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In 2006, the United Nations Environment Programme estimated that every square mile (about 2.5 km2 ) of the ocean contained 46,000 pieces of floating plastic, the debris of which is already present on most beaches around the world. Image by Emina Mamaca.

Invisible plastics are changing our oceans [Commentary]

Isha Chawla 24 Jun 2025
Fishermen from Kavaratti at work, performing pole-and-line fishing in the deep-sea area. Image by K.A. Shaji.

Pole-and-line fishing face new challenges with push for tuna fish exports

K.A. Shaji 17 Jun 2025

Explosion aboard container ship off Kerala coast

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 13 Jun 2025
A container washed ashore in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala from the ELSA-3 shipwreck. Some containers that washed to the coast were even seen catching fire in Kollam district. Image by John Bennet.

Shipwreck spills oil, plastic and legal loopholes

Max Martin 12 Jun 2025
A cleanliness drive held in Udupi, Karnataka. Image courtesy of Baeru.

World Environment Day: a rising wave against ocean waste

Saumitra Shinde 5 Jun 2025

Protected on paper, forgotten by people, humpback dolphins struggle for survival

Priyamvada Kowshik 9 May 2025
Fishermen at work in Keni village in Ankola, Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. Image by Vaishnavi Suresh.

New port project sparks protests

Vaishnavi Suresh 1 May 2025

Cast aside, small-scale fishers demand a framework for fair fisheries

Supriya Vohra 15 Apr 2025
An aerial view of fishing activities at Thangassery, Kollam, Kerala. The fisheries sector employs more than 2.5 crore fisherfolk and fish farmers in India. Image by Arunvrparavur via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0).

What is blue economy? [Explainer]

Phalguni Ranjan 8 Apr 2025
A shore seine crew hauls in their catch. Image by Sajith Remady.

Small sardines signal a potential bumper catch

Max Martin 27 Mar 2025
Most smaller teppas do not have motors and have to be rowed with paddles. Fishers find it challenging to overcome the strong waves. Image by Ishita Chigilli Palli.

Better catch pulls east coast fishers westwards

Ishita Chigilli Palli 14 Mar 2025
Small-scale gillnet fishers in Goa. Image by Trisha Gupta.

Understanding India’s shark supply chains to make them sustainable

Neha Jain 3 Mar 2025
Coenobitidae hermit crabs are largely beach dwellers that enter the sea only to breed.

Tiny creatures that lug their homes [Commentary]

R.J. Ranjit Daniels 27 Feb 2025
An olive ridley turtle in the Sundarbans, West Bengal. Image by Anirnoy via Wikimedia Commons

Local participation key in solving turtle nesting riddle

Max Martin 26 Feb 2025
marine litter beach vizag

Creating a blueprint for cleaner oceans

T. V. Padma 21 Feb 2025

Experimenting with artificial reefs to protect marine ecosystems

Aishwarya Mohanty 12 Feb 2025
Nicobar megapode, one of the many species affected by nicobar development

With Rs. 800 million sanctioned, committees begin monitoring Great Nicobar development project

Simrin Sirur 4 Feb 2025

Fisherwomen ride the rough waves while India’s blue economy blooms

Priyamvada Kowshik 3 Feb 2025

Mass death of olive ridley turtles raises urgent call for action

Laasya Shekhar 30 Jan 2025
The blacktip reef shark is a regular catch of coastal fisheries, such as those operating off Thailand and India, but is not targeted or considered commercially important. Photo by Memurubu/Wikimedia Commons.

New study finds world’s sharks, rays and chimaeras at risk of extinction

Spoorthy Raman 27 Jan 2025