Oceans News

Sharks in the coral reefs of Jardines de la Reina, Cuba.

Undercover in a shark fin trafficking ring: Interview with wildlife crime fighter Andrea Crosta

Philip Jacobson 16 May 2024

Global warming, pollution supersize the oceans’ oxygen-depleted dead zones

Basten Gokkon 9 Jan 2018

Trump Admin officially proposes opening vast areas of U.S. coastal waters to oil and gas drilling

Mike Gaworecki 5 Jan 2018

A manta ray in the South China Sea. Photo by Greg Asner/Divephoto.org.

2017’s top 10 ocean news stories

Douglas McCauley and Paul DeSalles 27 Dec 2017

A boat load of cut mangroves. High-quality charcoal made from mangroves is exported to Thailand. Photo by Christoph Zockler.

Chainsaws imperil an old-growth mangrove stronghold in southern Myanmar

Benjamin Graham 27 Dec 2017

A Gonatus squid eating another squid. Photo © MBARI

Videos unlock secrets of jellyfish as deep-sea killers

Mongabay.com 24 Dec 2017

An underwater view of the reef at Layang Layang Atoll in the Spratly Islands, South China Sea. Photo courtesy of Greg Asner / Divephoto.org.

Experts to China: cooperate or South China Sea fisheries may collapse

David Brown 21 Dec 2017

Members of the Kep provincial government and Fisheries Administration set fire to a mound of banned fishing gear in July 2015. The gear had been confiscated over a period of months from Cambodian and Vietnamese vessels operating illegally in Kep Bay, and was burned in front of a village notorious for abusing the law and the sea. Photo courtesy of MCC.

Building a refuge where trawlers now ravage Cambodia’s marine life

Matt Blomberg 14 Dec 2017

African Parks backs marine reserve brimming with wildlife in Mozambique

Mongabay.com 14 Dec 2017

Huge new ocean reserves announced in Mexico, Arctic

Mike Gaworecki 5 Dec 2017

White’s seahorse (Hippocampus whitei). This species is listed as Data Deficient by the IUCN, and was previously listed as Vulnerable, but there have been too few studies to say whether it remains at risk in the wild. Photo by Sylke Rohrlach via Flickr [CC BY-SA 2.0].

Catch-all fisheries are squeezing Asia’s seahorses

Sean Mowbray 1 Dec 2017

VaquitaCPR ends capture program in Gulf of California after vaquita dies in captivity

Mike Gaworecki 13 Nov 2017

As Northwest salmon economy teeters on brink, Trump gives it a push

Saul Elbein 23 Oct 2017

The Philippines commits to science-anchored fishery policies

Mongabay.com 20 Oct 2017

Seafood calendar promotes sustainable, seasonal eating in India

Kim Smuga-Otto 13 Oct 2017

‘SALT’ alliance aims to tackle illegal fishing on a global scale

Mongabay.com 6 Oct 2017

Critically endangered staghorn corals are benefiting from coral gardening in the Caribbean

Mike Gaworecki 9 Aug 2017

UN moves one step closer to convening high seas treaty negotiations

Mike Gaworecki 25 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

Seafood giant Thai Union commits to clean up supply chains following pressure campaign

Mike Gaworecki 12 Jul 2017

A male southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) among king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) on Marion Island. Photo by Nico de Bruyn.

Hard but worth it: researchers fight invasives on Subantarctic islands (commentary)

P.J.N. (Nico) de Bruyn 29 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

Federal prosecutor in Brazil calls for suspension of licensing to drill near Amazon Reef

Mike Gaworecki 22 May 2017

Protected species in Gulf of Mexico could take decades to recover from Deepwater Horizon oil spill

Mike Gaworecki 8 May 2017

Balinese rituals fuel spike in trafficking of endangered sea turtles

Johnny Langenheim 4 May 2017

To help stop illegal fishing, ban practice of transshipment on high seas, researchers say

Mike Gaworecki 1 May 2017

Plans to drill for oil near newly discovered Amazon Reef alarm scientists

Mike Gaworecki 26 Apr 2017

Namibia’s low cost, sustainable solution to seabird bycatch

William H. Funk 25 Apr 2017

Not for republication. Image by Rod Harbinson/Rodharbinson.com

Is a property boom in Malaysia causing a fisheries bust in Penang?

Rod Harbinson 19 Apr 2017

Officials, Greenpeace nab four boats for illegally fishing near Guinea-Bissau

John Cannon 3 Apr 2017

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