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Hyperstability: The Achilles’ Heel of Data-Poor Fisheries
New research indicates that hyperstability — when catches remain high even as fish are rapidly depleted — could be a major challenge for assessing data-poor coral reef fisheries.
Local Fishing Groups Hold the Tools for Sustainable Fishing, but Need the Strength of Property Rights
If fishers don’t have property rights to fisheries, what’s to stop someone else from overharvesting the resource? One solution is fisheries cooperatives. But are they working?
Follow that Grouper: What Migration Data Tell Us About Locally Managed Marine Conservation
New research shows that minimal expansions to community-based protected areas in Melanesia can greatly enhance protection of fish populations.
Recovery: Saving Lake Sturgeon, an Ancient Fish with a Bright Future
Lake sturgeon, our elders by some 150 million years, have a bright future — if Americans ignore voices of the past.
They’re Electric: Two New Fish Species Discovered in Gabon
Not your typical fish story: Journey to Gabon to encounter two new species of electric fish.
The Path to Sustainable Fisheries is Paved with Data
The SNAPP Data-Limited Fisheries Working Group is field testing a user friendly application that puts management and science-based sustainability within the reach of small-scale and data-limited fisheries.
Recovery: Rehoming Brook Trout, the Dweller of Springs
Throughout its natural range, the brook trout is finding less and less of what it needs most: clean, cold water. But recovery efforts are underway, Ted Williams reports.
Roadkill on the Ocean Highway: Can Experimental Fishing Reduce Sea Turtle Bycatch in the Pacific?
Sea turtles were once so abundant that they caused traffic jams in the ocean, but now longline fishing and other threats are decimating populations. Could experimental fishing techniques make the sea highways safe for turtles once more?
Restoring the Reef on Lake Michigan Benefits Native Fish
Reef restoration calls to mind corals and colorful fish. But Lake Michigan has reefs too — and they're also vitally important to native fish. A new effort is looking to bring them back.
Why Everything You Know About Bluegill Management is Wrong
Every angler knows that if you don’t remove enough bluegills from a pond, they’ll overpopulate and become stunted. But new research says that idea is usually wrong, and the opposite may be true.
Big Battles, Big Gonads: The Crazy World of the Bluegill Spawn
The common bluegill is easy to take for granted. But come spawning season, a bluegill colony is one of the wildest scenes in nature: part barroom brawl, part cheesy ‘80s romantic comedy.
Recovery: Alewives, the Little Fish with a Big Role
Conservationists are prone to referring to alewives in the past tense, the fish long considered a victim of dams. But they’re back. Ted Williams has the story.
