Ocean Conservation

Conservation charity welcomes proposal to make Jersey world leader in marine protection

https://jerseyeveningpost.com/news/2023/09/13/conservation-charity-welcomes-proposal-to-make-jersey-world-leader-in-marine-protection/

Charles Clover, co-founder of the Blue Marine Foundation, said that the proposed park would ‘set an example internationally of how ocean territories should be effectively managed for the good of all’.

Six decades of plankton decline sparks call to protect the foundation of the marine food web

https://phys.org/news/2023-09-decades-plankton-decline-foundation-marine.html

The decline in plankton abundance in the North East Atlantic over the past six decades should serve as a red flag to policy makers about the need to protect some of the planet’s most critical forms of life, a new study has warned.

Ocean scientists concerned over uptick of whale deaths on Northeast coasts

https://abcnews.go.com/US/ocean-scientists-concerned-uptick-whale-deaths-northeast-coasts/story?id=102928934

Scientists are becoming increasingly concerned over the number of dead whales, an animal that provides a lens into the general condition of the ocean and the beings that reside there.

Governments need to ratify ocean conservation treaty, Greenpeace urges

https://www.uscannenbergmedia.com/2023/09/13/governments-need-to-ratify-ocean-preservation-treaty-greenpeace-urges/

A copy of Greenpeace’s 30×30 report executive summary obtained by Annenberg Media calls for governments to “take action” to protect marine areas.

Scientists find good places to grow long spined sea urchins, a starting point to restore the ‘lawn mowers of the reefs’

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/09/230913122752.htm

Scientists are trying to raise as many urchins as possible because they eat algae that could otherwise smother reef ecosystems and kill corals.