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A plan to include Rota historical and cultural sites in the US national park system has met opposition from residents of the southernmost island of the Northern Marianas...During a virtual public meeting 65-year-old Catherine Flores McCallum said she didn't want to see her children have to fight

Thirty national experts in the Solomon Islands gathered for a two- day  workshop to review the first-ever zero-draft marine spatial plan for the Solomon Islands.

Due to the increasing pressure of global warming on highly valuable coral reef ecosystems, scientists are now seeking novel ways to decrease heat stress on corals.

With reports of increased pressure on Fiji’s inshore fisheries due to the COVID-19-induced economic fallout, experts have renewed calls for stronger management of the resource, which was already vulnerable due to overfishing, outdated regulations and pollution.

A Papua New Guinea court has rejected a bid by Mineral Resources Authority to prevent the release of deepsea mining documents. The Authority had applied for the dismissal of a case to obtain key documents relating to approval of the stalled Solwara1 deepsea mining project...PNG's Prime Minis

Ecologists studying the prevalence of plastic pollution in aquatic ecosystems around the world are concerned after measuring the scale of human response needed to reduce future emissions and manage what's already floating around out there.

A real estate developer accused of violating Fiji's laws when it began construction work on a resort on Malolo Island in 2018 has applied to the court to exclude reports by the Ministry of Environment. Freesoul Limited has been charged with one count of undertaking unauthorised development a

A rare endemic bird wearing an astronaut helmet and riding a rocket to space features as part of a fundraising drive by Rocket Lab in northern Hawke's Bay.

The Coast Guard Cutter Kimball (WMSL 756) returned to Honolulu Sunday following its nearly two-month patrol supporting the multi-country maritime Operation Nasse throughout Oceania, the Coast Guard 14th District said in a Sept.

A new, first of its kind fund to protect coral reefs was officially launched today on the sidelines of the 75th Session of the UN General Assembly, with a coalition of partners convening to mobilise resources to make coral reefs more resilient.