Issue 129 - February 2026
SEVENSEAS Travel Magazine – No. 129 February 2025
Welcome to the February issue of SEVENSEAS. This month, our focus turns to Tunisia, where environmental pressures, cultural heritage, and community driven conservation efforts are unfolding across both land and sea. Our feature destination explores small-scale fishing, coastal ecosystems, and the people navigating climate change, economic strain, and environmental recovery along Tunisia’s shores.
You’ll also find stories from across the ocean world, including a record one-ton sunfish rescue in South Africa, new data confirming another year of record breaking ocean warming, reforms reshaping professional recognition in the marine sector, climate impacts on oyster farming, marine science education initiatives, and news from the conservation film community.
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Tunisian Small-Scale Fishers Face Strain
Climate change, overfishing, and invasive species compound pressures on artisanal fishing communities along Tunisia’s coast. Unpredictable storms and declining catches threaten generations of tradition. [Read more]
Gulf of Gabès Faces Ecological Crisis
Tunisia’s most productive fishing ground battles industrial phosphate pollution, invasive species, and posidonia meadow collapse. Restoration efforts struggle against decades of accumulated damage. [Read more]
Tunisia Turns Blue Crabs Into Exports
An invasive species that destroyed fishing nets in 2014 now generates millions in export revenue. Government subsidies and crab-specific traps transformed the “Daesh crab” crisis into opportunity. [Read more]
Sixteen Days in Tunisia: A Travelogue
From Tunis medinas to Saharan salt flats, a journey through landscapes where Phoenician ruins meet climate crisis, and centuries of migration left traces that refuse to vanish. [Read more]
America Retreats from Ocean Treaties
The U.S. withdrew from 66 international commitments including UN Oceans in January 2026, abandoning multilateral frameworks for marine research, pollution control, and climate adaptation. [Read more]
Norwegian Students Design OxyBox System
Grade nine students at a Norwegian school developed OxyBox, a preservation system for underwater artifacts that controls oxygen exposure during recovery, addressing a critical gap in maritime archaeology conservation. [Read more]
Student Tracks Rhode Island Oyster Farm
URI researcher Jacqueline Rosa spent 18 months monitoring water chemistry and testing 2,700 oysters across three gear types to help the state’s $9 million aquaculture industry adapt to acidification. [Read more]
Cape Town Saves Record-Breaking Sunfish
Two Oceans Aquarium Foundation rescued a one-ton Mola mola from a draining Cape Town dry dock on New Year’s Day, using an improvised pallet platform and donated crane. [Read more]
Home Composters: An Oceanic Good Deed
Electric kitchen composters transform food scraps into nutrient-rich soil in hours, diverting waste from landfills that generate methane and ocean-polluting runoff. We review the top models for home use. [Read more]
Guy Harvey Documentary Closes Film Fest
The 40th Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival ends February 28 with Guy Harvey, a documentary tracing four decades of marine art, science, and conservation by the biologist turned artist. [Read more]
Free Ocean Science Webinars This Spring
ANGARI Foundation’s Ocean Expert Exchange returns February through April with sessions on Everglades bull sharks, threatened shorebirds, and marine filmmaking. All free via Zoom; register at angari.org. [Read more]
IMarEST Reforms Its Fellowship Criteria
The Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology now allows academics to qualify for its highest credential through research impact alone, eliminating administrative leadership requirements. [Read more]
PRIDE and Conservation: Notes from an Inbox in June
What 550 days at sea taught me about belonging, teamwork, and creating safe spaces in remote environments
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