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Fishermen pull up their gillnet during a midwater pair trawl on the Gulf of Gascony sea, off the coast of France

Seaspiracy explored: Why are bottom trawling and bycatch bad news?

Fishermen on a boat drive pilot whales towards the shore during a hunt on May 29, 2019 in Torshavn, Faroe Islands.

Whaling in the Faroe Islands: Barbaric slaughter or local tradition?

The serene lifestyle of Asia's dugong's is being threatened by seagrass pollution and fishing

What are dugongs? Why these ‘sea cows’ need protecting from extinction

Inert granite boulders are being placed into the English Channel as part of a new bottom trawler exclusion zone.

Why is Greenpeace dropping boulders off the UK coast?

Satellite technology is being used to track ships fishing illegally off coastal and island nations.

‘Dark vessels’ are being tracked from space to stop illegal fishing

John Taylor and his family spotted a kangaroo in the middle of a lake in Western Australia

Australian family rescues stranded kangaroo from lake

Tropical fish in the Andaman sea

The 14 countries pledging to save the world's oceans

A Rissos dolphin tangled in plastic waste in the waters around Sri Lanka.

What is ghost fishing and why is it killing dolphins?

26/11/2020

"In the mouth it feels like a cross between cucumbers and rubber bands."

Eating jellyfish is more sustainable than fish say scientists

26/10/2020

Overfishing is one of the factors driving biodiversity loss.

EU must end overfishing to protect our oceans, say scientists

10/09/2020

Investment in renewable energy is part of the WEF's blueprint.

'Putting nature first' could create nearly 400 million jobs by 2030

16/07/2020

Ginny Pavry Behind the Wave, 2017, Cyanotype on paper

36 artists join forces to celebrate the sea

12/11/2019