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A visual reconstruction of the February 19, 2023 incident in which a Hong Kong-flagged cargo vessel reportedly hit the Indian fishing boat, Ruby, 450 nautical miles away from Kanyakumari, the southernmost tip of India.

Warming seas push India’s fishers into distant, and more dangerous, waters

Imran Muzaffar and Aliya Bashir 23 Apr 2024
A saltwater crocodile basking on the bank of a pond in Karamjol Crocodile Breeding Centre.

Bangladesh uses satellite transmitters on saltwater crocodiles in Asia’s first

Rafiqul Islam 22 Apr 2024
Sargassum in Villa Clara province, Cuba.

Caribbean startups are turning excess seaweed into an agroecology solution

Marlowe Starling 16 Apr 2024
Farid Samalehu, while monitoring the coastline which continues to be eroded due to abrasion.

Maluku bone collector unearths troubling consequence of coastal abrasion

Christ Belseran, Edison Waas 9 Apr 2024
A hawksbill turtle

As a megaport rises in Cameroon, a delicate coastal ecosystem ebbs

Elodie Toto 5 Apr 2024

In Raja Ampat, pearl farming balances business and ecological sustainability

Basten Gokkon 22 Mar 2024
The helmet jellyfish (Periphylla periphylla) collected with a remotely operated vehicle in the North Pacific Ocean.

Communities worry anew as PNG revives seabed mining plans

John Cannon 20 Mar 2024
Jonathan Mesulam

PNG communities resist seabed mining: Interview with activist Jonathan Mesulam

John Cannon 1 Mar 2024
An anemone fish in Hong Kong's coral reefs.

Hong Kong as a reef fish haven? These scientists want to get the word out

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 22 Feb 2024

With drop in illegal fishing comes rise in piracy, study in Indonesia finds

Basten Gokkon 22 Feb 2024
Saltwater crocodile

Risks to Myanmar’s last saltwater crocs point to coastal conservation needs

Carolyn Cowan 13 Feb 2024

No sea change on marine policy from candidates as Indonesia heads to polls

Basten Gokkon 13 Feb 2024
Sea otters eating clams in California.

Where sea otters play, salt marshes stay, new study shows

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 7 Feb 2024
Workers at a mangrove nursery in Dam, a coastal town in Pakistan's Balochistan province. Image by Ayaz Khan for Mongabay.

Pakistan bucks global trend with 30-year mangrove expansion

Ayaz Khan 5 Feb 2024

Cambodia sea turtle nests spark hope amid coastal development & species decline

Gerald Flynn 1 Feb 2024

In Argentina, scientists scramble to study seal colonies hit hard by avian flu

Maxwell Radwin 31 Jan 2024

Mangrove crab sustainability is vital for fishers in Indonesia’s Aru Islands

Ridzki R. Sigit 31 Jan 2024
A trawler in Bangladesh.

Overfishing leads to decline in Bangladesh marine fish stocks & diversity

Abu Siddique 30 Jan 2024

Indonesia invites Turkish investors to develop tuna farms in Papua

Basten Gokkon 30 Jan 2024
A Caribbean spiny lobster (Panulirus argus).

Report: Human tragedy stalks the prized Honduran lobster industry

Shreya Dasgupta 25 Jan 2024

Newly identified shorebird species takes its name from Hanuman, a mythical Hindu ape god

Malaka Rodrigo 25 Jan 2024

Kenyan villagers show how to harvest more octopus by fishing less

Diana Wanyonyi 24 Jan 2024
Jasmine is commonly used to flavor tea and as an offering in devotional ceremonies.

Java’s crumbling coastline and rising tide swamp jasmine flower trade

Moh. Tamimi 24 Jan 2024
A coral reef and its residents in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Image ©Greg Asner/divephoto.org.

2023’s top ocean news stories (commentary)

Ana Spalding, David Obura, Diva Amon, Minna Epps, Rhett Bennett, U. Rashid Sumaila 16 Jan 2024
A lobster larva. Image by Fathul Rakhman/Mongabay-Indonesia.

Indonesia offers lobster larvae exports to Vietnam in exchange for investment

Basten Gokkon 13 Jan 2024
Smooth-coated otter

Camera-traps help identify conservation needs of Thailand’s coastal otters

Carolyn Cowan 8 Jan 2024

Finance and support are key to fishers adopting eco-friendly gear, study shows

Basten Gokkon 3 Jan 2024
Roque Regis, one of Paraiso’s community leaders, stands on a bridge through the bay's mangroves.

Causeway threatens mangroves that Philippine fishers planted as typhoon shield

Michael Beltran 21 Dec 2023

Indonesia delays enforcement of widely panned fisheries policy

Basten Gokkon 17 Dec 2023

With Indonesia’s new fishing policy starting soon, fishers still mostly unaware

Basten Gokkon 6 Dec 2023
Mona Webber pointing at a mangrove restoration site on Norman Manly Highway.

Jamaica battles relentless plastic pollution in quest to restore mangroves

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 21 Nov 2023
A woman stands next to a well with water that tastes salty due to seawater interference.

Salty wells and lost land: Climate and erosion take their toll in Sulawesi

Agus Mawan 21 Nov 2023

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