Ocean Week in Review – Sept 24, 2021: Greenpeace Calls on Taiwan to Draft Ocean Protecting Legislation, Ocean Photography Competition
September 3, 2021: British Government to Ban Single-Use Plastic Utensils, Stranded Dugong in Reportedly Cut Up for Medicine, Trinidad and Tobago Joins UK’s 30by30 Alliance for Marine Protection and More…
August 27, 2021: Ancestor of Modern Whales Found, Possible First Case of Asexual Reproduction in Smooth-Hound Sharks, UNESCO to Review Australia’s Climate Actions in 2022, and More…
August 20, 2021: United Kingdom Introduces World-Leading Ban on Shark Fin Trade, Scientist Reveals Bioluminescent Magic of the Deep-Sea World, American Samoa Marine Conservation Plan Approved, and more…
Emperor Penguin Proposed for US Endangered Species Protection, New Innovative Tracking Study of Critically Endangered Wedgefish, Scientists Find Real-Life SpongeBob SquarePants and Patrick Star, and more…
Canada Trails Other Countries in Tackling Seafood Fraud, Killer Whale Habitat Protections Expanded, 45,000 Mangroves to be Planted in Mexico, and more…
July 30, 2021: G20 Commits to Protecting the Antarctic, New Deep-Sea Shark Species Discovered, Pressure Mounts to Cancel Shark-Catching Tournament, and more…
July 23, 2021: China Increases Marine Protection, UN Drafts Biodiversity Recovery Plan, Canadian Coastlines Cleaner and More
July 16th, 2021: Seahorses at Risk for Global Extinction: Cambridge Reports, Scientists Create Genetic Library for Mega-Fauna in Pacific Ocean, EU Lawmakers Demand Brussels Break Protection Deadlock Over Southern Ocean Status, and more
July 9, 2021: Extreme Heat in British Columbia Boils Mussels to Death, Post-COVID Ocean Conservation Becomes a UN Priority, World Conservation Congress: Targets Marine Plastic Pollution, and More
July 1st, 2021: Faroe Islands: 175 Pilot Whales Slaughter, New Zealand Expands Gulf’s Marine Protection Areas, Takes No Action on Dredging, United States Introduces “Ocean Based Climate Solutions Act”, and more…
New Environmental Standards Set for Farmed Fish Feed, Hinkle Couture Announces Support for Sea Save, Belgium Joins Ocean Plastics Charter, Vancouver Residents Petition Against Conservation-Themed Art, and more…
June 18, 2021: G7 Summit: Leaders Pledge Climate Action but Disappoint Conservationists, Marine Biotoxins Decline in Discovery Bay, New Population of Pygmy Blue Whales Discovered, and more…
June 11, 2021: U.S. Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act Passed, A New Ocean Recognized, Giant New Crustacean Discovered, and more…
China Announces 1st Marine National Parks, Poaching Vessels “Go Dark”, Hawaii Protects Spawning-Closes District and more….
Sharks Officially Declared as Protected Wildlife in Costa Rica, Germany and Private Donors Help Kick Off $1 Billion Conservation Fund, Nomination of Dr. Rick Spinard as New NOAA Administrator, Extraterrestrial Plutonium Atoms Turn Up on Ocean Bottom, and more…
Businesses and Banks Behind Global Plastic Waste Crisis, The Pandemic Helped the Ocean in Noise and CO2 Emission Reduction, and Baby Sea Turtles Spend ‘ Lost Years’ in Sargasso Sea, and more…
