After being run by the government since their creation, facing the threat of being closed down after the Great Recession, Jack London State Historic Park and Sugarloaf Ridge State Park in Sonoma County, California (USA) moved to a community run management model.Click on the link below to read the
The National Marine Sanctuary Foundation announced the hiring of Tiare Turang Holm as Hawai"i director on Thursday, Jan. 11, 2018.Click on the link below to read the full story.
With the world's oceans more severely threatened than ever before, President Donald Trump's Interior Department is recommending even less protection for the fraction of ocean life the U.S.
Marine Conservation Institute President Dr. Lance Morgan, a leader in securing strong protection for the oceans" most important places, condemned President Donald Trump"s decision to rescind protections for two U.S. national monuments.Click on the link below to read the full article.
A Hawaii-based fishing council has lobbied for years to block or scale back marine monuments. It may soon get its wish.Click on the link below to read the full article.
Shrinking a national marine protected area near Hawaii and allowing fishing are not in the nation"s best interests.Click on the link below to read the full article.
Fishing nets are just one of many problems the humpback whale population faces along the Pacific Coast, and a conservation group says the Trump administration is not doing enough to protect the whale"s habitat.Click on the link below to read the full article.
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has recommended changes to marine national monuments including Pacific Remote Islands.Click on the link below to read the full article.
Sweeping new protections for Antarctica's Ross Sea will come into effect on Friday 1 December.
