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The French Polynesian government says by 2030 it plans to create a marine sanctuary covering half a million square kilometres in the south-east of the territory. President Edouard Fritch announced the marine sanctuary at the One Ocean Summit in France.

The Minister responsible for Fisheries, Willie Kalo Daniel, has lifted the coconut crab ban in TORBA Province. This is effective from February to November this year.

World leaders are under pressure to conclude years of talks on an agreement to protect open oceans that help sustain life on Earth, cover almost half the planet and currently fall under no country's laws.

A group of Indigenous women is being trained to safeguard coral reefs under threat from climate change.

The United States through its Coast Guard Cutter Stratton is continuing with its coordinated efforts to detect and halt illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing as well as drug smuggling and transnational crime.

The Australian government has officially listed the koala as endangered after a decline in its numbers due to land clearing and catastrophic bushfires shrinking its habitat.

On February 3rd, the steering committee for the project to strengthen management of the Palau National Marine Sanctuary met and endorsed the 2022 annual work plan and budget.  The endorsement triggers the implementation of project activities by the Division of Maritime Security and Fish &amp

The European Union’s environment chief says 2022 must be the year for an ambitious agreement on the oceans, for action that protects the world’s biodiversity, and for starting negotiations to tackle the global crisis of plastic pollution especially at sea. Virginijus Sinkevicius, the EU comm

The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) has initiated a 60-day public review of its proposed updates to the MSC fisheries standard, with stakeholders having until 4 April to review and provide feedback.

New research has revealed that only 15 percent of coastal areas around the world remain intact, exposing the need for urgent coastal rehabilitation and conservation on a global scale.