Beyond 200 nautical miles from the seashore lie the international waters of the high seas global commons covering 45 percent of the Earth’s surface. The time is ripe for a new initiative of great ...

WASHINGTON—The Pew Charitable Trusts today commended Governor Bob Ferguson (D) of Washington State for signing into law a bipartisan bill unanimously passed by the state Legislature that allows ...

In the nearly two years since the United Nations adopted a historic agreement to protect the high seas, U.N. member countries have been hard at work paving the way to implement the treaty under their ...

Story: Wildfires have once again made headlines, highlighting the growing intensity and frequency of natural disasters across the United States. And these disasters leave more than destruction in ...

Along the coasts of Alaska and British Columbia, seaweed farming is growing rapidly, driven by growing demand for the marine algae in food, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, textiles, and other products.

A new industry emerging across coastal communities in Alaska and British Columbia could—if managed responsibly—be a big win for people and nature. At a time when local ecosystems and economies in ...

The U.S. energy grid is under pressure. Infrastructure is aging, and energy demand is rapidly growing from the expansion of domestic manufacturing, data centers, and electrification, all of which ...

This is the first of two articles about the four pillars of effective compliance mechanisms within regional fisheries management organizations. Regional fisheries management organizations (RFMOs) ...

To help meet rising energy demand and better deliver electricity to consumers, governments and utilities are increasingly seeking ways to modernize their grids. Some are already solving the challenge ...

Effectively administering health care programs is a critical element of sound fiscal management for state and local governments. As health care and corrections have emerged in recent years as fiscal ...

The Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC), which is responsible for the conservation and sustainable use of tuna fisheries valued at more than $8 billion, should reaffirm its commitments to ...

Illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing is a serious global problem that threatens the health and stability of ocean ecosystems and places strain on the food and economic security of coastal ...