Global Fishing Watch (GFW) has taken another step in its effort to detect and prevent illegal unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, launching a new data and analysis unit with the help of a $5.9 million, four-year commitment from the charity started by former New York City mayor Michael Bloom
Fiji has been labelled a bigger brother in the Pacific by the President of Kiribati.Taneti Maamau made the statement while visiting the Koroipita Model Town in Naikabula, Lautoka on October 29. This was followed by a meeting on climate change adaptation and solutions.
The Phoenix Islands Protected Area (PIPA) is in a naturally ironpoor region in the equatorial central Pacific. The main introduction of iron to this environment is from maritime debris, especially shipwrecks and anchor gear, and is linked to proliferation of turf algae and benthic bacterial communities, and the formation of degraded ‘black reefs’...
An expedition in 2002 to the Phoenix Islands Protected Area in the Republic of Kiribati documented an extensive and delicate community of staghorn and tabular Acropora colonies...
A Chapter On Kiribati's Atolls And Marine Ecosystems Recently Published In World Seas: An Environmental Evaluation (Second Edition). Click On The Link To Access The Kiribati Chapter.
Ahead of a full ban, fishing increased 130 percent in the Phoenix Islands Protected Area in the South Pacific, setting back projected efforts to let nature rebuild fish stocks by 18 months, researchers say. Click on the link below to read the full article.
A team of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute scientists is currently researching coral reefs in the Phoenix Islands Protected Area (PIPA), the Pacific Oceanscape"s foundation site. The reefs here have bleached and died for almost a century but have always recovered.
Netherlands national pizza chain, New York Pizza, is offering two brand new vegan pizzas to its customers. One euro from each pizza sale will be donated to the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society.Click on the link to read the full article.
Prominent environmental advocate His Excellency Anote Tong, who led the Micronesian island nation from 2003 to 2016, is the keynote speaker at College of the Atlantic"s 45th graduation.Click on the link below to read the full article.
Samoa recently became the world's 17th shark sanctuary, joining other countries in the effort to preserve threatened shark species within their waters.Click on the link below to read the full story.