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A record-sized coral colony has been found in American Samoa. Researchers with NOAA and several other agencies found the massive oval-shaped colony during a monitoring survey in the waters around Ta'u Island, known for large coral colonies...The colony measures more than 26 feet tall.

Proper management plan should be implemented to reduce the impacts of coral bleaching in the coming months, states the Fiji Meteorological Service (FMS). In its Fiji Ocean Outlook released last Wednesday, FMS issued an “Alert Level 1” for the next eight to 12 weeks for coral bleaching.

 There are more than 12,000 offshore oil and gas platforms worldwide.

Fishing, a $401 billion global industry, provides 20% of the protein intake for nearly half of the world’s population, and global fish consumption has been on the rise for almost 60 years.

The number of sharks and rays worldwide has fallen by 71 per cent in the last 50 years and according to Australian and international research more than three-quarters of species are now threatened with extinction.

Mana whenua on Waiheke island are placing a 2 year rāhui around the island in a bid to stop four species of kaimoana from disappearing.

A group of the world’s top ecologists have issued a stark warning about the snowballing crisis caused by climate change, population growth, and unchecked development. Their assessment is grim, but big-picture societal changes on a global scale can still avert a disastrous future.

Suwarrow Park Ranger Harry Papa’i and an officer from the National Environment Service have been busy preparing for the voyage to Suwarrow, which is expected to take roughly several days by barge...As part of their duties, the two will be conducting baseline flora and fauna surveys, recording the

NOAA-funded researchers, and partners have identified a new record size coral colony at Ta’u Island in American Samoa, even larger than the island’s Big Momma colony, one of the largest in the world.

The Secretariat of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands is pleased to invite you to an online panel discussion, organized for World Wetlands Day 2021 on Monday 1 February 2021 from 15.00 to 16.30 CET.