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Loud noise from military training and operations at sea including sonar, air guns or explosives can affect marine life and interfere with normal behaviors. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

When they first set out to follow grey reef sharks around the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), Darcy Bradley and her colleagues intended to survey their movement in the protected waters there. What they found was a disturbing development for the Pacific island nation.

Join us Thursday, October 11, 10 am EDT/7 am PDT/2 pm UTC/3 pm British Summer Time for a webinar on Implications of climate change for managing coastal and marine protected habitats and species, co-sponsored by the NOAA National MPA Center, MPA News, and the EBM Tools Network (co-c

Mounting scientific evidence is showing how Earth’s largest organisms can join forces with some of the smallest to combat climate change. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

Good news from the Solomon Islands – It is now against the law to fish, retain, be in possession of, buy, sell or export dugong. Click on  the link below to read the full article.

The collapse of turtle populations on a global scale has greatly diminished their ecological roles. Click on the link below to access the full paper

Japan's fishing quota for Pacific bluefin tuna, popular fish for sushi and sashimi, will remain at the current level next year. Click on the link below to read the full article.

In a unanimous vote, the California State Assembly voted to ban the use of gill nets off its coast. The bill is now headed to Governor Jerry Brown for his signature. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

By tracking migratory marine species, scientists reveal movements through different countries' waters and in the open ocean beyond areas of national jurisdiction. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

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.