Fishing Industry
How Can a Jellyfish This Slow Be So Deadly? It's Invisible
One of the world's most devastating predators is brainless, slow and voracious
September 2012 |
By Abigail Tucker
Stopping Sharks by Blasting Their Senses
Chemist and businessman Eric Stroud develops shark repellents to protect sharks from being ensnared in commercial fisheries
July 17, 2009 |
By Joseph Caputo
Tangier Island and the Way of the Watermen
In the middle of the Chesapeake Bay, a culture struggles to survive as aquatic life becomes scarce
April 01, 2009 |
By Kenneth R. Fletcher
Geoducks: Happy as Clams
In the Pacific Northwest, fishermen are cashing in on the growing yen for geoducks, a funny-looking mollusk turned worldwide delicacy
March 2009 |
By Craig Welch
On California's Coast, Farewell to the King Salmon
For the first time there's no fishing for chinook salmon on the California coast. The search is on for why the prize catch is so scarce.
October 2008 |
By Abigail Tucker
For Salmon Fishermen, It’s Fall Chum to the Rescue
For the Yup'ik people of Alaska, fall chum is the answer to a troubled fishing season and a link to the outside world
October 01, 2008 |
By Kim O’Donnel
On the Job
A lobsterman in Maine talks about the lure of working on the water
January 17, 2008 |
By Siobhan Roth
Fishy Business
The problems with fishery management are mounting—and time may be running out
September 24, 2007 |
By Anne Sasso
Going "Bycatch Neutral"
Can fisheries eliminate their debts to nature?
September 24, 2007 |
By Eric Jaffe
Kiwi Ingenuity
A fleet of inventions aims to protect albatrosses from harm
September 2007 |
By Kennedy Warne
We're Scraping Bottom
As vessels around the world drag nets and dredges across the seabed, they slowly destroy the biome
April 1999 |
By John P. Wiley, Jr.
