How Australia is ‘seeing’ a big shift on plastic waste
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-63451666
A range of single-use plastic, including straws, cutlery and micro beads in shampoo, will be banned in its most populous state, New South Wales (NSW), in a bid to reduce waste.
Seagrass science advancing throughout the Western Indian Ocean
Seagrass forms critical habitats the world over—supporting global fisheries, stabilizing shorelines, reducing wave impacts from storms, and hosting a diversity of marine life.
Shark finning rampant across Chinese tuna firm’s fleet
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/11/exclusive-shark-finning-rampant-across-chinese-tuna-firms-fleet/
Dalian Ocean Fishing used banned gear to deliberately catch and illegally cut the fins off of huge numbers of sharks in international waters, Mongabay has found.
Natural nutrient enrichment caused today’s largest ocean ‘dead zone’ 8 million years ago
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/969725
Oxygen-starved ocean “dead zones,” where fish and animals cannot survive, have been expanding in the open ocean and coastal waters for several decades as a result of human agricultural and industrial activity.
Half moon bay crab fisherman set illegal traps, prosecutors say
https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/half-moon-bay-crab-fisherman-set-illegal-traps-prosecutors-say/
A commercial crab fisherman is facing charges for unlawfully setting crab traps in a Marina Protected Area off the coast of Half Moon Bay, prosecutors said.