Ocean Conservation News – 10/20/2022

News Spotlight: Athletes become activists to protect surf ecosystems

https://www.conservation.org/blog/news-spotlight-athletes-become-activists-to-protect-surf-ecosystems

According to the Surf Conservation Partnership, more than 85 percent of the world’s best surf breaks are located in areas that are critically important for conservation.

Genetic tech can help protect marine life – study

https://www.manilatimes.net/2022/10/19/news/world/genetic-tech-can-help-protect-marine-life-study/1862813

Genetic and genomic technologies hold tremendous potential to protect marine life, but are currently underused, Australian experts have found.

Ministry of blue economy launched the Belize sustainable ocean plan

https://edition.channel5belize.com/archives/242473

The Belize Marine Spatial Plan which is a framework under the blue bonds agreement that seeks to pull together all stakeholders involved in the marine sector.

Researchers look to Canada’s oceans to sink planet-warming carbon

https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/researchers-look-to-canadas-oceans-to-sink-planet-warming-carbon

Canada may have the longest coastline in the world, but it still doesn’t have a solid understanding of the role near-shore ecosystems can play in sinking greenhouse gas emissions to combat the climate crisis, marine ecologist Julia Baum says.

Sparkling fish, murky methods: The global aquarium trade

https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/sparkling-fish-murky-methods-global-aquarium-trade-91728800

Most ornamental saltwater fish species are caught in the wild because breeding them in captivity can be expensive, difficult and often impossible.

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