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Sharing a marine reserve with fishers: Q&A with Belize Fisheries’ Adriel Castañeda

NGOs block gillnet fishing across 100,000 sq km of Great Barrier Reef

Oil spill contaminates wildlife, beaches and protected areas in Peru

The Great Barrier Reef is bleaching — once again — and over a larger area

Fourth round of U.N. talks fail to finalize a treaty to manage the high seas

‘Small-scale fishers have a Ph.D. in the ocean’: Q&A with Vatosoa Rakotondrazafy

To save the oceans, we need MPAs that emphasize actual protection of marine ecosystems (commentary)

Four new MPAs in Maluku boost Indonesia’s bid to protect its seas

Afro-Colombian community safeguards pristine oceans with new protected area

Belize shows how fishers and researchers can collaborate to protect sharks

Jordan scrambles to save rare Red Sea corals that can withstand climate change

‘There’s not much hope’: Mediterranean corals collapse under relentless heat

Gulf of Thailand oil pipeline leak threatens reef-rich marine park

Ecuador to announce creation of Hermandad Marine Reserve off Galapagos (commentary)

‘Great Blue Wall’ aims to ward off looming threats to western Indian Ocean

2021’s top ocean news stories (commentary)

Galápagos census looks at impacts on turtles during and after COVID lockdown

Countries fail to agree on Antarctic conservation measures for fifth straight year

From the ocean floor, a startup livestreams the rise of coral cities

Green light for mining project raises red flags for Chile penguin reserve

New protections announced for Galápagos Islands and beyond at COP26

Local communities saved Cabo Pulmo with a national park. Then came the tourists.

Marine experts flag new Peru marine reserve that allows industrial fishing

New research hopes to shine a light on wedgefish, the ‘pangolin of the ocean’

Scientists, communities battle against Philippine land reclamation project

Protecting Colombia’s shark paradise: Q&A with Sandra Bessudo

‘Mismanaged to death’: Mexico opens up sole vaquita habitat to fishing

With growing pressures, can the Philippines sustain its marine reserves?

Decades of research back the value of marine reserves to Kenya’s fisheries

Scientists call for solving climate and biodiversity crises together

Conservation solutions in paradise: Jamaica’s Oracabessa Bay Fishing Sanctuary

Protected areas now cover nearly 17% of Earth’s surface: U.N. report

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