Senior Finfish Biologist at the Vanuatu Fisheries Department, Ada Sokach said the coral farm at Worasiviu village on Pele island, North of Efate looks healthy and seems to have great growth potential for the coral species that was planted.
A powerful, long-term study from WCS adds scientific backing for global calls for conserving 30 percent of the world's ocean.
Hundreds of years ago, Europeans were sailing the globe and “discovering” new parcels of land—and rats came along with them as stowaways. As crews made landfall on many islands, rats hopped off and made themselves new homes.
Island communities in the Mariana Islands have a closer connection to the ocean than many parts of the world. For thousands of years, the CHamoru people have relied heavily upon the ocean and land for survival.
While the Vanuatu Government is trying to establish the Ministry of Fisheries, Ocean and Maritime Affairs, people on the small island of Pele in North of Efate have proven that people cannot only survive on land resources but also marine resources.
...A new study led by researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and the U.S.
Across our planet, our coral reefs face a barrage of threats.
Scientists at the University of Oldenburg's Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM) have scored a success: in the aquariums at the ICBM's Wilhelmshaven site they were able to induce sexual reproduction in stony corals for the first time ever in Germany.
Freesoul Real Estate Development Limited has been found guilty of two counts of Undertaking Unauthorized Developments by Suva Magistrate Seini Puamau...The charges against Freesoul relate to the failure to comply with a Prohibition Notice issued by the Department of Environment in June 2018 and c
Researchers say that our framework for classifying coral species needs to be expanded to capture ecological diversity and protect reef environments after discovering surprising differences between cryptic coral species...The team hopes that their findings, published today in Current Biology