New hammerhead shark species named for Microsoft co founder Paul G. Allen

Much of the early field work used in the discovery came through Global FinPrint, a shark survey initiative funded by Paul G. Allen Family Foundation. Read more here.

As threats to biodiversity soar, governments must boost conservation funding

This year’s meeting of the United Nations General Assembly, which opened Sept. 10 in New York, offers a chance to fix that. Read more here.

Sustainable fishing rules ‘scientifically obsolete’

In a paper published in the journal Ocean Sustainability, the researchers have laid out 11 “golden rules” which they say would help renew fish populations in order to feed future generations. Read more here.

Five times more marine fish may be at risk of extinction: study

Many of the species predicted to be threatened are in the South China Sea, the Philippine Sea, Celebes Sea, and the west coasts of Australia and North America. Read more here.

Mexico loses phosphate mining lawsuit in controversial arbitration process

The company brought Mexico to arbitration through an obscure legal process known as an investor-state dispute settlement, which allows foreign companies to directly sue countries they’ve invested in. Read more here.