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Ocean Conservation News – 07/01/2024

by Camille Quintos
Man Diving near School of Fish

Divers turn conservationists as corals bleach worldwide

Nannalin Pornprasertsom is one of a growing number of scuba divers learning conservation and citizen science techniques as coral reefs experience a fourth global bleaching event. Read more here.

Vietnam seizes over 1,000 dead endangered sea turtles

Vietnam’s environmental police have seized a record haul of over 1,000 endangered sea turtles which were being prepared for illegal export to China, an official said Tuesday. Read more here.

In Northern Spain, climate change is killing Shellfish – and women’s livelihoods

But the clams and cockles the shellfish pickers’ livelihoods depend on are increasingly harder to come by.’ Read more here.

Conservation volunteers spot rare sea otters near Cannon beach

According to Elakha, a group that works to restore and conserve sea otters, finding live sea otters along the Oregon coast is rare due to the species being hunted to local extinction for their fur by the early 1900s. Read more here.

Indonesia must integrate marine protection with fisheries subsidies, study says

Despite claiming exemption from the 2022 WTO agreement to halt harmful fisheries subsidies, Indonesia needs a strategy to support small-scale fisheries and ensure marine sustainability. Read more here.

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