Researchers offer a tropical perspective on marine conservation
https://phys.org/news/2023-07-tropical-perspective-marine.html
To achieve tangible solutions for ocean conservation, we should listen to the people who are most affected by the current problems facing the ocean: the people in the tropics, say 25 co-authors of “Engaging the Tropical Majority to Make Ocean Governance and Science more Equitable and Effective,” a new paper in the journal on Ocean Sustainability.
Sri Lanka rejects proposal for new shipping route to save blue whales
Sri Lanka on Thursday squarely rejected a proposal for the creation of a new Traffic Separation Scheme, south of the island nation, to reduce ship strikes on the endangered blue whale population in the Northern Indian Ocean.
Marine heat wave caused mass seabird die-offs, beach surveys show
Seabirds, from cormorants to puffins, spend most of their lives at sea. Beloved by birdwatchers, these animals can be hard to study because they spend so much time far from shore.
New MCS study shows ocean protection’s worth
https://divemagazine.com/scuba-diving-news/new-mcs-study-shows-ocean-protections-worth
The calculation was based around a yearly cost required to protect 10 percent of the world’s oceans of €4.86 per hectare, a figure adapted from a separate analysis of the United Nations 2012 Catalysing Ocean Finance report.
Stranded manatee rescued off Florida’s east coast
Volusia County deputies, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and members of the Marine Mammal Stranding Team worked together to rescue the mammal and have it transported to the Sea World Rehabilitation Center.
