Three Blue Park Award Winners Announced at UN Ocean Conference
New Marine Protected Areas Recognized for Outstanding Conservation Three marine protected areas (MPAs) won the prestigious Blue Park Awards for exceptional marine[…]
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Global Animal Partnership Takes On Farmed Salmon Welfare, Announces New Standard on World Ocean Day
By Aquatic Life Institute Compassion in World Farming calls standard ” highest and most comprehensive available” AUSTIN, Texas ⎯ Global Animal Partnership[…]
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Schmidt Ocean Institute & National Geographic Society Partner to Advance Diversity & Equity in Ocean Exploration
LISBON, Portugal — A new collaboration between Schmidt Ocean Institute and the National Geographic Society to advance diversity and equity among[…]
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Two Countries, Two Government Officials, Poised to Make One Critical Decision
Canada Fisheries Minister Joyce Murray and Washington State’s Commissioner of Public Lands Hilary Franz are both expected to announce major decisions that[…]
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Australian Start-Up Seabin US Expansion Accelerated by Community Donations and Corporate Sponsorships
From a simple yet innovative ocean trash skimmer to a global authority on ocean health; Seabin is a data-led clean-tech[…]
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Ocean: UNESCO Launches Emergency Plan to Boost World Heritage-Listed Reefs’ Resilience
All World Heritage-listed reefs are at risk of disappearing by the end of this century. On the occasion of the[…]
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Walton Family Foundation Urges Action on Seafood Traceability Ahead of World Oceans Day
New Morning Consult Poll Shows Broad Support for Increasing Sustainability for Seafood.PBS NewsHour’s Tipping Point: Fisheries on the Brink focuses[…]
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NOAA Forecasts Average-Size Gulf of Mexico Summer ‘Dead Zone’
Written by NOAA ANN ARBOR—A team of scientists including a University of Michigan aquatic ecologist is forecasting a summer “dead[…]
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SAWFISH NEWS: To See a Sawfish in Public Aquariums and Making Conservation Connections by Guest Authors Paula Carlson & Jennie Janssen
Since the early 1930’s when the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago displayed a smalltooth sawfish for the first time, public aquariums[…]
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New Study Shows Komodo National Park Holds Some of The Largest Aggregations of Manta Rays
Through a collaborative effort between citizen divers, scientists from the Marine Megafauna Foundation (MMF), and Murdoch University, a new study[…]
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