overfishing
Vegetarian Fish Could Be the Biggest New Development in Sustainable Seafood
In attempts to curb overfishing, researchers have found that fish such as trout, yellowtail, walleye, and Atlantic salmon can survive, and even thrive, on vegetarian and fish-free diets.
How 'Jurassic Park' Nearly Drove the Chilean Sea Bass to Extinction
The tale of how one line in a dinosaur movie led to the gross overfishing of a cheap, aspirationally named toothfish is pretty crazy. Hold on to your butts.
These Porpoises May Go Extinct Because Fish Bladders Are Delicious
A rare fish called the totoaba—whose swim bladder can fetch up to $650,000 on the black market—is sitting dead-center in a global dust-up between Greenpeace, government regulators, and high-seas smugglers. Even worse, totoaba poachers are scooping up...
Facebook Bragging About Your Fishing Trip Can Put You in Jail
The Department of Environmental Conservation is on the loose, having learned how to use social media from their 14-year-old children, and if they see you posting fish that you caught out of season, they're gonna get ya.
The World’s Biggest Chefs Want You to Eat the Ocean’s Smallest Fish
An ocean conservation organisation has started a campaign to bring easily replenished small fish like anchovies and herring to restaurant menus. Ferran Adrià, René Redzepi, and Grant Achatz are already on board.
Watch Two Sneak Peeks from Tonight's HBO Episode
We take a look at the havoc overfishing is wreaking on our oceans, and also meet up with some American right-wing militias who say they're protecting and defending the Constitution.
Connecticut-Sized Dead Zones Are Killing Off Fish Worldwide
It’s a bleak time to be a seafood lover: not only is overfishing reducing our menu options, but huge swaths of polluted ocean waters are killing off species, too. And global warming is speeding the process along.
Newfoundland’s Devastated Cod Populations Are Slowly Rebounding
In northeast Canada, cod was once king. Harvested by both natives and later arrivals for 500 years, the prized fish swarmed the Atlantic and provided a livelihood for tens of thousands of Newfoundland fishermen. But in 1992 everything collapsed.
The Amazon's Biggest Prehistoric Fish Is Delicious and Dying
Arapaima, one of the oldest fish in the Amazon, feeds on other fish and can jump out of the water to grab a snack—like a bird or small land mammal. Its massive scales are used as nail files by people living in the area. But because it's also very tasty...
Bearded Filter Feeders Are the Future of the Seafood Industry
Chilean sea bass became overfished after celebrity chefs and a famous scene in Jurassic Park placed them on the international food map. But mussels, an often overlooked sea creature, are one of the most sustainable seafood options that are...
Sharks Could Be the Future of the Seafood Industry
Earlier this month, a great white shark named Julia arrived in Massachusetts. While she's likely the first one to hit the Cape this year, the species' has surging numbers that beg the question of overpopulation. Great whites are still out of bounds for...
There's Still Time to Stop the Fish Apocalypse
In 2006, marine biologist Boris Worm projected that the global fish apocalypse would occur in 2048. I checked in with him to see if he still believes that the fate of the world’s seafood supply is totally screwed.