Ocean Conservation News – 03/24/2023
Uruguay wants to increase marine protection – and offshore oil mining https://chinadialogueocean.net/en/conservation/uruguay-wants-to-increase-marine-protection-and-offshore-oil/ Experts are…
Experts are perplexed that areas designated priorities for protection overlap with offshore oil concessions.
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Africa already shows innovation and leadership in ocean conservation, and countries must now push for early ratification.
The MSC Foundation and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) today announced a new partnership to conserve and restore threatened coral reefs.
With only 21 months left in his current term, President Biden’s ocean conservation accomplishments still fall far short of his rhetoric and promises.
Dr Ifesinachi Okafor-Yarwood, Lecturer in Sustainable Development with the University of St Andrews, is one of only seven conservation researchers to be named a 2023 recipient of the Pew Fellowship in Marine Conservation.
Uruguay wants to increase marine protection – and offshore oil mining https://chinadialogueocean.net/en/conservation/uruguay-wants-to-increase-marine-protection-and-offshore-oil/ Experts are…
Australian fisheries set to be hit by climate change as IPCC report forecasts lower…
Majority of Oregon voters support policies reducing single-use plastics https://www.koin.com/news/environment/oceana-survey-88-of-oregon-voters-support-policies-reducing-single-use-plastics/ Oregon lawmakers and businesses…
France ordered to curb mass dolphin deaths in fishing nets https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/france-ordered-curb-mass-dolphin-deaths-fishing-nets-97992019 France’s highest administrative…
Sharks washed up on Cape shore after Orca feeding frenzy less of a threat…
Right Whales vs. commercial fishing: ‘no easy solution’ for NOAA, says Raimondo. https://www.gpb.org/news/2023/03/16/right-whales-vs-commercial-fishing-no-easy-solution-for-noaa-says-raimondo A…
Great white sharks slowly making recovery in Canadian oceans: researcher https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/great-white-sharks-slowly-making-recovery-in-canadian-oceans-researcher-1.6313945 After decades of…
Seahorse population at beauty spot by £66k funding boost https://uk.news.yahoo.com/seahorse-population-beauty-spot-protected-050000462.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAKjEcZxSDTgMBhCWUdP9ayZjKPa7OUpLEIyXgl9Tbz65O7abRB5Rt1f3VuzjuPMxy7fEpzdWe30AvhkqrE6LODLC84cJAbpAI0C6L3prXNto4FunNXdn9l4vDmC7oVq0pn-FXcP5IRbqHqQ-RyRLSvCMQcb3boFZLOTc-RtcYxBz Seagrass and seahorses at…
People should have right to shape marine environmental solutions https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/982337 Government and political institutions…
Biden to announce Arctic Ocean protection as administration weighs controversial Willow oil project https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-oil-gas-drilling-arctic-ocean-willow-project-climate-change/…