A pregnant reef manta ray (Mobula alfredi) has been spotted swimming far offshore in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, near Cocos Island, which is a long way from the creature's traditional home. Click on the link below to read the full article.
In the Mariana Trench, the lowest point in any ocean, every tiny animal tested had plastic pollution hiding in its gut. Click on the link below to read the full article.
A team of international researchers and ecologists tracked the data of endangered species’ movements to provide critical information for designing international cooperative agreements needed to manage these species. Click on the link below to read the full article.
Remarks made by the Pacific Forum’s secretary general Dame Meg Taylor at a recent conference on high seas biodiversity are perfectly timed and signal a considerable challenge for small island developing states (SIDS) in the Pacific. Click on the link below to read the full article.
Pacific officials preparing for a major international meeting on the international treaty on the high seas must remember that they negotiate on behalf of the people of the Blue Pacific who greatly depend upon the ocean and its resources, says Pacific Ocean Commissioner Dame Meg Taylor.
Thanks to a funding grant from the New Zealand National Commission for UNESCO, Ngati Kuri and Tāmaki Paenga Hira Auckland War Memorial Museum will host a marine conservation forum: Taiātea – Gathering of Oceans in March 2019.
Despite the many steps they are taking to mitigate the risks of climate change and adapt to a new world of rising temperatures and rising oceans, climate change unfortunately continues to pose an existential threat to many low-lying Pacific countries and territories.
The garbage catcher has been floating in the Pacific since its highly anticipated launch out of San Francisco in September, but it has yet to produce the results anticipated. Click on the link below to read the full article.
A trash collection device deployed three months ago to corral plastic litter floating between California and Hawaii is not collecting any trash. Click on the link below to read the full article.
Our region also has a total of 346 marine protected areas.
