Emma Prairie is a freelance journalist based in Waialua, Hawaii, who writes about fisheries and sustainability. She graduated from Yale University in June 2021 with an undergraduate degree in environmental studies and mechanical engineering. She has contributed to the environmental conservation field through internships located in Ecuador, Thailand, and Hawaii.
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Recent Norwegian studies have shown that the indirect effects of fish farming on wild populations, particularly regarding behavioral and environmental changes, are more concerning than the direct transmission of viruses or bacteria.
An annual study conducted by the Norwegian Institute of Marine Research found minimal viral and bacterial transmission between farmed fish and post-smolt wild salmon and sea trout, while a different study by the same
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Back to Blue, a joint initiative between the media brand Economist Impact and Japanese nonprofit The Nippon Foundation, aims to ensure the world’s oceans are free from the impacts of marine pollution – not just plastic – by 2050 through a bold new roadmap.
After two years of consultation, the published roadmap, titled “A Global Ocean Free from the harmful Impacts of Pollution by 2050: Roadmap for Action,” provides a
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The chemical 6PPD, which is used to prevent rubber tires from breaking down and helps them last longer, has been linked to cases of coho salmon mortality in the U.S. state of Washington.
The California Department of Toxic Substances Control listed 6PPD as a priority product of concern due to possible environmental harm in 2023. Soon after, Canada’s federal government also agreed to label 6PPD as a prioritized toxic chemical. Then, the U.S.
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At the United Nations’ fourth session (INC-4) for the International Legally Binding Instrument (ILBI) on plastic pollution, representatives clashed over how to best tackle the issue, particularly over whether to prioritize reducing primary plastic production or enhancing the recyclability of products.
Several nations at the meeting, which was held in Ottawa, Canada, in April, launched the “Bridge to Busan: Declaration on Primary
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By 2050, marine heat waves are likely to last between 220 and 250 days per year in the Indian Ocean, a new study has warned.
The study, titled “Future Projections for the Tropical Indian Ocean” and released in April of this year, emphasized the impacts of a near-permanent marine heat wave that are placing highly populated areas in such countries as India directly in danger.
“Fishing communities are already living on the edge.
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Nonprofit organizations Global Fishing Watch (GFW) and SkyTruth have reported that vessels on the world’s oceans may be using constantly improving technology to falsify and scramble their automatic identification system (AIS) coordinates, potentially carrying out illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing through the use of such technology.
One of the first instances that alerted the organizations to this fact was a Russian-flagged
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Italy and Croatia recently held a summit in Zagreb reaffirming their joint commitment to bilateral relations, at which both sides, among many other items on the agenda, called for the ratification of the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) agreement the countries signed two years ago.
On 24 May 2022, Italy and Croatia signed an agreement delineating the boundary line of the two countries’ EEZs, aiming to permanently regulate the border in line
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