China Dialogue Ocean
Will World Leaders Consider the Ocean's Climate Role at COP26?
[By Fermin Koop and Regina Lam] World leaders, civil society and media will gather in Glasgow, Scotland from 31 October to 12 N...
Next Week, the Southern Ocean Could Get New Environmental Protections
[By Fermín Koop] Twenty-five countries and the European Union will gather on- and off-line from 18–25 October to v...
Can Indonesia Become a Fisheries Leader Again?
[By Nithin Coca] This July, Indonesia’s former fisheries minister Edhy Prabowo was sentenced to five years in prison afte...
Four Species of Tuna Show Signs of Recovery After Years of Overfishing
[By Todd Woody] In September, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) announced some surprisingly g...
China Begins to Crack Down on Ecologically-Harmful Aquaculture Farms
[By Zhang Chun and Chen Mingzhi] The Huiwen wetlands stretch nine miles along the northeast coast of Hainan, from Bamen bay nex...
China Sees Results With Revamped Marine Environment Regulations
China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE) has just finished drafting the country’s first Five Year Plan f...
Will Ranking China's Fishing Companies Make Them More Sustainable?
[By Zhou Chen] Commenting on the state of China’s distant-water fishing, Zhang Xianliang, an official with the Ministry o...
Landmark Arctic Fisheries Agreement Enters Into Force
[By David Balton] In June, the Central Arctic Ocean Fisheries Agreement entered into force, bringing to fruition...
China Set to Expand Targets for Marine Environmental Protection
[By Shi Yi] In 2017, the 19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party set the goal of creating a “Beautiful Chin...
Deep-Sea Salvage Firm Uses NAFTA to Fight Mexican Environmental Rules
[By Emilio Godoy] A lawsuit filed against the Mexican government for denying a permit for seabed mining has put a spotlight on...