China Dialogue Ocean
Banc d’Arguin: West Africa's Largest Marine Park is Under Threat
[By Regina Lam] The Banc d’Arguin National Park, West Africa’s largest marine protected area, wears many important...
UN High Seas Treaty Talks End Without Agreement Again
[By Fermin Koop] While many had hoped this would be the session to do it, after two weeks of talks at the UN headquar...
The Decarbonization Tradeoffs for Ammonia, Methanol and H2
[By Isabelle Gerretsen] Experts say the shipping industry will have to decarbonize rapidly to keep global average temperature i...
China Works to Get Wild-Caught Fish Out of its Aquaculture Feed
[By Zhang Chun] A 2021 Chinese government initiative to stop aquaculture feed being made from only young or low-value...
Algae Blooms From Chinese Fishmeal Plants Hurt The Gambia's Fisheries
[By Mustapha Manneh] On and off for almost four years now, vast quantities of dead seaweed have been washing up along beac...
Explainer: What's Included in the WTO's Fishing Subsidies Agreement?
[By Fermin Koop] It has taken more than 20 years, but government representatives at the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Genev...
UN Ocean Conference is a Key Step to Restoring Ocean Health
[By Peter Thomson] With every breath we take, we are connected to the ocean. The planet-defining blue covers more than 70 perce...
Opinion: Some W. African Fishing Deals Appear to be "Lose-Lose"
Some of humanity’s largest impacts on the oceans have come from the widespread industrialization of fishing practices&n...
The Sticky Problem of Biofouling
[By David Adam] Like many English words and phrases, the description of something reliable as “copper-bottomed” has...
What is Killing South Africa's Seals?
[By Emma Bryce] From a distance, a seal appears to be napping on the rust-colored rocks; members of its small colony grunt at o...