Scientists enlist sea turtles to fill gaps in ocean knowledge

The satellite-tagging project in Ecuador will aid efforts to conserve one of the most endangered marine species in the world. Read more here.

Ocean Conservation Groups To Hold Rally Today During Endangered Species Committee Meeting

Conservation groups including the Center for Biological Diversity are rallying in Washington, DC today outside the US Department of the Interior to oppose the Trump administration’s convening of the Endangered Species Committee. Read more here.

Migratory sharks win new levels of protection

Agreement has been reached to provide significant new protection for some of the world’s most threatened shark species, marking what influential US organisation the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) describes as a major step forward for ocean conservation. Read more here.

‘A national scandal’: trawlers scour seabeds of supposedly protected UK waters

‘Precious ocean life is being pushed to the brink,’ say campaigners, arguing that overfished marine areas are ‘protected only on paper’. Read more here.

Cape Town’s dirty secret as sewage discharge appeal leaves oceans in Peril

Pressure is mounting on the national Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) to finalise a long-delayed appeal challenging licences that allow the City of Cape Town to discharge sewage into the ocean through its marine outfalls. Read more here.