Search results for Marine Conservation

Council unveils marine conservation areas

Marine conservation suffers when the ocean is not accessible to all, especially on remote islands (commentary)

The global push to protect oceans is gaining momentum, from coral reef restoration to ambitious targets under the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development...

At high seas treaty summit, a dispute over fisheries managers’ role in conservation

For conservationists, one of the major achievements of the high seas treaty was that it created a means to establish marine protected areas (MPAs) in international waters. High sea...

Huge national marine conservation area established off B.C.’s Central Coast

The area, called Mia-yaltwa Ha'lidzogm hoon, means 'Realm of the Salmon, Home of the Salmon' in a hybrid composite name drawn from the Indigenous languages of the partner Nations.

Jersey Approves New Marine Protected Area Plan

The British island of Jersey has approved an ambitious marine protection plan, nearly quadrupling the area of its seas protected from damaging fishing practices.

Marine Institute at Maui Ocean Center launches initiative to address ongoing vessel groundings, threat to coral reefs

The Marine Institute at Maui Ocean Center has launched a comprehensive stakeholder survey and community initiative aimed at reducing vessel grounding incidents and strengthening re...

Inside Scotland’s hidden reef and the fight to save it

IT’S late September, and I’ve been invited to snorkel in Loch Linnhe, a giant sea loch that stretches from the Firth of Lorn to Fort William. Even in a wetsuit, it’s cold, at 12 de...

New conservation effort launched to protect coral reefs in Yap

Conservation groups have launched a new initiative to safeguard coral reefs in Yap, a state in the Federated States of Micronesia, through both scientific innovation and traditiona...

10% of the ocean is protected. Now just 20% more to go

More than 10% of the world’s ocean is now protected to some degree, marking significant progress in global ocean conservation efforts, according to an Apr. 1. annoucement from the...

Hawaiʻi Marine Animal Response marks 10 years on frontlines of marine conservation

Hawaiʻi Marine Animal Response, the largest Hawaiʻi-based nonprofit dedicated to marine species conservation and field response, is marking its 10th anniversary in 2026. The mile...

Ghana declares its first marine protected area

Ghana has declared its first marine protected area after more than 15 years of efforts to bolster marine conservation and safeguard its depleting fish stocks. Vice President Naana...

Creating the North Atlantic’s largest MPA network: Interview with Azores President José Manuel Bolieiro

José Manuel Bolieiro says he’s been an environmentalist for as long as he can remember. He recalls captivating encounters with marine life as a teenager while diving in the North A...

Farther, Longer and More Free: Lessons from the world’s largest beach survey program

Reviewing a decade of monitoring the Brazilian coastline.

First ever Marine Champion Action Weekend gets underway

Marine Champions play a vital role in protecting the waters we all love to dive, snorkel and explore

From 10% to 30%: What Global Ocean Protection Means for Oman

The world has crossed an important milestone. Around 10 per cent of the ocean is now under protection, a figure that reflects years of international cooperation, scientific researc...

BSAC recruits 70th Marine Champion

Member Kerry Rigg steps into the marine conservation role for her club, Burghead Sub-Aqua Club

A Dive to Remember: St Abbs and the Wolffish

Tom Ingram makes the case for voluntary marine reserves with a visit to St Abbs in south-eastern Scotland

Conservationists Install Artificial Reefs Where Corals Once Stood

Miles of coral reef around Pom Pom Island in Malaysia have been ruined by climate change and blast fishing. A conservation group hopes to restore the area by installing concrete st...

Seabed life triples after bottom trawling ban in Scotland protected area

Nearly a decade since Scotland established the South Arran Marine Protected Area and banned bottom trawling across much of it, life on the seafloor has thrived, a new study has fou...

The Mother Ocean Fund, Helping Our Coastlines Get, Stay, Clean and Healthy

A startup nonprofit firm, out of Key Largo, Florida, has come up with a unique way of bringing awareness to Ecological Diving, Mammal Rescue/Release, conscious recycling and waste...

A campaign to protect one of the planet’s only expanding kelp forests takes shape

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Diving in the Great African Seaforest, with its tightly packed towering kelp stipes that can rise up to 9 meters, or 30 feet, from the seabed, is a surrea...

A 10-year whale shark satellite study helps create new protected area in Indonesia

“The whale sharks are a good omen for the fishers because they know when the whale sharks come, that means that lots of small fish or anchovies are around,” says Edy Setyawan, the...

Arabian Gulf’s fragile marine ecosystem threatened by current crisis (commentary)

At this time of year, the waters of the Arabian Gulf support one of the most significant gatherings of marine life anywhere in the world. Thousands of dugongs congregate in shallow...

Migratory species summit adopts new marine protections amid extinction warnings

Dozens of migratory animals, including 33 marine species, gained new protections during the recent summit for the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animal...