Oceans Online is now accepting abstracts! OceansOnline is an optional one-day add-on to the International Marine Conservation Congress (IMCC5).This year"s IMCC (including OceansOnline) will take place in Kuching, Malaysia.
The Ocean Foundation and The Boyd Lyon Sea Turtle Fund seek applicants for the Boyd N. Lyon Scholarship, for the academic year 2018. This Scholarship was created in honor of the late Boyd N.
Learn why the children of Palau have written a pledge that every visitor to their home has to take. Palau is the first nation on earth to change its immigration laws for the cause of environmental protection.
Fishing nets are just one of many problems the humpback whale population faces along the Pacific Coast, and a conservation group says the Trump administration is not doing enough to protect the whale"s habitat.Click on the link below to read the full article.
Global gathering to tackle coral reef crisis Current and emerging leaders converged in the Great Barrier Reef to learn and share ideas for tackling the crucial challenge of protecting coral reefs as part of the 2017 International Coral Reef Mana... More detail
Bluefin tuna are found in both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. The Atlantic population has begun rebounding, thanks to an early start in conservation efforts, but stocks in the Pacific remain low.Click on the link below to read the full article.
Inspired by early successes in marine conservation, locally controlled fisheries projects have expanded quickly along Madagascar"s 3,000-mile-long coastline over the past 15 years.Click on the link below to read the full article.
The CNMI Ocean Planning Team recently kicked off a two-day meeting as part of the Pacific Islands Regional Planning Body mission toward developing a comprehensive plan for the CNMI"s coastal and marine areas. Click on the link below to read the full article.
What exactly does "doing conservation" or "incorporating conservation" into ocean science mean" Although today it is often coupled with the sustainable use of natural resources, by definition, conservation traditionally involves the preservation, protection, or restoration of the natural environm
Marine Protected Areas can potentially subsidize harvested oyster populations via larval spillover -- however, these benefits can only be realized if harvested areas contain suitable habitat for larval settlement and survival.