Aaron Orlowski

Aaron Orlowski

Contributing Editor

Aaron Orlowski is a West Coast-based freelance journalist who writes about fisheries, food, science, and the environment. Before settling in Portland, Oregon, he worked for newspapers in California, North Dakota, and South Dakota. In his spare time, he attempts to salvage untested recipes in the kitchen.


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September 20, 2019

Vessel location data suggests that more than 1,500 transfers of fish catch may have occurred on the

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September 18, 2019

Scientists are tracking a marine heat wave reminiscent of the one that formed in the northeast

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September 5, 2019

A new report commissioned by the advocacy group Our Fish suggests that ending overfishing will help

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August 27, 2019

Cheap cameras, low-cost sensors, further-reaching data transmission networks and rapidly improving

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August 21, 2019

In 2009, excessive bycatch of endangered sea turtles in the Gulf of Mexico prompted a five-month

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August 15, 2019

Mercury levels in seafood can shift as fish seek new sources of prey and as water temperatures warm

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August 13, 2019

Climate change will cause fish biomass to decline 5 percent for every one degree Celsius of

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August 8, 2019

Time is running out for the fishing and seafood industries to weigh in on a United Nations treaty

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July 3, 2019

Global fishing fleets have exploded in size and power since the 1950s, even as it takes more and

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June 24, 2019

Three years after allegations of labor abuses in the Hawaii longline fishing fleet came to light,

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