#ForewordFriday: Oceans of Krill Edition

By Katharine Sucher / On June 29th, 2018
As I watched, mesmerized, this mass of crustaceans became a living brick-red raft, writhing on top of the water’s surface. The water became disturbed as thousands of krill flipped their muscular tails and leaped clear of the water, falling back like a shower of pink raindrops.

#ForewordFriday: Marine Ecosystem-Based Management Edition

By Katharine Sucher / On February 17th, 2017
Julia Wondolleck and Steven Yaffee are hopeful about marine ecosystem-based management (EBM). Rather than lamenting the persistent conflicts in global marine ecosystems, they spent over five years listening to scientists, planners, managers, community members, fishermen, and environmentalists who are working together to make progress for coastal and marine ecosystems against great odds.

#ForewordFriday: Global Atlas of Marine Fisheries

By Katharine Sucher / On October 6th, 2016
While it has long been clear that the world’s oceans are in trouble, the lack of reliable data on fishery catches has obscured the scale, and nuances, of the crisis. Based on an unprecedented 10-year research study by the world's foremost fisheries experts, the Global Atlas of Marine Fisheries will fundamentally change the way the world thinks about ocean exploitation and management. It is the first and only book to provide accurate, country-by-country fishery data.