Not all fisheries are created equal

Not all fisheries are created equal - and not all fisheries are as poorly managed as others.  But does fishery management mean that a fishery can achieve that hallowed if rather vague ‘sustainability’ goal?

Marine conservation and the human equation

Nathan Bennett has been actively researching the links between the environment and human societies for many years.

Are marine protected areas protecting the places that need protecting?

Marine protected areas differ if how much protection they offer, and some may in reality not offer much more protection than you get in the rest of the ocean anyway. Why does this happen? Politics.