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Fish

Millions of people around the world rely upon them for food - but fish are also pretty cool creatures. Literally.

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Living Planet: Holiday food for thought

How environmentally friendly is the food on your plate? France bans supermarket waste, Greenpeace says no Arctic fish and chips, how choosing your cheese can help the environment - and Chilean wine goes sustainable.
Nature and EnvironmentMarch 24, 201629:59 min
Fisch Dorsch

Arctic fish and chips

As climate change melts the Arctic sea ice, industrial fishing fleets are advancing further north in search of tasty fish. Greenpeace expert Frida Bengtsson explains why that’s bad news for biodiversity.
Nature and EnvironmentMarch 24, 201605:29 min
Russian trawlers docked in Kirkenes on the Barents Sea (c) Getty Images/AFP/J. Karlsbakk

Arctic fish

Climate change is opening the Arctic to industrial fishing fleets.
March 24, 2016
Catch from an illegal drift net (© Sea Shepherd Global/Tim Watters)

Feast today, famine tomorrow

Bycatch is leaving little for future generations - but one group has taken matters into its own hands.
March 22, 2016
Dead shark in net (© Sea Shepherd Global/Tim Watters)

One boat against an ocean of illegal fishing

Sea Shepherd patrols the South Indian Ocean to stop illegal driftnet fishing, bearing witness to the carnage of bycatch.
March 22, 20168 images
A Chinese official said Beijing is willing to work with Indonesia to solve the dispute

Jakarta protests China maritime intervention

Jakarta has arrested eight Chinese fishermen accused of illegally fishing in Indonesia's territorial waters.
March 21, 2016
BdW Global Ideas Bild der Woche KW 10/2016 Indien Bangalore Wasserverschmutzung

Dead fish galore

March 10, 2016
Landwirt versprüht Pflanzenschutzmittel Pestizide

Widely used insecticide poses threat to fish

The EPA has determined an insecticide made by the German company Bayer harms aquatic life.
March 2, 2016
Dürre Rumänien Flussbett Fluss Danube Umwelt Klima

Romania’s Danube Delta faces threat to its biodiversity

The Danube is Europe’s second-longest river, stretching from Germany to Romania and Ukraine. The delta is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, which hosts more than 300 species of birds and over 40 species of freshwater fish. But only 20 percent of ecosystems in the river network have a "good or above" status. New plans are underway to improve water quality and flood protection in Romania’s Danube Delta.
Nature and EnvironmentFebruary 18, 201619:53 min
Ice fishing in China (photo: picture alliance)

Women's rights in Iran & ice fishing in China

Women in Iran are banned from attending male sport events like the upcoming Kish Island beach volleyball tournament.
February 10, 201629:59 min
Ice fishing in Jilin (photo: picture-alliance/dpa/B. Feng)

Ice fishing spectacle in China

Every winter fishermen at Chagan Lake in China's northeastern province of Jilin take to the ice for extreme fishing.
February 10, 201607:53 min
A fish being hit by a laser. (Photo: dw / R. Cameron)

Fighting sea lice with "Star Wars"

An Oslo firm has developed a laser gun which kills an out-of-control parasite threatening Norway's aquaculture industry.
February 5, 2016
Symbol der US-Behörde Federal Energy Regulatory Commission für Fischleitern

Why fish need ladders

In the wild, some fish migrate over long distances. But manmade dams block their way. Fish ladders can help.
January 25, 201610 images
Sudan Weißer Nil

Fish App – Mathematics in and for Africa

African mathematicians in Senegal develop an app for sustainable fishing.
ScienceJanuary 24, 201604:20 min
Symbolbild Verschmutzung der Meere

Plastics to outweigh fish in oceans by 2050

A new report says plastic rubbish will outweigh fish in the oceans by 2050 unless drastic recycling action is taken
January 20, 2016

Morocco shows off its green side

Morocco is this year's partner country at the International Green Week in Berlin. Some 40 percent of Moroccans work in the country's agriculture and fishing industries.
January 15, 201602:07 min
Pacific herring fish

Think twice about ordering the fish

Microplastics go from toothpaste to the oceans, and into the mouths of fish. So is it dangerous to eat fish?
January 13, 2016
A tiny fish the size of an adult finger nail in a net

Mosquito net fishing

The banning of mosquito nets from Lake Malawi is helping replenish meagre fish stocks.
January 6, 2016
BdW Global Ideas Bild der Woche KW 01/2016 Fischfang und Kanalreinigung Paris

#POTW Fish in a barrel

January 6, 2016
22.10.2013 DW Euromaxx alacarte Gericht Loch

Kedgeree

This recipe has travelled from Scotland to India and back again!
CultureJanuary 5, 2016
Strand Seychellen Palme

Tuna and tourism boost Seychelles economy

The Indian Ocean archipelago has made a remarkable recovery from bankruptcy.
December 8, 201503:08 min
Sava River upstream of Brezice (Photo: Miha Ivanc)

Generating hydropower - and opposition

A 250-million-euro project to build a chain of five dams on the Sava River is underway - despite environmental concerns.
December 7, 2015

Go on a lobster safari in Sweden

Hotels offer deals so guests can fish with the locals.
CultureDecember 6, 201505:02 min
Japan Holzboote mit Leichen an der Küste gefunden

