Ghana to expand artisanal fishing zone amid trawler violations
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Ghana has announced plans to expand the area in which small-scale fishers can operate, in response…South Africa declares national disaster as flooding death toll rises to 92
Jun 19, 2025, 6:32 pm By
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Jun 19, 2025, 3:34 pm By
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Jun 19, 2025, 12:13 pm By
“It’s really very, very, very dilapidated. … It’s really filthy, it’s not a safe platform.…Tanzania’s Mafia Island eyes sea cucumber farming to prevent extinction
Jun 19, 2025, 12:12 pm By
Residents of Mafia Island in Tanzania don’t really eat sea cucumber; they call it jongoo bahari,…UN Ocean Conference makes progress on protecting marine waters
Jun 19, 2025, 11:58 am By
The United Nations Ocean Conference, held June 9-13 in Nice, France, saw some progress on better…The ocean is in crisis. A new effort is betting on coastal communities to save it.
Jun 19, 2025, 8:50 am By
The ocean has long been treated as the world’s forgotten frontier — out of sight, out of mind,…Twin ship disasters in India threaten widespread pollution on Sri Lankan coasts
Jun 19, 2025, 2:27 am By
COLOMBO — Sri Lanka is once again facing a significant marine environmental crisis, as tiny…Specter of dams and diversion looms over Southeast Asia’s Salween River
Jun 18, 2025, 11:48 pm By
MAE HONG SON, Thailand — The shores of Myanmar became visible from Sob Moei village in…Whales still aren’t ‘eating all the fish’ (commentary)
Jun 18, 2025, 6:05 pm By
In a world full of bad news, there’s been good news in whale conservation. Many of the great…When heat waves hit, clownfish shrink to survive, study finds
Jun 18, 2025, 5:58 pm By
Clownfish are known for their remarkable ability to change sex to survive. Turns out, one species,…Peru’s new bycatch training aims to help save hooked sea turtles: Q&A with fisher Gustavo Rosales
Jun 18, 2025, 12:32 pm By
Attracted by bait, sea turtles off the coast of southern Peru often get caught on fishing hooks…Brazil auctions off several Amazon oil sites despite environmentalists and Indigenous protests
Jun 18, 2025, 12:26 pm By
BRASILANDIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil has auctioned off several land and offshore potential oil sites…On its 50th anniversary, ‘Jaws’ continues to provoke shark conservationists
Jun 18, 2025, 11:51 am By
The movie Jaws, released on June 20, 1975, was one of the very first Hollywood summer blockbusters,…Finishing Dom Phillips’ posthumous book was ‘the hardest thing emotionally’ co-authors say
Jun 18, 2025, 10:30 am By
“The journalist should not be part of the story.” Jonathan Watts, British journalist based in…In Java, communities help reconnect fragmented forests to help save the endangered Javan gibbon
Jun 18, 2025, 9:56 am By
JAVA — Indonesia. Throughout the misty mountains of central Java, the call of the Javan gibbon…Pelicans recover, but dolphins and other species struggle 15 years after BP oil spill
Jun 18, 2025, 8:04 am By
Oil-soaked pelicans struggling to fly came to symbolize the catastrophic impacts of the 2010 BP…US proposes adding seven pangolin species to Endangered Species Act
Jun 18, 2025, 8:00 am By
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has recently proposed listing seven species of pangolins, the…Protecting Tanzania’s Udzungwa Mountains means putting communities at the center of conservation
Jun 18, 2025, 7:51 am By
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