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Safer at sea: The unexpected benefit of traceability for small-scale fishers

Laura Villadiego 12 Nov 2019

Can a national management plan halt Madagascar’s shark decline?

Edward Carver 11 Nov 2019

Facebook and Instagram posts help locate pygmy seahorses in Taiwan

Shreya Dasgupta 6 Nov 2019

There’s a new fin whale subspecies in the North Pacific

Mongabay.com 1 Nov 2019

’Rampant’ fishing continues as vaquita numbers dwindle

Mongabay.com 29 Oct 2019

Study finds massive reorganization of life across Earth’s ecosystems

John Cannon 21 Oct 2019

Exploring the deep sea with biologist Diva Amon

Mike Gaworecki 16 Oct 2019

Cook Islands MPA leader fired after supporting seabed mining freeze

Monica Evans 15 Oct 2019

Expedition finds new humpback breeding ground and sends first deep divers to Amazon Reef

Mongabay.com 4 Oct 2019

Give it back to the gods: Reviving Māori tradition to protect marine life

Monica Evans 27 Sep 2019

Paradise, polluted: Cook Islands tries to clean up its tourism sector

Monica Evans 23 Sep 2019

Will a massive marine protected area safeguard Cook Islands’ ocean?

Monica Evans 19 Sep 2019

Massive protected area around ‘Atlantic Galapagos’ one step closer to becoming reality

Mongabay.com 18 Sep 2019

Sri Lanka scales up its domestic campaign to protect sharks with a global push

Malaka Rodrigo 5 Sep 2019

Jumping the Shark: The Decline of the North Atlantic’s Shortfin Mako

Megan Stannard 28 Aug 2019

Sri Lanka pushes for protection of sea cucumbers amid overexploitation

Malaka Rodrigo 10 Aug 2019
Female Cirrhilabrus wakanda.

Stunning new wrasse species underlines need to protect deeper-lying reefs

Nalisha Adams 5 Aug 2019

A Philippine community that once ate giant clams now works to protect them

Leilani Chavez 31 Jul 2019

Newly described pocket shark likely glows in the dark

Mongabay.com 22 Jul 2019
A small coral appears on a reef in the U.S. Virgin Islands. In the Virgin Islands and the rest of the Caribbean, threats to coral ecosystems include climate change, storms, pollution, tourism, and fishing. Image courtesy of NOAA’s National Ocean Service via Wikimedia Commons.

U.S. Virgin Islands bans coral-damaging sunscreens

Heather Gies 17 Jul 2019

Ocean currents spin a web of interconnected fisheries around the world

Basten Gokkon 4 Jul 2019
A tourist boat in Donsol joins several others in search of whale sharks. Image by Nina Unlay.

What happens to an ecotourism town when the wildlife doesn’t show?

Nina Unlay 28 Jun 2019

Altered fish communities persist long after reefs bleach, study finds

John Cannon 28 Jun 2019

Crackdown after Sri Lanka bombings may help in fight against blast fishing

Malaka Rodrigo 26 Jun 2019

Canada passes ‘Free Willy’ bill to ban captivity of all whales, dolphins

Mongabay.com 11 Jun 2019

Caribbean nations boost protection for extremely rare largetooth sawfish

Shreya Dasgupta 8 Jun 2019

Healthy reefs, healthy people: Community-based marine conservation in Papua New Guinea (commentary)

Jonathan Booth 7 Jun 2019

Twice as many fishing vessels now, but it’s harder to catch fish

Shreya Dasgupta 6 Jun 2019

For artisanal fishers, fish fences are an easy, but problematic, option

Basten Gokkon 5 Jun 2019
Red-billed tropicbird (Phaeton aethereus) at Abrolhos Marine National Park. Image by Mia Morete via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Brazil green-lights oil prospecting near important marine park

Thais Borges 31 May 2019

Study suggests MPAs and fisheries closures can benefit highly migratory marine species

Mongabay.com 24 May 2019

For migrating songbirds, ‘baby shark’ is more than just an annoying tune

Shreya Dasgupta 22 May 2019

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