart, the world’s second-largest retailer, just notched a major win for sustainable seafood. Conservation News spoke to two Conservation International fisheries experts about what this could mean for the global fisheries industry.
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Illegal fishing threatens the ‘aquarium of the world’
By Morgan Lynch
January 23, 2018
Conservation International’s Edgardo Ochoa talks about to curb threats to the Gulf of California.
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In South America, are the tides turning against illegal fishing?
By Morgan Lynch
January 5, 2018
A Conservation International scientist explains how the Ecuadorean government handled a case of illegal fishing.
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Lessons learned in the ‘Kingdom of Fishes’
By Victor Nikijuluw
July 5, 2017
For a decade, CI Indonesia has been working in the Kaimana region to restore the health of the ocean and the well-being of the community.
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© CI/photo by Janny “Heintje” Rotinsulu. A man uses a traditional fishing spear In the waters off the Bird's Head Peninsula.
Key to protecting the ocean? Money and manpower, study finds
By Sophie Bertazzo
March 22, 2017
There are two keys to protecting our oceans: funding and staff. Without these elements, we’re putting our oceans at risk.
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