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By Joni Musabayana, Director, ILO Decent Work Team and Office for the Caribbean The Caribbean is at a critical juncture.
As dawn broke, fisherman Viktor Kocaj hauled his net on board his battered skiff, but after a whole night in the Adriatic, ...
The Mile High Key Lime Pie serves as a fitting finale to a Florida seafood feast – tart, sweet, and refreshingly light despite its impressive height. The Peanut Butter Pie offers a more indulgent ...
On Sunday, June 29th 2025, fisherfolk throughout Saint Lucia will converge to celebrate Fishermen’s Feast, which is also ...
Off the Caribbean island of Dominica, Cecilia Vega dove into efforts to create a preserve to protect sperm whales and safeguard them from plastic trash, noise pollution and ship strikes.
Bluntnose sixgill shark caught in Veracruz, Mexico, marking the species’s first confirmed presence in Mexican waters of Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea.
That first visit to the fishermen’s co-op, years ago, set the stage for the work because he went there to ask local lobstermen for help. Steneck wanted to learn how lobsters live, grow, and move under ...
Pink salmon are set to return to the Fraser River in record numbers this year, with the run expected to begin in August. As Jon Hernandez reports, it could provide a much-needed boost to fisheries ...
In Costa Rica’s Caribbean lowlands, the Madre de Dios and Santa Marta lagoons are reeling from a mass fish kill that’s left local communities in Matina and Siquirres sounding the alarm. Dead fish, ...
Small Caribbean nations are among the hardest hit. With 20 million tons of this seaweed washing up on the beaches in 2024, sargassum is fueling an economic and public health crisis.