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The overharvesting of marine resources is posing a great threat to communities in Solomon Islands today and, in recent decades, resultant shortages of fish have rapidly changed methods of fishing in the country’s waters.

Three companies conducting tuna purse-seine fishing in the Federated States of Micronesia have obtained Marine Stewardship Council certification...backed by the Federated States of Micronesia National Oceanic Resource Management Authority (NORMA) –completed a 12-month independent assessment

The first joint surveillance and research expedition to the Palau National Marine Sanctuary is underway with the Bureau of Maritime Security and Fish & Wildlife Protection, Palau International Coral Reef Center and Stanford University’s Center for Ocean Solutions (COS).  The expedition w

Human activity is changing the Earth’s climate in ways “unprecedented” in thousands or hundreds of thousands of years, with some of the changes now inevitable and “irreversible”, climate scientists have warned.

Data collected from coral reefs in the Cook Islands have been used in a new model to help save reef ecosystems around the planet. The models used existing data from the Cook Islands and six other South Pacific nations.

A new study by Tel Aviv University reveals significant ecological damage to many MPAs around the world. The study findings point to a strong "edge effect" in MPAs, i.e.

People in Palau, a small nation with a population of about 20,000, consume more wild fish per capita than nearly any other country in the world.

The IUCN will soon be launching the IUCN Green Status of Species, a new assessment tool that will illuminate the ecological functionality of species within their ranges, and also show how much a species has recovered due to conservation efforts.

A newsly established group known as Sepi Women Inshore Fisheries Initiative that engages women in the Fisheries Sector has been established last month.  The Sepi women Inshore Fisheries Initiative comprises of 20 members from the Sepi Village, West Bugotu, Santa Ysabel.  This newly form

A House resolution to postpone the current National Marine Fisheries Services (NMFS) proposed critical coral habitat designation process due to the complete disregard of local agencies was passed by the Fono yesterday morning during the regular House session. The decision by faipule was made