Sea turtles treated at SC Aquarium’s Sea Turtle Care Center

Ticket and membership sales allow the Aquarium to continue helping the sea turtles and doing this conservation work. Read more here.

Ecuador eyes new debt-for-nature swaps involving Amazon and ocean protection

The South American country is looking to build on the record-breaking $1.6 billion debt swap it arranged for its Galapagos Islands last
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World governments and other leadership bodies are taking vital steps to protect the ocean but more progress is urgently needed, Oregon State University (OSU) scientists reported at the eighth Our Ocean Conference in Athens, April 17. Read more here.

Dominican Republic commits to conserving 30 percent of its ocean

Announced by ocean conservationist Sylvia Earle, the 30.8 per cent officially designation for protection includes a critical transboundary marine protected area – the first in the Caribbean – straddling the Colombian boundary on the Beata Ridge seamount, an area of critical importance for cetaceans, sea birds, and sharks. Read more here.

Warming seas push India’s fishers into distant, and more dangerous waters

Rising sea surface temperatures, overfishing near the shore, and the destruction of reefs have decimated nearshore fisheries, forcing India’s fishers farther out to sea where they face greater risk. Read more here.