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Sweeping new protections for Antarctica's Ross Sea will come into effect on Friday 1 December.

Protected areas have for centuries been a key strategy in conservation and play a major role in addressing current challenges... Periodic assessments of the world's protected area estate show steady growth over the last two decades.

Over the past decades, a number of national policies and international conventions have been implemented to promote the expansion of the world"s protected area network, leading to a diversification of protected area strategies, types and designations.

Mexico"s government has created the largest ocean reserve in North America around a Pacific archipelago regarded as its crown jewel...Fishing, mining and new hotels will be prohibited in the "biologically spectacular" Revillagigedo archipelago.Click on the link below to read the full article.

A team of scientists, including New Zealanders, will leave soon to explore one of the deepest parts of the Pacific Ocean - the Kermadec Trench.Click on the link below to read the full article.

The Ministry of iTaukei Affairs will soon have environment inspectors who will be authorised to issue a "stop notice" on any illegal development or activities of natural resources.Click on the link below to read the full article.

People can now access the official Fiji Locally Marine Managed Areas website with a click of a mouse following its launch yesterday.The launch took place at Bua Lomanikoro in the eve of the FLAMMA annual general meeting, which was held in the village over the past week. Click on the link bel

Twenty four representatives from the Cakaudrove, Bua and Macuata provinces converged on Bua Lomanikoro to learn about better managing their marine protected areas.
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Bluefin tuna are found in both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. The Atlantic population has begun rebounding, thanks to an early start in conservation efforts, but stocks in the Pacific remain low.Click on the link below to read the full article.

There is growing concern that the world"s oceans are in crisis because of climate change, overfishing, pollution and other stresses.