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Fishery assessment models 鈥� the 鈥渂ackbone鈥� of fisheries management 鈥� overestimate the sustainability of the world鈥檚 fisheries, according to a study of 230 fisheries worldwide, and populations of many overfished species are in far worse condition than has been reported. We hear from Rainer Froese of GEOMAR - Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel.

The lunar south pole contains evidence of ancient magma ocean. An analysis of lunar soil in the Moon鈥檚 southern high-latitude regions, performed using data from India鈥檚 Chandrayaan-3 mission, suggests the presence of remnants of a former ocean of magma. Roland speaks to Santosh Vadawale of India鈥檚 Physical Research Laboratory.

Stefanie Haustein of the School of Information Studies at Ottawa University discusses the article processing costs for open access of the journal publishing giants in science.

The risk of a banana apocalypse could be near, but biologists, including Li-Jun Ma of the University of Massachusetts, might have found a key to their survival. Bananas are facing functional extinction due to the disease Fusarium wilt of banana caused by a fungal pathogen. Discovery of molecular mechanisms used by the banana-destroying microbe brings hope.

Presenter: Roland Pease
Producer: Jonathan Blackwell
Production Coordinator: Andrew Rhys Lewis

(Image: Fisherman emptying net full of fish into hold on trawler. Credit: Monty Rakusen via Getty Images)