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America Is Policing Foreign Waters, but Gutting Domestic Protections

The U.S. government’s recent deployment of visa restrictions for international illegal fishing exposes a dichotomy between how it wields power at home versus away.

By Johnny Sturgeon

Fishermen prepare their nets in the Gulf of California near San Felipe, Mexico. Credit: Guillermo Arias/AFP via Getty Images
Fishers wave from onboard a Chinese-flagged squid jigger. Credit: Environmental Justice Foundation

Dolphins, Sharks, Turtles and Workers Are All Victims of Unregulated Squid Fleets

By Johnny Sturgeon

A great white shark is seen off the coast of Mexico’s Guadalupe Island. Credit: Dave J Hogan/Getty Images

Great White Sharks Are Overheating

By Johnny Sturgeon

Dams along the Bronx River block the river herring’s path to its preferred spawning location, contributing to the fish’s population decline. Credit: Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Dam Useless: Barriers Prevent a Migratory Fish from Reproducing

By Lauren Dalban

U.K. consumers have been warned to “completely avoid” all home-caught cod, a staple of the nation’s fish and chip shop industry. Credit: Jeff J. Mitchell/Getty Images

Britain’s Most Iconic Fish Nears Breaking Point

By Johnny Sturgeon

Thousands of dead fish have been washing ashore the eastern coast of New Ireland in Papua New Guinea since December after a toxic marine event. Credit: Sebastian Velasquez

Toxic Ocean Crisis in Papua New Guinea Sparks Mass Marine Die-Off and Public Health Emergency

By Teresa Tomassoni

Cambodian fishermen catch a giant catfish from the Mekong River. Credit: Zeb Hogan/CMS

Earth’s Greatest Underwater Migrations Are Disappearing

By Johnny Sturgeon

Upper Skagit Tribal members harvest Baker River sockeye salmon at the Skagit River confluence in Washington. Credit: Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission

Habitat Loss Is Eroding Tribal Sovereignty

By Johnny Sturgeon

A commercial fishing crew member views their catch of pollock on March 7, 2021, in Newlyn, England. Credit: Hugh R Hastings/Getty Images

Warming Waters Threaten Seafood Supply

By Johnny Sturgeon

New Jersey is home to over 30 species of amphibians, which can be affected by ranavirus. Credit: Ben Hasty/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty Images

Climate Change Could Make This Horrific New Jersey Wildlife Disease Worse

By Alex Megerle

Finless porpoises play in the Yangtze River waters of Yichang City, China, on April 22, 2025. Credit: Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Five Years Into a Fishing Ban, the Yangtze River Is Teeming With Life

By Johnny Sturgeon

A view of restored oxbow wetland in Johnston, Iowa. Credit: Anika Jane Beamer/Inside Climate News

To Save An Endangered Prairie Fish, Dried-up Iowa Wetlands Get New Life

By Anika Jane Beamer

Oceanic whitetip sharks just received the highest of protections offered by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. All international trade of the species is now strictly prohibited. Credit: Renata Romeo

Sharks and Rays Gain Landmark Protections as Nations Move to Curb International Trade

By Teresa Tomassoni

A young lake sturgeon. Credit: USFWS

Wisconsin Tribes Have Helped the Lake Sturgeon Recover. Climate Change Is Stressing Its Ability to Adapt.

By Stefan Lovgren

An aerial view of fish pens at a fish farm in the Saronic Gulf of Greece. Credit: Milos Bicanski/Getty Images

Greeks Challenge EU-Backed Fish Farms Amid Environmental Concerns

By Moira Lavelle

A specimen of the Birmingham darter documented by Yale biologist Thomas Near and his research team. Credit: Konstantinos Andriotis

A Proposed Alabama Data Center Faces New Hurdles: A ‘Road to Nowhere’ and the Birmingham Darter

By Lee Hedgepeth, Dennis Pillion

Fish biologist Stefan Tucker, who has worked with sturgeon for 20 years, hopes to apply what he learns about Rock River shovelnoses to other populations. Credit: Illinois Natural History Survey-Illinois River Biological Station

Some Shovelnose Sturgeon in Illinois Are Huge and Researchers Are Fishing for Reasons Why

By Susan Cosier

Freshly caught tuna are offloaded from the hold of a fishing vessel in Ghana’s Port of Tema. Credit: Kyle LaFerriere/WWF-US

Human Impacts on Ocean Could Double or Triple by 2050, a New UC Santa Barbara Study Warns

By Teresa Tomassoni

N.C. Wildlife Resources Commissions officials had to rescue dozens of Southern Appalachian Brook Trout from a mountain stream after a cattle farmer allowed as much as 2 feet of sediment to enter the waterway. Credit: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

North Carolina Cattle Farmer to Pay $92,000 for Damaging Mountain Streams

By Lisa Sorg

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