overfishing
We Are About to Hit the Point of No Return for Sustainable Fishing
The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization just released its biannual State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture report and the findings are unsettling to say the least.
Climate Change Is Stranding Hundreds of Dying Baby Sea Lions in California
The ripples of climate change are being seen all around the world, but it’s not often they wash up on our very doorstep.
Pacific Bluefin Tuna Are Really, Really, Really Doomed
Bluefin is considered to be at only 2.6 percent of the population it would be at if it were unfished. That’s down from a previous assessment of 4.2 percent.
Taiwan's Last Traditional Fishing Village Is Running Out of Fish
Taiwan’s coastal waters have been overfished since the 1950s, thanks to destructive fishing practices like gillnetting. But because Taiwan is running out of fish, the nets are the only way to earn a decent income. It’s an endless cycle.
To Stop Marine Poachers, Google and Ecologists Are Ending Privacy at Sea
“I think if we can empower people to watch this tragedy unfold on their phones, we can break this cycle.”
How Our Appetite for Seafood Is Killing Our Oceans
Industrial fishing and dynamite fishing are destroying our oceans at a rapid rate, endangering both wildlife and our food source. What can be done?
Watch Our HBO Episode About the Domestic Right-Wing Terrorists 'Defending' America's Borders
In this episode from season three, VICE host Gianna Toboni investigated the so-called patriots who are taking up arms along the US border. Then, we checked out how overfished our oceans really are.
Britain's Largest Restaurant Chains Are Serving Unsustainable Seafood
According to new research from the Marine Conservation Society and restaurant guide Fish2fork, chains including Bella Italia, Frankie & Benny's, and Ask source seafood from overfished areas.
Obama’s Pacific Trade Deal Has Some Environmentalists Celebrating — and Others Crying Foul
The US and 11 other countries announced a tentative agreement on Monday for the Trans-Pacific Partnership, but the deal has divided the environmental community.
A Massive Amount of Death Is Plaguing the World's Oceans
Nearly half of marine vertebrates have disappeared in the past forty-five years, according to the World Wildlife Fund, and human activity is to blame.
Humans Are So Efficient at Killing That Scientists are Calling Us 'Super Predators'
Humans kill nine times as many land carnivores and 14 times more adult fish than other predators.
By 2100, Earth Will Have an Entirely Different Ocean
A complete guide to the hotter, higher, trashier, fish-free oceans of the near future.