Marine Conservation Institute President Dr. Lance Morgan, a leader in securing strong protection for the oceans" most important places, condemned President Donald Trump"s decision to rescind protections for two U.S. national monuments.Click on the link below to read the full article.
The PIPA Tourism Advisory sub-committee is organizing a Retreat to be held at Tokaraetina Lodge in North Tarawa on Friday, 15th January returning Sunday the 17th January where they are going to review and update the existing Phoenix Island Protected Area [PIPA] Management Plan developed 7 years a
...Since 2012, 5 protected areas that exceed 1 million km2 in size have been created, mostly in remote oceanic areas.
A Hawaii-based fishing council has lobbied for years to block or scale back marine monuments. It may soon get its wish.Click on the link below to read the full article.
Shrinking a national marine protected area near Hawaii and allowing fishing are not in the nation"s best interests.Click on the link below to read the full article.
A notable intervention conceived by marine scientists to arrest the deteriorating quality of ocean habitats and declining resources is the establishment of marine protected areas (MPAs).Click on the link below to read the full article.
The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted two resolutions that aim to advance implementation of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and tackle illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.Click on the link below to read the full article.
If MPAs and the ecosystems and species within them had a legal right to be healthy and managed well, what effect would this have on sites" According to a campaign that proposes such legal rights, one outcome would be the end of the problem of paper parks.Click on the link below to read the full a
National continues push for ocean sanctuary. National MP Nick Smith has lodged a Member"s Bill to establish the 620,000km2 ocean sanctuary around the Kermadec Islands in New Zealand"s most northern islands.Click on the link below to read the full article.
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has recommended changes to marine national monuments including Pacific Remote Islands.Click on the link below to read the full article.
