China and Norway are central to pivotal decisions in Southern Ocean Fishing

As the organization that manages Southern Ocean fisheries – The Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) – prepares to hold its annual meeting in Hobart, Australia in October, major questions need to be addressed by its 29 Members. Read more here.

Sustainable use marine protected areas to improve human nutrition

Coral reef fisheries are a vital source of nutrients for thousands of nutritionally vulnerable coastal communities around the world. Read more here.

Injured sea turtle released into wild following succesful rehabilitation in Scarborough

Nazaré was severely cold stunned, with a body temperature of 13°C, suffering from pneumonia, and burdened with a 2cm thick build-up of algae and seaweed which covered her shell. Read more here.

Java activists risk jail for exposing shrimp farm pollution crisis

In 2023, environmental activist Daniel Frits Maurits Tangkilisan was sentenced to seven months in prison under Indonesia’s controversial online hate speech law. His crime? A Facebook post criticizing illegal shrimp farms operating within Karimunjawa National Park, a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. Read more here.

‘Marine identity’ can help restore the ocean, says researchers

People’s deep connection with the ocean—their “marine identity”—can help us reset society’s relationship with the seas, new research led by Dr. Pamela Buchan, from the University of Exeter, suggests. Read more here.