Japan probes 'ghost boats'

Japanese authorities will launch an investigation into "ghost boats" washing ashore carrying decomposing bodies.
December 1, 2015
DW Life Links - Kiribati - #climatechange EINSCHRÄNKUNG

Climate change threatens island nation

The island nation of Kiribati faces becoming a casualty of rising sea levels.
Nature and EnvironmentNovember 30, 201503:02 min
BdW Global Ideas Bild der Woche KW 43/2015 Brasilien Dürre

Like a fish out of water

November 5, 2015
Coral reef (photo: XL Catlin Seaview Survey)

Oceans under pressure

From corals and invasive algae to plastic waste, discarded fishing nets and a "Climate Sail" tour en route to Paris.
October 15, 201529:59 min
Turtle trapped in a fishing net (photo: picture alliance/Mary Evans Picture Library)

Getting rid of discarded fishing nets

An initiative in the Philippines aims at cleaning up old discarded fishing nets by turning this into a source of income.
October 15, 201505:25 min
Bluefin tuna inside a transport cage (Photo: EPA/GAVIN NEWMAN / GREENPEACE INTERNATIONA)

Tackling 'fish laundering'

Recent new marine preserves are good news in the fight against illegal fishing, a Pew expert tells DW.
October 13, 2015
Climate Heroes Marius Smit

Marius Smit, Netherlands

Marius Smit doesn’t have a job like everyone else: He's the world's first plastic fisher.
Nature and EnvironmentOctober 6, 2015
Fisherman Siegfried Tornow and his son Andreas in Zingst. Copyright: DW / Julian Tompkin.

Beyond the sea

Why the Baltic Sea peninsula has re-emerged as a prime tourist destination.
September 29, 2015
Marine life

No mining, fishing in ocean sanctuary

New Zealand has said it'll create a huge ocean sanctuary as big as the size of France.
September 29, 2015
Marius Smit on the Plastic Whale

Netherlands: Fishing for plastic

Trawling for plastic in Amsterdam's canals.
Nature and EnvironmentSeptember 28, 201504:36 min

Ghana cracks down on illegal fishing

Illegal fishing known as 'light' fishing has soared in Winneba, Ghana. The police now cracks down on 'light' fishermen.
September 28, 201503:29 min

AfricaLink on Air - 28 September 2015 : 0705 UTC

A court in Stuttgart is to rule on Rwandan rebel leaders, Police steps up measures to stop light fishing in Ghana.
September 28, 201524:58 min

AfricaLink on Air - 28 September 2015 : 0705 UTC

A court in Stuttgart is to rule on Rwandan rebel leaders, Police steps up measures to stop light fishing in Ghana.
September 28, 2015

AfricaLink on Air - 28 September 2015

A court in Stuttgart is to rule on Rwandan rebel leaders, Police steps up measures to stop light fishing in Ghana.
September 28, 2015
Kambodscha Fischerboote Mekong Hotel

Marooned on land rights

Fishing communities living on Cambodia's waterways face large-scale eviction by the government.
September 24, 2015
Thunfisch Fisch Wasser Ozean Meer

Red alert for blue planet

A study by the World Wildlife Fund has found that populations of marine species fell by about half over four decades.
September 16, 2015
Thailand Fischindustrie Illegale Arbeiter Kinder

Child workers 'at risk'

A new report highlights the workplace hazards faced by child laborers employed by Thailand's fishing industry.
September 14, 2015
Dickbauchseepferdchen Hippocampus Abdominalis

Expectant fathers

Pregnancy isn't all that different when you're a sea horse. Even if you are a male one.
September 3, 2015
sponges growing in the sea

Secrets of the sponge

Zanzibar's fishing communities are cultivating sponges to generate new sources of income.
September 1, 2015
A diver catching an octopus under the water

Octopus fishing

A market-based approach to conservation proves successful in Madagascar.
September 1, 2015

Grilled sea bass in Nice

Hungry? Try this amazing fish recipe from a family-owned restaurant in southern France.
CultureAugust 16, 201504:31 min
Färöer Inseln - Walfang

A bloody tradition on the Faroe Islands

A massacre takes place on the Faroe Islands every summer, as fishermen herd whales into bays and slaughter them.
SocietyAugust 6, 201504:25 min
Cecil

Cecil's killer to face justice?

Zimbabwe has called for the United States to extradite the Minnesota dentist who beheaded a beloved lion.
July 31, 2015
Simbabwe Cecil der Löwe Video Gtrab

US Fish and Wildlife Service to investigate killing of lion

US Fish and Wildlife service to open probe into killing of Cecil the beloved lion in Zimbabwe
July 31, 2015
FOED Schwertfisch

Swordfish hunting

The tradition of swordfish hunting could soon come to an end. Stocks are declining dramatically.
BusinessJuly 23, 201505:56 min
Ice breaker in the Arctic Photo: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

Five nations declare fishing ban in Arctic

Trawlers could continue fishing in the Arctic despite an international deal to ban fishing from the ocean.
July 17, 2015
Magellan penguins waddling on a beach

Patagonian penguins at risk

Penguins in Patagonia are facing threats from unsustainable tourism and climate change.
July 16, 2015