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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 fishing trawler drags its net through the waters near Greenock, Scotland, on March 5, 2019. Credit: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Federal Law Requires US Seafood Imports to Not Threaten Marine Mammals. A Lawsuit Is Pushing the Government to Finally Act.

By Georgina Gustin

Shark fins are set out to dry along a street in Hong Kong. Credit: Bertha Wang/AFP via Getty Images

China’s Shark Finning Could Lead to US Seafood Sanctions

By Johnny Sturgeon

A bottom trawling boat is seen at sea. Credit: Open Seas/National Geographic Pristine Seas

Europe’s Trawlers Extract a Huge ‘Cost to Society’ in Bycatch and Carbon Dioxide

By Johnny Sturgeon

On April 1, Norway reopened its annual commercial whaling season. It is one of three countries, including Japan and Iceland, that still kill whales for profit. Credit: WDC/ESPA Hunt Monitoring 2025

Norway Reopens Annual Whale Hunt Despite Pressure to End Commercial Whaling

By Teresa Tomassoni

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

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

A trained team from the West Coast Large Whale Entanglement Response Program works to free an entangled gray whale off the coast of Orange County, Calif., in December 2017. Credit: West Coast Marine Mammal Stranding Network

Whale Entanglements in Fishing Gear Surge Off U.S. West Coast During Marine Heatwaves

By Teresa Tomassoni

Cans of tuna, sardines, and other canned fish are displayed on a supermarket shelf in southwestern France on Jan. 16. Credit: Véronique Tournier/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images

One in Five Fish Products Tied to Fraud

By Johnny Sturgeon

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 shellfish harvester pours out small littleneck clams from a net at the Winnegance oyster farm on the New Meadows River in West Bath, Maine. Credit: Brianna Soukup/Portland Portland Press Herald via Getty Images

Maine’s Shellfish Harvesters Are Caught up in Climate-Related Closures

By Ben Seal

Costa Rican border patrol roam the waters of Térraba-Sierpe National Wetland. In the last decade, authorities have arrested 159 subsidized vessels for illegal infractions ranging from illegal fishing to narco-trafficking. Credit: Ministry of Public Security

How a Nation Famous for Marine Conservation Is Bankrolling Its Own Destruction

By Johnny Sturgeon

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

Boat Electrification Is a Climate and Health Win. Making the Switch Isn’t Easy.

By Kiley Price

Andrea Crosta, executive director of Earth League International, has been investigating the illegal totoaba trade since 2018 as part of his organization’s Operation Fake Gold. Credit: Carolyn Van Houten/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Inside the Fight to Stop the Illegal Trade Driving the Vaquita Porpoise Toward Extinction

By Teresa Tomassoni

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

U.S. Bans on Certain Foreign Fish Imports Could Help Conserve Marine Mammals Worldwide, Experts Say

By Kiley Price

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