Tag: Marine protection
Save the ocean to save the climate, swimmers tell leaders in Marseille. Dozens of people dived into the Mediterranean Sea today during the IUCN World Conservation Congress to celebrate the power of the ocean to ...
President Macron accepts petition urging protection of Antarctica’s waters. During a boat trip organized on the first day of the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Marseille, Antarctica2020 members Pascal Lamy and Geneviève Pons (photo) handed ...
Pamela Anderson joins the fight to protect Antarctica’s waters. The campaign focused on increasing the protection of Antarctica’s waters received a huge boost with the announcement that actor and activist Pamela Anderson will be joining ...
Seafood industry calls for more research on seismic testing under ‘real-world conditions’. Seafood Industry Australia (SIA), the national peak-body representing the Australian seafood industry, has called for more research into the impacts of seismic testing ...
G20 commits to protecting the Antarctic. Historic shift by superpowers to allay biodiversity and climate crises. The Group of 20 (G20) environment leaders have committed to protecting Antarctica’s Southern Ocean from human pressures in order ...
Cefas publishes statistics on experimental use of animals. In the UK research with protected (sentient) animals which has the potential to cause suffering is regulated under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (Amended Regulations 2012), ...
Deep-sea mining company has misled investors ahead of IPO. Greenpeace USA, the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition (DSCC), and Global Witness have sent a letter to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) calling into question ...
Environmental time bombs lying on Europe’s seafloor. Until 1975, countries all over the world routinely dumped obsolete or unusable munitions (conventional and chemical) on the seafloor. These dangerous depots are known to exist throughout European ...
Calls for G7 to prioritise ocean health from international civil society. A new statement, signed by leading scientists from a variety of marine fields is calling on G7 leaders to prioritise ocean protection in order ...
UK’s first Wildlife Bycatch Mitigation Hub launched by Clean Catch UK. Following the enshrinement of the Fisheries Act in law in late 2020, Clean Catch UK has announced the launch of an innovative online Hub ...
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 discarded fishing gear including gillnets, ...
World leaders commit to ambitious Antarctic protection. The Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition (ASOC) welcomed the announcement of a new joint strategy to achieve the designation of three new large scale marine protected areas (MPAs) ...
New Marine Protected Areas in Antarctica. EU takes lead in international effort to establish new Marine Protected Areas in Antarctica. Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Virginijus Sinkevičius hosted a ministerial meeting to build support ...
‘Europe’s largest fish counter’ deployed. A unique marine research project led by Loughs Agency is underway to study the seas around Ireland and Western Scotland with the deployment of ‘Europe’s largest fish counter’. The SeaMonitor ...
Environmental groups say no to deep-sea mining. Environmental groups in the Pacific call on Lord Zac Goldsmith to say ‘yes’ to marine protection and human rights and ‘no’ to deep-sea mining. Organisations including the Civil ...
Norway urged to abandon plans to experiment on captured whales. WDC (Whale and Dolphin Conservation), the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI), and NOAH, Norway’s largest NGO for animals, are urging the Norwegian Food Safety Authority (Mattilsynet) to ...
Canada invests in research to study the effects of water contaminants. The Government of Canada is further investing in research to better inform the protection of oceans, lakes, rivers and waterways and the many species ...
Protecting select ocean areas boosts total catches. A new study titled ‘Protecting the global ocean for biodiversity, food and climate’ has been published in the scientific journal Nature. The study reveals that protecting select areas of ...
Offshore pile driving affects behaviour of commercially important squid. With the offshore wind industry expanding in the United States and elsewhere, a new study raises questions about how the noise from impact pile driving to ...
MPAs do not adequately protect coral reef fish. Marine protected areas (MPAs) around Oʻahu in Hawai’i do not adequately protect populations of herbivorous reef fishes that eat algae on coral reefs. That is the primary conclusion of ...
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