Gaza fishermen brave shells for tiny catches in struggle to feed families
Rafah, Gaza Reuters Gaza fisherman Abdul Rahim al-Najjar risks his life every day rowing a dinghy into the waves under Israeli military surveillance to net an occasional crab or fish – tiny morsels of food on which his hungry family has come to rely. The fishermen of the tiny Palestinian enclave have long been subject […]
Marine life: Mediterranean heatwaves threaten coastal livelihoods
GLORIA DICKIE and JIHED ABIDELLAOUI, of Reuters, report on the impact of Mediterranean heatwaves…
Essay: Just 16 per cent of the world’s coastlines are in good shape – and many are so bad they can never fully recover
In an article published on The Conversation, Australian researchers BROOKE WILLIAMS, AMELIA WENGER and JAMES WATSON, look at what their research has revealed about the state of the world’s coastlines…
Postcards: Galicia’s traditional fisherwomen pass the torch to a new generation
NACHO DOCE and SILVIO CASTELLANOS, of Reuters, meet the shellfisherwomen of the Noia estuary…
Postcards: Pandemic peace brings new life to threatened Senegalese turtles
NGOUDA DIONE and COOPER INVEEN, of Reuters, report on how quieter beaches during the coronavirus pandemic has seen larger numbers of turtles…
“Baptised by fish”: Hit by COVID, Senegal’s women find renewed hope in fishing
CARLEY PETESCH, of Associated Press, reports on how fishing communities in the West African nation – and women in particular – have weathered the coronavirus pandemic…
Carbon emissions from trawler fishing on a par with aviation, say ocean researchers
Barcelona, SpainThomson Reuters Foundation Trawling of the ocean floor by fishing fleets releases roughly the same amount of carbon emissions into the water as aviation puts into the atmosphere each year, researchers said on Wednesday, calling for greater protection of the planet’s seas. In a study published in the journal Nature, a team of 26 scientists and […]
Caribbean Indigenous people return to roots as COVID-19 shrinks tourism
Bogota, ColombiaThomson Reuters Foundation Indigenous cultures in the Caribbean, struggling as their tourism-dependent economies are ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic, are returning to traditional farming and fishing roots for their livelihoods, local experts said last week. Being forced to look to older, more organic ways of survival can be a silver lining within the devastation […]
“Perfect storm” awaits farming and fisheries if world doesn’t curb emissions
Rome, ItalyThomson Reuters Foundation The world needs to urgently cut its planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions to avoid a “perfect storm” that will lead to simultaneous falls in food production from both farming and marine fisheries, researchers said. If emissions continue to rise rapidly, nearly “90 per cent of the world’s population…are projected to be exposed […]
Kenya issues smart ID cards to protect fishing and forests
Lamu, KenyaThomson Reuters Foundation Fishing communities on Kenya’s north coast will be the first to benefit from “smart” identity cards aimed at distinguishing genuine fishermen and loggers from poachers who raid waters and cut down mangroves vital to ease climate change threats. Each government-issued Mvuvi card – the word means “fisher” in Swahili – features […]