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Guardians Of The Aegean: Aboard The Greek Ship Working To Save The Mediterranean

Guardians Of The Aegean: Aboard The Greek Ship Working To Save The Mediterranean
Archipelagos has made its mission to protect and conserve the Mediterranean. Archipelagos/Facebook

For more than 20 years, the Greek NGO Archipelagos has been monitoring the unique ecosystems and desertified areas of the Aegean Sea, the arm of the Mediterranean between Greece and Turkey. A ride along on the association’s main ship, the Aegean Explorer, reveals the effects of climate change, plastic pollution and industrial fishing.

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Tracking The Asian Fishing “Armada” That Sucks Up Tons Of Seafood Off Argentina’s Coast

Photo of dozens of crab traps
An estimated 500 boats gather annually off the coast of Patagonia Meritt Thomas

A brightly-lit flotilla of fishing ships has reappeared in international waters off the southern coast of Argentina as it has annually in recent years for an “industrial harvest” of thousands of tons of fish and shellfish.

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