Highly protected marine areas to be designated in English waters. Marine habitats and wildlife are set to receive the highest levels of protection as the Environment Secretary announces the Government […]
Ecuador to announce creation of Hermandad Marine Reserve off Galapagos. An article fom Mongabay news website. “Ecuador is proud to announce the creation of the Hermandad Marine Reserve in the […]
Welcome for Australian crackdown on ghost nets. The Australian Marine Conservation Society (AMCS) says it is encouraged by the federal government’s crackdown on ghost nets in Australia’s northern waters. Ghost nets are […]
Environmental effects of purchasing, consuming mislabelled fish. Seafood is the world’s most highly traded food commodity, and reports of seafood mislabelling have increased over the past decade. However, proof of […]
IPNLF to launch ghost net retrieval project. Funded by the inaugural Joanna Toole Ghost Gear Solutions Award, a new initiative will be launched by IPNLF aimed at incentivising coastal fisheries […]
Little relief in the deep for heat-stressed corals. A team of NOAA scientists recently examined more than a thousand hot water events on coral reefs across the Pacific Ocean. Combining […]
US funding for marine habitat restoration. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in the USA has announced the availability of up to $4 million in Community-based Restoration Programme funding […]
Global warming hits sea creatures hardest. Global warming has caused twice as many ocean-dwelling species as land-dwelling species to disappear from their habitats, a unique Rutgers-led study found. The greater […]
Million dollar Canadian coastal restoration package. Canada’s Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Coast Guard, Jonathan Wilkinson, has announced that the Agence Mamu Innu Kaikusseht (AMIK) will receive $1,200,000 over […]