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Half of World Heritage Sites threatened by ‘harmful industrial activities’, new report finds

First round of UN negotiations to regulate high seas fishing concludes

Scientists say we need to be far more ambitious about protecting oceans

Fiery end for the last of the toothfish pirates

What’s being done to secure justice for SE Asia’s seafood slaves?

U.S. plan to develop offshore aquaculture stirs dissent

Obama administration will not allow oil drilling off Atlantic coast

End of the line for foreign-made fishing boats in Indonesia?

Want to end illegal fishing? Make all ships trackable, say researchers

The week in environmental news – March 04, 2016

Scientists discover ‘friendly cartoon ghost’ octopod in deep ocean off Hawaii

New ‘Blue Economy Challenge’ wants your solutions to transform the aquaculture industry

Indonesia’s war on maritime slavery continues

The longest global coral bleaching event in history isn’t over yet

Ubiquitous microplastic pollution in oceans found to disrupt oyster reproduction

‘Fluorescent flashlights’: Newly discovered glow-in-the-dark polyps light up snails in the Red Sea

Photos: ‘Extremely rare’ baby albino turtle spotted in Australia

The week in environmental news – Jan 22, 2016

32 million metric tons of global fish catch goes unreported every year, study finds

Quantifying the aquarium trade to help it become more sustainable

Indonesia’s ore-smelting ambitions augur rain of poison in Sulawesi

Are prosthetic reefs the answer to Indonesia’s coral die-off?

‘Aquatic cocaine’: Illegal trade in swim bladders of rare fish puts world’s rarest porpoise at risk of extinction

New study identifies acoustic sanctuaries for marine mammals

Peru to protect world’s largest-known population of giant Manta Rays

Marine protected areas are helping the Mesoamerican Reef recover

Giving the handfish a hand

2015’s top 10 developments for the ocean

Needed: Old-age homes for coral reef fish

Giant squid caught on video in Japanese harbor

Belize bans offshore oil drilling along barrier reef system

The week in environmental news – Dec 12, 2015

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