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Papahanaumokuakea, a UNESCO World Heritage site, will receive more than 1 million dollars in funding from NOAA and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) and another 3 million in matching funds from the grantees.

The Manumea is Samoa’s national bird and listed as critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (I.U.C.N).

A restaurant and hotel owner in Samoa has been sentenced for operating a sea cucumber fishery for export purposes and for operating a fish processing establishment without a licence...The first time offender has been ordered to pay $US1500 or face a jail term of three months...The market value of

At least five North Island iwi will be severely impacted from new restrictions to protect endangered dolphins, and there are concerns the changes will undermine promises under the Treaty of Waitangi...The new rules will see extensions to areas where set-netting and trawling is currently illegal f

Coast Guard and NOAA Office of Law Enforcement crews conducted joint patrols under Operation Nemo in the vicinity of Hawaii Island June 16 to 26.

Invasive alien species are increasing the threat of emerging infectious diseases, a new study from a global research team has warned. Alien species – animals, plants and microbes – are those introduced by people in regions where they do not naturally occur, either intentionally or by accident.

U.S. Department of the Interior Assistant Secretary, Insular and International Affairs, Douglas W.

...where there are humans, there is little room for peace and quiet. A recent study reported in the eLife magazine shows how the observation of whales and dolphins from motorboats causes harm to animals.

A new study by the Marine Laboratory at the University of Guam may help researchers predict coral bleaching months earlier than current methods, and may even help predict the invasion of coral-eating crown-of-thorns starfish, according to a press release from the University of Guam.

Conservationists worry the animals, which are vital food sources for many species along the U.S. East Coast, will decline in number...Every year, pharmaceutical companies round up half a million Atlantic horseshoe crabs, bleed them, and return them to the ocean— after which many will die.