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The Waitt Institute is hiring a director who is looking to foster sustainable fisheries that support livelihoods, improve economies, and ensure long-term ocean health. This position will work directly with partner governments, the private sector, NGOs, and academia to conduct analyses, develop fi

Contribute to shaping the agenda for the post-2020 Biodiversity Framework and the upcoming UN Decade of Ecosystem Restoration. With critical conferences canceled by the COVID-19 pandemic, it is essential to continue to identify and share solutions together.

Australia's Flinders University, on August 1, declared Maldives to be one of the countries most polluted by microplastics, on the planet. Microplastics refer to plastic particles measuring less than five millimetres and are now globally recognized as a pollutant of increasing concern.

Chinese researchers have discovered that the plant community showed higher sensitivity to plant invasions than the soil microbial and fauna communities on tropical coral islands.

Seabird species such as gulls and pelicans are often overlooked when it comes to conservation and can struggle to capture the public eye.

A ship that ran aground on a coral reef has leaked about 900 tons of fuel oil into the waters off the southeastern coast of Mauritius. The incident occurred on July 25, and by Aug.

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as the major international body for nature conservation is responding in multiple ways to the Covid 19 pandemic.

NOAA Fisheries has announced that is canceling more fishery and ecosystem surveys that were supposed to take place in 2020, citing the complications created by COVID-19. The new survey cancellations will add to the growing list of surveys that won’t take place in 2020 due to COVID-19. 

Does the image above look familiar? If so, there’s a good chance that you – or someone you know – have played a turn-based strategy game.

Resource fishes—species targeted for human consumption—play a key role in reef ecosystems long before they end up on the dinner table.