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

Experts pushing for high-seas fishing ban win ‘Nobel Prize for environment’

Mongabay.com 22 Feb 2023
Nautilus vitiensis (left) and Nautilus samoaensis.

‘They’re everywhere out there’: Three new nautilus species described

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 21 Feb 2023

End of the tuna FAD? Indonesia hopes so, but EU isn’t giving up just yet

Basten Gokkon 20 Feb 2023
Traditional fishing boats on a Lombok beach.

On Lombok, rising sea levels force fishers into different jobs

Falahi Mubarok 20 Feb 2023
A pod of humpback whales.

Potential impact on whales overlooked as deep-sea mining looks set to start, experts say

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 14 Feb 2023
Oceanographer Canyon, creating an ideal microhabitat for a deep-water coral community and a couple of octopus. Image courtesy of NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program, 2013 Northeast U.S. Canyons Expedition.

Win for science as BP pressured into cleaning up offshore gas plans

Elodie Toto 9 Feb 2023

Critics allege EU’s ‘toxic collusion’ with fishing lobbies is damaging Indian Ocean tuna

Malavika Vyawahare 7 Feb 2023
Blacktip sharks and remoras.

Study: Paying fishers to ease off sharks and rays is cost-effective conservation

Cassie Freund 6 Feb 2023
A southern stingray.

Good fisheries management, if enforced, can help sharks and rays recover

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 3 Feb 2023

An El Niño is forecast for 2023. How much coral will bleach this time?

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 2 Feb 2023
A coral reef in Thailand.

Thai government turns its sights on illegal coral trade

Kannikar Petchkaew 1 Feb 2023

Mongabay Explains: What’s the difference between artisanal and industrial fishing?

Mongabay.com 31 Jan 2023

Indonesia opens its ‘ocean account’ for sustainable marine management

Basten Gokkon 30 Jan 2023

The dark side of light: Coastal urban lighting threatens marine life, study shows

Juliette Portala 27 Jan 2023
Drone view of a salmon farm.

Indigenous Kawésqar take on salmon farms in Chile’s southernmost fjords

Francesco De Augustinis 26 Jan 2023
North Atlantic right whale mother and calf.

U.S. refuses calls for immediate protection of North Atlantic right whales

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 25 Jan 2023
Blue starfish in coral reef.

Re-carbonizing the sea: Scientists to start testing a big ocean carbon idea

Jeremy Hance 25 Jan 2023
Juvenile Salmon in Estuary. Image by Travish Campbell via Flickr (CC BY 2.0).

As sea lice feast away on dwindling salmon, First Nations decide the fate of salmon farms

Spoorthy Raman 23 Jan 2023
Thai reefer Precious 9.

Study aims to unmask fishing vessels, and owners, obscured by loopholes

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 20 Jan 2023
Fishes in a coral reef.

Invasive rats topple ecological domino that affects reef fish behavior

John Cannon 20 Jan 2023

More than half of reef sharks and rays threatened with extinction, study shows

Basten Gokkon 17 Jan 2023
A group of traditional fishermen in small boats catching fish in the waters of Maluku.

More marine protected areas planned for Indonesia’s Maluku after 2022 spree

Nurdin Tubaka 16 Jan 2023

Island conservation should focus on land-sea links for most impact, paper says

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 5 Jan 2023
A reef shark in Fiji.

Sharks received landmark protection to combat fin trade, but the culling must stop (commentary)

Trang Chu Minh 3 Jan 2023

Indonesian ‘island auction’ to go ahead despite concerns over permits

Basten Gokkon 3 Jan 2023
A reddish brown jellyfish in the deep sea.

Democratizing the deep sea: Q&A with Ocean Discovery League’s Katy Croff Bell

Abhishyant Kidangoor 2 Jan 2023
Anniqa Law Chung-kiu, conservation project manager for The Nature Conservancy Hong Kong.

Restoring Hong Kong’s oyster reefs, one abandoned oyster farm at a time

Peter Yeung 30 Dec 2022

Indonesia’s ‘essential’ mangroves, seagrass and corals remain unprotected

Basten Gokkon 30 Dec 2022
A whale shark swimming with remoras.

2022’s top ocean news stories (commentary)

Aaron Roan, Callie Leiphardt, Douglas McCauley, Neil Nathan, Rachel Rhodes 29 Dec 2022
Macroalgae and sea anemones.

Hunting for future-proof marine plants in the acidic waters bathing a volcano

Guia Baggi 28 Dec 2022
A manta ray.

Strong marine protected areas credited with manta ray surge in Indonesia

Cassie Freund 22 Dec 2022

Landmark bill will ban the shark fin trade in the US

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 21 Dec 2022

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