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Fishing communities line up and come together to pull in the net from the sea.

‘Difficult years’: Brazil’s fishing communities struggle to stay afloat during pandemic 

COVID-19

Of the estimated 1 million fishermen and women in Brazil, many have struggled to stay afloat financially over the last year. Entire communities have been hit by COVID-19.

Japanese fisherman embrace tsunami as a chance to reinvent their industry

Environment

Japan’s Tsunami-Stricken Fishermen Chart New Course

Environment

What’s Ahead for Fisheries Policy

The World

New England’s Troubled Fishery

The World

A Sea Change for Ocean Management

The Obama administration wants a comprehensive policy for managing our oceans, to better coordinate fishing, shipping and offshore energy while improving ocean ecosystems. Host Jeff Young talks with fishermen and offshore wind developers trying to share s

The Drought-Stricken South

The same kind of tinder-dry conditions that exacerbated the wildfires in California are creating an emergency in America’s southeast states. Towns in Tennessee have run out of water; people in Georgia are turning in their neighbors for illicit lawn wateri

The World

Bypassing Bycatch

As fisheries across the nation face closures and cuts that could bring economic disaster, regulators are trying to balance the needs of fishermen and the needs of fish. Others say regulation isn’t the only answer. Some scientists and fishermen in New England are looking instead at fishing gear as a way to solve the problem. […]

The World

Bypassing Bycatch

As fisheries across the nation face closures and cuts that could bring economic disaster, regulators are trying to balance the needs of fishermen and the needs of fish. Others say regulation isn’t the only answer. Some scientists and fishermen in New England are looking instead at fishing gear as a way to solve the problem. […]

The World

Vietnamese shrimpers hit hard by oil spill, language barriers

Environment

Over the past thirty years, the Gulf coast has become home to many Vietnamese Shrimpers. But the Gulf oil spill has put their livelihood in jeopardy. Thoai Tong joins us from Buras, Louisiana.