$60.8 Million pledged towards protecting the Mediterranean Sea

The Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation, together with other leading private and public donors have pledged $60.8 million towards protecting the Mediterranean Sea. Read more here.

Thai divers seek to take on ‘ghost gear’ threatening marine life

Beneath the surface of the turquoise waters off a beach on Thailand’s holiday island of Phuket, divers laboriously collect abandoned fishing gear, much of it made from plastic, that is tangled on coral and trapping sea life. Read more here.

Kerala fisherman paddles all the way to Goa for ocean conservation

Goenchea Ramponkarancho Ekvott (GRE) warmly welcomed Antony Kurieunkal, a traditional fisherman from Kerala, who embarked on a cycling journey from Alappuzha on April 3. Antony’s mission is to raise awareness about ocean conservation and protect coastal communities. Read more here.

Annual ocean conference raises $11.3B in pledges for marine conservation

Government, NGO and philanthropic delegates made 469 new commitments worth more than $11.3 billion to help protect the oceans, which was lower than in previous years. Read more here.

Brussels pick fight on UK over UK ban on sand eel fishing

The European Commission is demanding an explanation from the UK government over a biodiversity protection measure that bans the industrial fishing of sand eels in much of its territorial waters, a move which has upset Denmark, which holds the lion’s share of the UK/EU post-Brexit quota. Read more here.