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a man stands in a courtyard holding a yellow sign over his head with both hands, the sign reads Keep Your Promise: $20 billion by 2025, referring to biodiversity finance promises. behind him there are two protesters also holding a similar sign

At COP16, Thai Fishing Community Pleads for Conservation Funding

Paritta Wangkiat
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Fish lay out on a table for sale at a market

Dismantling Unexploded Weapons: The Dangers of Dynamite Fishing in the Solomon Islands

Jeremy Gwao
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queen conch underwater

Revisiting the Science of Conch Maturity Five Years Later in Belize

Deseree Arzu
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The Impact of Dynamite Fishing in Solomon Islands' Langa Langa Lagoon

Jeremy Gwao
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Fish port

Billions for Commercial Tuna Industry, Crumbs for Fisherfolk

Mavic Conde
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floating houses on a river bank

Livelihoods Dry Up Due to Pollution in Cambodia's Tonle Sap Lake

Sokom Kong
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A man fishing while seating

Japan: With the Water Release, Fukushima is Overwhelmed Again

Mara Budgen
Francesco Bassetti
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Design | Divya Ribeiro

Displaced by the Sea, Failed by the State

Meenakshi Kapoor
Mahabaleshwar Hegde
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One man on a boat and other in the seawater.

Why Are There Fewer Fish in the Sea?

Courtney Menzies
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boats on the shore

Historic WTO Deal Could Threaten Subsidies, Lifeline for Jamaican Fishers

Zadie Neufville
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Fishermen use a net to catch fish from a small boat in soft sunlight.

Nepal’s Native Fish Diversity In The Trap Of Invasive Species

Diwakar Pyakurel
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a fisher holding a big fish in the dark

A Journalist's Guide to Reporting on Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing

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a fisher uses a net to catch live bait

In the Galapagos Islands, There Are 420 Fishermen Who Do Not Fish

Franklin Teodoro Vega Granja
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A fisher in Sri Lanka standing on a boat repairing a fishing net

Sea Cucumber Farming Spells Death to Traditional Coastal Fishing in Northern Sri Lanka

Sandranathan Rubatheesan
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fishing boats on the coast in Cape Coast, Ghana

How Ghana's Harmful Fisheries Subsidies Could Be Redirected to Fisher Support Programs

Kingsley Nana Buadu
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Farm laborers toss feed into the water from a boat.

In India, Aquaculture Has Turned a Sprawling Lake Into Fish Ponds

Monika Mondal
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The main fishing companies in the sector contributed 228 million soles (70 million 265 dollars) for fishing rights from 2013 to 2020. / OCEANA (Andre Baertschi)

Indirectly Subsidized by the Government, Industrial Fishing Companies in Peru Continue to Reap Profits

Milagros Salazar
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Fishermen anchored their boats at Versova beach in Mumbai ahead of Cyclone Tauktae, in the Arabian Sea, Mumbai, May 15, 2021. Photo: PTI

During Monsoon Fishing Ban, India’s Small-Scale Fishers Flounder at the Deep End

Supriya Vohra
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The view from a purse seiner going out from Mangalore harbour, south Karnataka. Photo: Supriya Vohra

When Fishers Die at Sea in India, Their Insurance Falls Through the Cracks

Supriya Vohra
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A pair of motorised fishing boats moored, somewhere in South Karnataka. Photo: Supriya Vohra

Fewer Fishing Days, Lower Catch, Bad Welfare Access Leave India’s Fishers Poorer

Supriya Vohra
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women sit on the ground with fish around them, sorting it

The Unseen Women Fisherfolk of Zambales in the Philippines

Geela Garcia
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a man sitting on the ground in a grassy area with women around him watching as he sorts fish out of a bucket to be sold

Women-led mariculture in Kenya brings income generation and conservation

Justus Bahati Wanzala
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Getting the nets ready at Munambam harbour/ Image: Shaji N Jaleel

Kerala's Fishing Industry is Failing to Adapt, and the Costs are High for Stakeholders

Binu Karunakaran
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Trawl boats being fuelled at Beypore/Image: Prakash Karimba

Rising Fuel Prices, Dwindling Catch Put Kerala's Fishing Industry at Risk of Collapse

Binu Karunakaran
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Catching the fish at the aqua farm in Vishakapatnam / CreditL: Monika Mondal.

Fish Markets in India Are Driven by Bycatch and Sustained by Subsidies

Monika Mondal
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A women collects shellfish in the backwaters of Kaliveli.

In Tamil Nadu, a Proposed Harbor Construction puts Livelihoods and the Ecosystem at Risk

SV Krishna Chaitanya
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Fishers' boats on Lake Tanganyika

Facing fish decline in Lake Tanganyika, Zambia's Indigenous communities take action

Cindy Sipula
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Trawl boats

Trawlers docked across west coast India as Covid-19 hits exports to China

Vaishnavi Chandrashekhar
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Erosion along the Kakinada coast

Photo essay: The hungry tides of Uppada

Tanmoy Bhaduri
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Trawler under construction

Marine subsidies are a mess, say small scale fishers in southwest India

Supriya Vohra
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A trawler off the coast of Kerala

Photo essay: Fish farms feeding harmful fishing practices

Tanmoy Bhaduri
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Fish spawning site in Belize

Illegal fishing threatens fish spawning sites in Belize

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