The Protected Areas Learning and Research Collaboration has entered its second year – see www.palrc.com  

Sharks Have Gone from Bycatch to Target Catch

The Ghosts of Fishers Past

Lost fishing gear keeps on doing the job it was designed for long after its owners are gone.

CONVENTION ON WETLANDS CONVENTION SUR LES ZONES HUMIDES CONVENCIÓN SOBRE LOS HUMEDALES

(Ramsar, Iran, 1971)

Message from Dr. Ania Grobicki Acting Secretary-General

The United Nations has published the First Global Integrated Marine Assessment, also known as the 'First World Ocean Assessment.' The assessment is expected

By 2050, our oceans will hold more plastic than fish according to a report, the New Plastics Economy: Rethink

Pauly, D. & Zeller, D. Catch reconstructions reveal that global marine fisheries catches are higher than reported and declining. Nat. Commun.

Runge, C. A., J. E. M. Watson, S. H. M. Butchart, J. O. Hanson, H. P.  Possingham, and R.  A.

Given the fact that the vast majority of protected areas in the Pacific is the ocean, it's important for those in charge of Marine Protected Areas, Monuments, Reserves, etc.