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First vaquita ‘rescued’ in bid to save the porpoise from extinction

Mongabay.com 25 Oct 2017

Mexico takes ‘unprecedented’ action to save vaquita

Mongabay.com 15 Oct 2017

Trade in silky and thresher sharks now to be strictly regulated

Mongabay.com 5 Oct 2017

Second Irrawaddy dolphin death in Borneo linked to fishing nets

Yovanda 3 Oct 2017
Coral flourescing, a reaction to stressful conditions

Capturing the wonder and vulnerability of coral reefs in real-time: Q & A with the director of “Chasing Coral”

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 21 Sep 2017

Citizen scientists use mobile apps to help “green” the ocean

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 20 Sep 2017
Whale shark off the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico.

DNA barcoding helps identify endangered species from market specimens of sharks and rays

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 6 Sep 2017

Indonesia’s decision to share vessel tracking data ‘ill-advised,’ some say

Basten Gokkon 21 Aug 2017

Measuring fish abundance through acoustics: spawning aggregations are key to improving fishery management plans

Danielle Bettermann 15 Aug 2017

Conservation community failing to use evidence to make decisions, scientists say

Shreya Dasgupta 31 Jul 2017

Meet the new giant sunfish that has evaded scientists for centuries

Shreya Dasgupta 24 Jul 2017
A tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) in the Bahamas. Photo by Bethany Augliere.

Will banning trade in fins help endangered sharks? Some experts say no

Ula Chrobak and Sukee Bennett 21 Jul 2017

Tuna catch monitoring enters the electronic age

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 17 Jul 2017

Phone app lists ‘Good Fish’ and ‘Bad Fish’ to reduce impacts of cyanide fishing

Danielle Bettermann 30 Jun 2017
Sodwana Bay, South Africa. Photo by Greg Asner/www.Divephoto.org.

Can marine reserves help counteract climate change?

Kim Smuga-Otto 8 Jun 2017

Vaquita survival hinges on stopping international swim bladder trade

Mongabay.com 8 Jun 2017

Gabon pledges ‘massive’ protected network for oceans

Mongabay.com 6 Jun 2017

Climate change may be choking the ocean’s oxygen supply, study shows

Mic Smith 5 Jun 2017

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