China Dialogue Ocean
How 100 Giant Companies Dominate the Ocean Economy
[By Jean-Baptiste Jouffray] Humanity has depended on the ocean for millennia. But the extent and diversity of today’s oce...
Uruguay, Argentina and Brazil Consider Regional Fix for IUU Fishing
[By Sabina Goldaracena] The Southwest Atlantic Ocean attracts fishing fleets from all over the world due to rich marine li...
Tackling Fish-Bombing at Malaysia's Vulnerable Coral Reefs
At the sound of a muffled “boom”, the divers pause and look uneasily at each other and their divemaster. Luckily, the...
Can Cameras Replace Observers on Fishing Vessels?
[By Shi Yi] A 360-degree camera observes the deck of a boat off New Zealand. As the fishers bring up their lines, they find the...
How China is Bringing its Ocean Plastic Waste Outflow Under Control
[Gao Baiyu] In 2015, research led by Jenna Jambeck, a professor at the University of Georgia, identified China as the world&rsq...
Impunity and Incompetence Fuel Seahorse Smuggling From Mexico to China
[By Naguales and Joanne Lee] On July 19, 2018, Zhen Daquan boarded a flight in Belize bound for Shanghai, passing through Mexic...
Can 14 Nations Put Global Ocean Protection Back on Track?
[By Olive Heffernan] For ocean conservation, 2020 was a year of high hopes dashed. It had been billed as the year whe...
How Electric Car Makers Can Help Reduce Ocean Dumping
[By Pius Ginting and Payal Sampat] The ocean waters surrounding eastern Indonesia and Papua New Guinea lie within the biodivers...
"Move, Adapt or Die": Could Science Help Coral Adapt to Warming Seas?
[By Pavel Toropov] Corals rely on symbiotic algae to provide most of their food via photosynthesis. At the same time, the...
China Implements Port-Based Controls to Fight Overfishing
[By Zhang Chun] When his vessel is still far out to sea, the captain uses a mobile phone app to notify the port of his arrival....