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A zebra shark (Stegostoma tigrinum) off the Maldives in the Indian Ocean. A project to reintroduce this endangered species to West Papua begins in November. Photograph: imageBroker/Alamy
Is it time to begin rewilding the seas?
July 8, 2021

Kneeling on the seabed a few metres underwater, I pick up a clam and begin gently cleaning its furrowed, porcelain smile with a toothbrush. It’s a giant clam but a young one and still just a handful.

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Upgrading Local Fisheries Authorized Officers. Photo - Glenda Willie/www.dailypost.vu
Upgrading Local Fisheries Authorized Officers
July 6, 2021

A week-long Fisheries Authorized Officer training was held last week at the Vanuatu Maritime College in Luganville, Santo.

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Shark fins. Source - www.seafoodsource.com
Taiyo Micronesia Corporation criminally charged for unlawful removal of shark fins
July 2, 2021

The Taiyo Micronesia Corporation (TMC) has been charged with unlawful removal of shark fins. TMC is a joint venture between a Japanese fishing company, Taiyo A & F Corporation, and the National Fisheries Corporation (NFC) of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM).

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Bull shark in Fiji. A recent study has shown that bull sharks can form preferences for other shark ‘friends’. Photograph: Tom Vierus
Not a lone shark: bull sharks may form ‘friendships’ with each other, study finds
July 2, 2021

A recently published study from Fiji shows that bull sharks develop companionships – with some sharks showing preferences for certain individuals and avoiding others.

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University of Guam Graduate Stiudent holds a sea cucumber at the Guam Wildlife Refuge's critter touch tanks exhibit. Credit - Anne Wen/PDN
Guam Wildlife Refuge holds marine critter touch tanks exhibit
July 1, 2021

Along Guam's coastline and beach shores, colorful and peculiar animals abound.

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Artisanal fisherman unloads a catch of tuna, Papua, Indonesia (David Sundah / CC BY NC 2.0)
World Oceans Day: Why We Need a High Seas Biodiversity Treaty
June 11, 2021

Oceans cover 70 per cent of the Earth’s surface.

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Stunning News on World Ocean Day of Record Release of Endangered Turtle Hatchlings. Credit - www.miragenews.com
Stunning News on World Ocean Day of Record Release of Endangered Turtle Hatchlings
June 11, 2021

In a stunning achievement in the protection of the marine environment, a record 13,000 hatchlings of endangered turtle species have been released off the idyllic Conflict Islands in a project supported by the guest funded P&O Pacific Partnership.

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Volunteers worked with the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore to retrieve a drift net on May 21 that likely caused the death of an endangered hawksbill turtle. PHOTO: OUR SINGAPORE REEFS
Critically endangered sea creatures fall victim to drift nets
June 5, 2021

The hawksbill turtle found dead in waters off Pulau Hantu earlier this month had been so tightly bound by a drift net that the man who freed the carcass found the animal's head severed from its body.

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The oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus) generally lives in the open ocean. Photo: Simon Lorenz/WWF-Hong Kong
WWF calls for urgent measures to recover heavily depleted oceanic sharks and rays
May 28, 2021

WWF urges all states fishing for tuna to implement a set of urgently needed measures – including 100% observer coverage on all industrial fishing vessels by 2030 and recovery plans for all critically endangered and endangered oceanic sharks and rays by 2026 – in order to prevent extinctions and r

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A green sea turtle. Credit - NOAA PACIFIC ISLANDS FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER
Keep Distance, Bright Lights Away From Endangered Nesting Sea Turtles
May 28, 2021

We’re now in the middle of nesting season for Hawaiian sea turtles, which runs from April to September. After a historically busy season last year, conservation agencies are calling on the public to keep them safe. The U.S.

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