COVID-19 has affected the lives and livelihoods of many in Hawaii and commercial fishermen and fishery-related businesses are no exception.
With no end in sight to the Covid-19 pandemic, the suspension of 100 percent fisheries observer coverage on all purse seine fishing vessels in the Pacific is set to be extended...Suspension of total fisheries observer coverage in the region was to end on July 31.
...on July 9 the IUCN released its latest Red List of Threatened Species, covering the changing fates of some of the 120,000 species it monitors.
China’s wildlife trade should be thoroughly investigated as part of efforts to uncover the origin of the coronavirus pandemic, say researchers.
The first comprehensive study of the pandemic shows consumption losses amount to more than US$3.8 trillion, triggering full-time equivalent job losses of 147 million and the biggest-ever drop in greenhouse gas emissions.
Japan’s National Ocean Day is a timely reminder of the challenges many countries around the world face in supporting and reviving their ocean economies in the wake of the covid-19 pandemic...Here we explore what opportunities are offered by the economic pause to ignite a sustainable blue recovery
As COVID-19 batters the world and its economy, it’s time to rethink sustainable pathways for our planet. Rosy hopes that globalization and economic growth would bankroll waves of green investment and development are no longer realistic.
It has been a tumultuous year for the fishing industry and the coastal communities that rely on it...In order to prevent the worst effects of climate change and ecosystem collapse, scientists say that 30 percent of America’s land and oceans must be protected by 2030. Yet while U.S.
A little bit of hope at the end of a very long, dark tunnel...That's how a recent government funding boost for freshwater and environmental projects has been described by Eastern Bay of Plenty iwi Ngāti Awa who are desperate to lift their whānau out of unemployment post-Covid-19.
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.
