CONSERVATION NEWS
News, views and features from the front lines of conservation
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News spotlight: Can consumer choices protect a critically endangered whale?
By Will McCarry
December 5, 2022
In case you missed it: North Atlantic right whales are fast approaching extinction. Each year, this rare species migrates along the eastern coast of the United States. The path leads right whales into a gauntlet of treacherous fishing grounds around New England.
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Meet a scientist: the sustainable-seafood guru
By Olivia DeSmit
July 10, 2019
Conservation News spoke with Jack Kittinger about his passion for protecting the animals — and people — in the seafood sector.
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Demystifying the seafood label: Where your seafood actually comes from
By Sophie Bertazzo
May 16, 2017
When you buy seafood, your purchase affects fishers, businesses — even the health of the ocean.
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Scan and serve: New tool traces seafood from ocean to plate
By Leah Duran
May 10, 2017
CI Brazil is pioneering a seafood traceability program that uses smartphone technology to give consumers the power to make sustainable choices with a few finger swipes.
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In Galápagos, lobster fishers make unlikely — but effective — conservationists
By Molly Bergen
May 8, 2017
Recently, the spiny lobster was nearly wiped out from the Galápagos — a disappearance that could have spelled disaster for the island’s fragile ecosystems.
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