Interactive: Global fishing hotspots

Gathering reliable data from the high seas can be difficult and opaque.

As Pacific Islanders struggle to survive in the face of climate change, they will need to adapt their traditional ways of fishing to the new reality.

For producers of microplastic ‘nurdle’ pellets, the price of packaging is often more than the cost of letting it spill into the ocean.

Backgrounder: 435 words

Fish stocks and seas face multiple threats, but marine scientists are working to find solutions to restore our vast blue ecosystem.

12 perspectives

Lessons from the ethical clothing movement, forest stewardship and other transparency initiatives could help end illegal fishing.

Shipping and sonar bombard the ocean with noise and disrupt fish communication and behaviour. Countries need to work together to restore the quiet of the deep.

A dwindling supply of the world’s fish is an all-encompassing problem, and finding a solution will require a holistic look.

Fish meat grown from discarded fins could be the next sustainable food solution.