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...the 1975 blockbuster "Jaws" not only smashed box office expectations, but forever changed the way we felt about going into the water—and how we think about sharks.

The Council of Chiefs (COC)of the Republic of Palau, in response to Senate Bill 11-33, which seeks to allow two-month harvest season per year for five years of adult Napoleon Wrasse (Maml) and adult Bumphead Parrot Fish (Kemedukl) for personal consumption, say they support limited season for the

The climate crisis has been thrashing the Pacific Islands, causing drought, coral reef bleaching, more powerful storms and sea level rise. Super Typhoon Yutu in 2018 left thousands in the US territories of Saipan and Tinian without homes, power and running water for months.

The European Union is helping fund a Papua New Guinea's National Fisheries Authority programme to upskill government fisheries officers.

Global fish catches are fluctuating near the highest levels ever reported, while the fraction of fish stocks that are sustainable has never been lower. Nevertheless, governments spent US$22 billion of public money on harmful fisheries subsidies in 2018.

Scientists have published a global study on the effectiveness of protected areas in preventing deforestation.

We all know action on climate change is urgently needed. But that doesn’t mean a forest should be razed to build a wind farm.

New research from Binghamton University, State University of New York suggests that the demographic collapse at the core of the Easter Island myth didn't really happen.

4600 hectares of additional land protected in Queensland, meaning the total protected area is 8.26% of the state. Half a million dollars in grants will be provided to landowners to better manage private protected land.

The development arm of the people of Navakavu, in the district of Suva and the UNDP-GEF Small Grants Programme (SGP) recently entered into a grant agreement to establish a Blue Economic Zone – a sustainable development strategy aligned to the Blue Economy, SDGs and the Government of Fiji’s Develo