‘The Fish Rots From the Head’: How a Salmon Crisis Stoked Russian Protests
OZERPAKH, Russia — A row of stakes hundreds of feet long pokes out of the endless estuary of the Amur River on Russia’s Pacific coast,...
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The Dangers of Mining the Deep Ocean
There is treasure in the sea, and much of it lies in plain view on the deep ocean floor. Fields of metallic nodules and towering...
The Sunday Read: ‘A Speck in the Sea’
Listen and subscribe to our podcast from your mobile device:Via Apple Podcasts | Via Spotify | Via Stitcher John Aldridge fell overboard in the middle...
Gold vs. Salmon: Battle Over an Alaskan Mine
From the air it looks like just another tract of Alaska’s endless, roadless tundra, pockmarked with lakes and ponds, with a scattering of some of...
For Maine Lobstermen, a Perfect Storm Threatens the Summer Season
OFF THE COAST OF MAINE — As he pulled alongside one of his lobster pots, marked by a red and yellow buoy on the Penobscot...
Managing the Majestic Jumbo Flying Squid
This article is part of a special report on Climate Solutions. For the artisanal fisherman Gustavo Yañez, setting out in his modest vessel to hunt...
Gulf of Mexico ‘Dead Zone’ Will Be Large This Summer, Scientists Predict
The “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico will be larger than usual this summer, scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicted on...
For This Tribe, Saving a River Means Saving the Sturgeon
THE YAKAMA NATION, Wash. — For centuries, sturgeon the size of great white sharks swam the Columbia River. Its currents spread their eggs, scattering them...