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The passage of new amendment provides Gulf states with more flexibility to set seasons that work for their anglers, while ensuring accountability

New rules by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have gone into effect on Jan. 1 to increase protections to deep-sea ecosystems by creating one of the largest marine protected areas off the U.S. West Coast while simultaneously re-opening newly restored fishing grounds.

Fisheries are critically important for nutrition, food security and livelihoods of people around the world. With climate change expected to alter fisheries worldwide, building climate-resilient fisheries is key—read about five pathways governments and stakeholders can take so fisheries can thrive and continue to provide needed resources.

In Chile and Peru, EDF works in collaboration with the main fishing actors to promote resilient and sustainable fishing.

The world's oceans are taking heat from climate change. We must act now so that wild fisheries can thrive.

An online report with greenhouse gas flux data from rice and non-rice cropping systems from four agro-ecological regions in India. Published by Environmental Defense Fund, New York, NY.

EDF guide to choosing seafood that can help support fishing communities around the world — and protect the environment too.

If you take care of fish, you’re taking care of a world where people and nature can prosper together. It is not too late to think this way. Believing we can make a difference is essential.

The government of Cuba enacted sweeping reforms of its fishing laws to increase protection for some of the world’s most vibrant marine ecosystems.

EDF has issued a list of the top five changes that anglers can use to be in-the-know before they hit the water to fish for red snapper this season.

The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council took one step closer today to delegating management of private angler red snapper fishing to Gulf states.

By giving fishers long-term and secure rights, we can make sustainability a priority. EDF explains how we can reverse the overfishing crisis.

Equipping boats with digital tools could help stem fishing industry losses while targeting the biggest threat to our oceans — overfishing.

Statement from Robert Jones, Gulf of Mexico Director, Environmental Defense Fund

Fishing industry stakeholders gathered last week in a collaborative workshop hosted by Environmental Defense Fund’s (EDF) Philippines program aimed at tackling pressing problems like overfishing.

A major reform effort to make one of Indonesia’s most valuable fisheries more sustainable received a significant boost today at the Our Oceans Conference being held in Bali, Indonesia.

Our study highlights the previously underestimated role of nitrous oxide emissions from rice farms as a global climate accelerator. It also shows a clear opportunity to mitigate those emissions.

The world’s oceans have the potential to be significantly more plentiful even in the face of climate change, according to a study in Science Advances.

Study co-authored by EDF shows, for the first time, that a management system which provides year-round fishing opportunities using secure allocations could result in as much as $1 billion per year in additional economic benefits in the United States.

The Principles are designed to provide investors with certainty about the specific challenges and enabling conditions in wild-caught fisheries, while also generating confidence that building environmental and social sustainability into fisheries will yield a strong return on their investment.

Statement from Environmental Defense Fund on Gulf Council approval of new pilots to test state management of recreational red snapper fishing.

This report from EDF and the Nicholas Institute at Duke University defines the core challenge for fisheries finance, or the "fisheries finance gap", and explores opportunities to combine different types of capital in in support of sustainable wild-capture fisheries

Statements issued by EDF and other groups in response to decision to issue a stay in their lawsuit against the Department of Commerce.

EDF to partner with Philippine bureau of fisheries to implement science-based policies and fishing reforms to provide critical support on policy

The International Fisheries Information Network provides expert data analysis and policy guidance on the relationship between fishery management and outcomes.