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Smoke On The Water: Indonesia Blows Up Fishing Boats Of Poachers

1:14pm April 05, 2016

by Phil Ewing

At a time when tensions are running high in the South China Sea, Indonesia used explosives to destroy more than 20 foreign fishing boats caught poaching recently in its waters.

Luna, a German shepherd-husky mix, survived in the wild for five weeks after swimming 2 miles to shore when she fell off her owner's fishing boat.

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Lost At Sea And Feared Dead, Dog Found On Island After 5 Weeks

6:20pm March 17, 2016

by Laura Wagner

A 1-year-old, blue-eyed German shepherd mix named Luna fell off a fishing boat, swam to shore and survived on mice. She was found near a U.S. naval facility on an island off California.

Rock shrimp from Florida used to be considered too hard-shelled to be worthwhile as commercial seafood. A custom-made machine to crack and split them has made the sweet crustaceans a favorite for Orlando chef Jessica Tantalo, who prepared them as part of

Can 'Slow Fish' Help Save America's Small-Scale Fishermen?

8:31pm March 14, 2016

by Eve Troeh

An event in New Orleans this weekend highlighted the wealth of seafood the Americas have to offer — and the endangered state of the small fishers who catch it.

Atlantic bluefin tuna caught in fishers' nets.

How In Trouble Are Bluefin Tuna, Really? Controversial Study Makes Waves

6:41pm March 08, 2016

by Alastair Bland

A study suggests Atlantic bluefin, prized for its buttery flesh, may breed younger, and in more places, than once thought — and it may be time to rethink fishing quotas. Not so fast, critics argue.

Herring are delicious, with flaky, mild meat and oil that sizzles on their skin when grilled over a flame. Chefs and ocean advocates have been promoting the environmental and health benefits of eating small fish like this. But the case of the San Francisc

Herring Headache: The Big Obstacles To Eating Small Fish In California

7:00am February 29, 2016

by Alastair Bland

Chefs and environmentalists have been promoting the benefits of eating fish lower down the food chain. But San Francisco's herring fishery shows some of the challenges to spreading that message.

The captain and crew of the Moriah Lee pose with sablefish caught off the coast of Half Moon Bay, Calif. A new study found that fishermen in the West Coast sablefishery were much less likely to engage in risky behavior — like sailing out in stormy weath

Study: Program To Protect Fish Is Saving Fishermen's Lives, Too

5:58pm February 16, 2016

by Clare Leschin-Hoar

Catch share programs — where fishermen are allotted a set quota of the catch --reduce the notoriously risky behavior fishermen are known for, like sailing in stormy weather, a new study finds.

A fisherman shovels grey sole, a type of flounder, out of the hold of a ship at the Portland Fish Pier in Maine, September 2015. New research finds the ability of fish populations to reproduce and replenish themselves is declining across the globe. The wo

Fish Stocks Are Declining Worldwide, And Climate Change Is On The Hook

4:24pm December 14, 2015

by Clare Leschin-Hoar

Fish populations aren't replenishing themselves like they used to. Researchers say there's not enough food for young fish, and it's directly linked to changing temperatures.

Chef Michael Cimarusti, of Los Angeles' Providence restaurant, is pioneering the West Coast incarnation of Dock to Dish, a program that hooks up local fishermen directly with chefs.

LA's Top Restaurant Charts New Waters In Sustainable Seafood

3:47pm December 01, 2015

Providence is widely considered the finest restaurant in Los Angeles. Its award-winning chef, Michael Cimarusti, is piloting Dock to Dish, a program that hooks chefs up directly with local fishermen.

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A traditional fisherman in La Paz, Mexico, who works with SmartFish brings sustainable seafood to market. SmartFish was one of the competitors in last week's Fish 2.0 competition.

Entrepreneurs Pitch Sustainable Seafood Ideas; Investors Take The Bait

5:42pm November 17, 2015

by Clare Leschin-Hoar

At Fish 2.0, entrepreneurs get the chance to sell their ideas for modernizing the industry to a roomful of investors and venture capitalists. It's kind of like TV's Shark Tank — for the fish world.

Zach Whitener, research associate at the Gulf of Maine Research Institute, holds a cod while collecting samples for a study.

Why Is It So Hard To Save Gulf Of Maine Cod? They're In Hot Water

10:44am October 30, 2015

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

In the past decade, the Gulf of Maine warmed faster than 99.9 percent of the global ocean. The rapid warming explains why recent fishing policies failed to rebuild the cod population, a study finds.

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