China Dialogue Ocean
China Begins to Crack Down on Ecologically-Harmful Aquaculture Farms
[By Zhang Chun and Chen Mingzhi] The Huiwen wetlands stretch nine miles along the northeast coast of Hainan, from Bamen bay nex...
China Sees Results With Revamped Marine Environment Regulations
China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE) has just finished drafting the country’s first Five Year Plan f...
Will Ranking China's Fishing Companies Make Them More Sustainable?
[By Zhou Chen] Commenting on the state of China’s distant-water fishing, Zhang Xianliang, an official with the Ministry o...
Landmark Arctic Fisheries Agreement Enters Into Force
[By David Balton] In June, the Central Arctic Ocean Fisheries Agreement entered into force, bringing to fruition...
China Set to Expand Targets for Marine Environmental Protection
[By Shi Yi] In 2017, the 19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party set the goal of creating a “Beautiful Chin...
Deep-Sea Salvage Firm Uses NAFTA to Fight Mexican Environmental Rules
[By Emilio Godoy] A lawsuit filed against the Mexican government for denying a permit for seabed mining has put a spotlight on...
Will Seafood Corporations Act as Ocean Stewards?
[By Robert Blasiak and Nobuyuki Yagi] Communities and small-scale producers around the world have long achieved resil...
WTO Inches Towards a Deal to End Harmful Fishing Subsidies
[By Fermin Koop] After more than 20 years of negotiations, the World Trade Organization (WTO) has moved a step closer to an agr...
What is Causing Plagues of Sea Stars?
"Lots of attention is paid during an outbreak, but the seastars soon disappear,” said one researcher at the Yellow Sea...
Cold Fish: The Global Cooling Effect of Ocean Life
[By Emma Bryce] What’s the value of a fish? You might think about its market price or, given its role as a primary source...