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Marine scientists are warning that if the Trump administration rescinds fishing protections around eight Pacific islands, the United States will lose one of its best laboratories for measuring how a warming climate affects marine life.Click on the link below to read the full story.

This week it was reported that the US is recommending policy adjustments that would allow commercial fishing in two marine monuments or protected areas located in the middle of the Pacific ocean.Click on the link below to read the full story.

SCOR began a program in 2009 to enlist the services of ocean scientists, from both developed countries and developing countries, to teach short courses and to provide more extended on-site education and mentorship at developing country institutions.This program is open to any scientists who have

The 2017 Kenton Miller Award for Innovation in Protected Area Management was received by Keobel Sakuma, representing the partners and team who developed and established the Palau National Marine Sanctuary Act.

Research has shown community-managed protected areas are often more effectively conserved than protected areas run by outsiders.

How do you solve a conservation problem"..Do you protect a wild leopard that has entered a village by removing it and releasing it into a forest far, far away" Or do you work with the people living in the village and help them live with the leopards and other wildlife that might stray into their

Tipping points are critical points in a situation, process, or system after which a "significant and often unstoppable effect or change takes place." Passing tipping points in human societies can lead to both desirable and undesirable outcomes.Click on the link below to read the full article

As marine management and conservation professionals, we all know how incredibly difficult it is to plan for and manage even the most "mappable" uses of the oceans " e.g., wind farms, oil rigs, communication cables, aquaculture facilities, and so forth.

A sassy campaign wants plastic trash recognized as an actual country, in hopes of getting official attention.Click on the link below to read the full story.

Scientists may soon be able to monitor whole ecosystems in real time.Click on the link below to read the full article.