Fishing
Mackerel stocks near breaking point because of overfishing, say experts
Northeast Atlantic mackerel populations depleted, and Good Fish Guide says shoppers should look for other options
Helena Horton Environment reporter
09, Apr, 2025 @4:00 AM
AI scanning helps Scottish conservation project turn tide for flapper skate
Anglers who campaigned for protected area off Oban and Mull are providing key data on critically endangered species
Severin Carrell Scotland editor
05, Apr, 2025 @9:00 AM
Specieswatch: Sardines doing well around UK, but struggling in warmer waters
Scientists say they are ingesting more microplastics in Mediterranean as the plankton they feed on struggle to survive in warming waters
Paul Brown
02, Apr, 2025 @5:00 AM
From foul to fuel: how a seaweed problem could power the Caribbean
As the climate heats up, Grenada’s beaches have become swamped with rotting sargassum. But biotech can turn it into fuel, fertiliser and plastic
Natricia Duncan and Abigail McIntyre in St George's
25, Mar, 2025 @12:00 PM
Holiday home owners threaten decades-old way of life for Norfolk fishers
Incomers claim use of a field for storing boats is creating too much noise and district council has sided with them
Donna Ferguson
24, Mar, 2025 @6:00 AM
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18, Mar, 2025 @5:21 PM
Hope for endangered penguins as no-fishing zones agreed off South Africa
Deal will restrict fishing near colonies on Robben Island and Bird Island for 10 years, after long debate between industry and conservationists
Rachel Savage in Johannesburg
18, Mar, 2025 @11:20 AM
Once named world’s ugliest animal, blobfish wins New Zealand’s fish of the year
Made up of blobby tissue and living deep in the ocean, the distinctive species beat the longfin eel and pygmy pipehorse in the annual contest
Eva Corlett in Wellington
18, Mar, 2025 @5:22 AM
‘Fishing in Cornwall is like a metaphor for life’: photographer Jon Tonks on landscape, community and the perfect catch
Tonks spent 18 months documenting the fisherfolk of the south-west, learning about the community’s relationship with the sea, and how the future could be more sustainable for the fishers
Finn Blythe
16, Mar, 2025 @9:00 AM
Exploited, recognised as a slavery victim, now facing deportation: one seafarer’s UK ordeal
After years of helping Scottish criminal investigations and despite fearing for his life in India, Vishal Sharma’s asylum claim has been rejected
Karen McVeigh
15, Mar, 2025 @7:00 AM
The Mexican women who defied drug-dealers, fly-tippers and chauvinists to build a thriving business
The Guardianas del Conchalito ignored chants of ‘get back to your kitchens’, determined to protect the environment and create a sustainable shellfish operation
Joanna Moorhead in La Paz, Mexico. Photographs by Benjamin Soto for the Guardian
11, Mar, 2025 @11:00 AM
A growing appetite for jellyfish promised a boom for fishers in Honduras. But then the storms came
A decade after Chinese investment, La Mosquitia’s processing plant is sitting idle and jobs have been lost as the climate crisis takes its toll
Fritz Pinnow in La Mosquitia, Honduras
07, Mar, 2025 @1:00 PM
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