Most divers who have visited the immensely popular wreck of the famous SS Thistlegorm in Egypt’s Red Sea have immediately fallen in love with it, but we are, in fact, killing it with our affections. The famous wreck is in peril, but a group of dedicated divers is trying to save it.
Conservation
Although more than 140 world leaders have converged in Paris for climate talks lasting two weeks, little is being said about the plight of the world’s oceans.
Environmentalist groups hope this will be springboard for increased marine protection in this biologically important area.
With the traditional Antarctic whaling season fast approaching, conservationists are waiting to see whether Japan will make good threats to resume their annual whale hunt.
Plastic pollution may be even more pervasive in our oceans than we think — or can even see.
Danish sushi restaurant group Sticks ‘n’ Sushi is striving for sustainability
Uncovering the plastics’ sources is a major step in preventing more of it from polluting our oceans
With the need for good PR rather than the desire for improved animal wellbeing as the motivation behind the new orca shows, it is difficult to believe that the orcas’ situation will significantly improve.
In a world saturated with bad news, conservation can often be a depressing subject, but for sharks there seems to be light at the end of the tunnel. WildAid and NBA star Yao Ming’s campaign against shark-fin soup has helped cut shark-fin consumption 50 percent.
With international relations between Cuba and the U.S. thawing, one perhaps unexpected benefit is better protection for the marine environment in the water bodies between the two countries.
From ocean acidification to rising sea temperatures, to destructive fishing methods and toxic agricultural run-off, the list of human-wrought damage to our reefs seems endless.
Marine Megafauna Foundation receives recognition as PeerJ’s Top 10 Marine Biology papers for three collaborative scientific publications.
Today the sanctuary protects 2,900 square nautical miles of waters. Its boundaries stretch from Biscayne National Park near Miami to the Dry Tortugas, 70 miles west of Key West
The project began an ambitious study to attach satellite tags to sharks at Darwin Island to track their movements.
In a step to protect marine wildlife, the state puts a ban on plastic microbeads
Oceana hopes that this win becomes a stepping stone for an entirely new way of approaching the fishing industry.
Using figures from previously published papers, the authors of this recent study estimate that in the United States alone, 8 trillion microbeads make their way into lakes, rivers and estuaries every day.