Ocean Conservation News – 09/06/2023

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Surge in whale deaths in NY waters has scientists scrambling for solutions

https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/2023/09/05/atlantic-coast-ny-minke-whale-deaths-increase-scientists-seek-answers/70738169007/

A dozen whales have turned up dead along New York’s Atlantic coast this year, a spike that has marine scientists scrambling to reverse a trend that’s been steadily ticking upward the past seven years.

‘Massive’ leatherback turtle spotted four miles off Tenby

https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/23767247.massive-leatherback-turtle-spotted-four-miles-off-tenby/

Believed to be the largest species of turtle in the world, the leatherback is currently listed under the Endangered Species Act after its global population declined by 40 per cent over the past three generations.

Celebrating new coastal and oceans investment in Oregon

https://www.thenewsguard.com/opinion/column-celebrating-new-coastal-and-ocean-investments-in-oregon-part-one/article_89082d9a-4819-11ee-b4e1-e73ddf4dbd20.html

Oregon’s coast is increasingly shaped by the climate crisis. Sea level rise, more severe flooding, intensifying storms, and ocean acidification are threatening our coastal communities and their ocean-based economies.

Blue holes off Saudi Arabia to top ‘every scuba diver’s bucket list’

https://www.thenationalnews.com/gulf-news/saudi-arabia/2023/09/05/blue-holes-off-saudi-arabia-to-top-every-scuba-divers-bucket-list/

The Red Sea has more than 20 of the naturally occurring phenomena, formed when water floods a previously cavernous region, discovered in 2022.

New snorkel trail helps Fifers to explore marine life off Kingdom coastline

https://www.fifetoday.co.uk/news/people/new-snorkel-trail-helps-fifers-to-explore-marine-life-off-kingdom-coastline-4280350

Fifers can take an underwater safari to explore the marine life off our beautiful coastline thanks to a newly launched trail.

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