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Human eat microplastic through fish : “Plastic linked to disease in coral” by ARC CoE Coral Reef Studies Australia is availabe in https://bit.ly/3HySaIF ARC CoE for Coral Reef Studies/ Kathryn Berry

More Indonesians are eating fish as part of their regular diet but microplastics do make it risky. There are ways to mitigate that risk.

World Environment Day 2023

The plastics and fish dilemma: to eat or not to eat

More Indonesians are eating fish as part of their regular diet but microplastics do make it risky. There are ways to mitigate that risk.

Environment
Tracking data from fishing vessels can hold a wealth of information. : Npsiegel/WikimediaCommons CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en

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

Empty oceans

Overfishing is depleting global fish stocks: Here’s what we can do about it

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

Economy
The Pacific Islands Forum is taking place in Suva, Fiji from July 12 to July 14. : Michael Joiner, 360info CC BY 4.0

Backgrounder: 475 words

Climate change, relations with China and regional unity are expected to be the main subjects of discussion at the 2022 Pacific Islands Forum in July.

11 perspectives

11 perspectives
Special Report

Pacific primer

Not usually at the forefront of geopolitical argy-bargy, the Pacific has recently emerged as a strategic element of securing democracy. A rift threatened to tear apart normally unshakeable regional unity in 2021, with five Micronesian countries threatening to leave the most powerful transnational group, the Pacific Islands Forum. Ahead of the July 12 – 14 […]

Politics
Traditional fishing in the Pacific will need to adapt to a changed climate : Filip Milovac CC 2.0

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.

World fisheries day

A changing climate is changing the Micronesian way of life

Economy
Fish stocks and seas face multiple threats, but solutions to restore our vast blue ecosystem exist. : Michael Joiner, 360info CC BY 4.0

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

13 perspectives
Special Report

Empty oceans

Environment
Interactive: Global maps of reported fishing, estimates of illegal fishing and estimates of discarded fishing. : James Goldie, 360info CC BY 4.0

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

World fisheries day

Interactive: Global fishing hotspots

Economy
The root causes of overfishing extend well beyond the amount of boats in the water. : Serg Zhukov, Unsplash CC BY 4.0 (https://unsplash.com/photos/fNrCZRWuZD0)

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

World fisheries day

Overfishing fix needs more than money

Environment
Large Pacific species tend to return to the places they were born. : Gordon Firestein, Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 3.0

Large Pacific fish return to their own hatching sites when they produce offspring. A new map of their migration routes could mean better protection for them.

World fisheries day

Mapping the fish highways we should be protecting

Environment
Africa’s first first locally managed marine area is deemed a success. : Garth Cripps, Blue Ventures Blue Ventures

Artisanal fisheries are the lifeblood of coastal African communities, but they have largely been neglected. Small changes can make sure they don’t disappear.

World fisheries day

Africa offers answers for small-scale fisheries

Economy