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Earlier this month, more than 80 million people in China watched the BBC"s Blue Planet II " enough to slow down the entire country"s internet when it was streamed online.

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.

Harry Rabin has been chasing great white sharks in the Pacific Ocean lately, and he"s using the information he"s gathered to help with ocean conservation in Hawaii.Click on the link below to read the full article.

The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) invites applications from interested and suitably qualified persons for the following positions:1) CLIMATE CHANGE RESILLIANCE - Oceanography Officer (Previously known as Pacific Islands Global Ocean Observing System Office

A team of scientists, including New Zealanders, will leave soon to explore one of the deepest parts of the Pacific Ocean - the Kermadec Trench.Click on the link below to read the full article.

The current issue of Marine Ecosystems and Management, the sister newsletter of MPA News, features a review of the latest research on ocean plastics, with an audience of ocean managers in mind.

Chancellor to announce call for evidence on possible measures to cut use of plastics such as takeaway cartons and packaging.Click on the link below to read the full article.

The documentary"s marvels are not just new to television " many are new to science as well. From hyper-intelligent fish to the origin of life itself, we round up the series"s biggest discoveries

Although they cover over 70 percent of the surface of the planet, the oceans of the world are under serious threat. Discover the ten biggest problems in the oceans right now.Click on the link below to read the full article.

Climate change and our ocean of islands " An Opinion-Editorial by Dame Meg Taylor, Secretary General, Pacific Islands Forum.Click on the link below to read the full story.