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In a settlement with environmental groups, the Trump administration has agreed to designate critical Pacific Ocean habitat for endangered humpback whales. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

SPREP invites applications from interested and suitable qualified persons for the following vacancies -

ISLAND AND OCEAN ECOSYSTEMS:

Plastic pollution is a major problem in Samoa and the Pacific region. But just how bad is it? Click on the link below to read the full article. 

These creatures have a pretty bad reputation on film, but here’s why we should think of them as friends. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

Following the discovery of a new endemic Fijian nautilus species in Savusavu, the Ministry of Fisheries will soon create an outreach program to regulate the statuses of the nautiluses. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

Acting Fisheries Principal Research Officer Saras Sharma said the tevoro species, which is considered the largest clam shell, was recently introduced again to Fiji waters from Australia...Click on the link to read the full article.

Oil derived from shark livers is a common ingredient in cosmetics, and the demand for it could be putting deep-sea sharks in peril. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

Two scientists say marine preserves should be designed with enough flexibility to extend protections to where animals migrate. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

Throughout human history, people have used art to elevate our passions and inspirations. Across the Pacific there is perhaps no greater form of inspiration than the ocean, which has both connected and provided for these island and coastal communities for centuries.

Turtles have been plodding the Earth and gliding through its waters for more than 200 million years. Some species now face a very uncertain future.Click on the link below to read the full article.