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More Samoans are turning to the ocean to sustain their livelihoods as the impact of the coronavirus pandemic continues to force more and more people out of jobs...35 year old Kitiona Malaesaili is one of those who has turned to the ocean for food and income in order to support his family in

Wildlife trafficking is having a profound negative impact on biodiversity, a new analysis finds.

The captains of two Chinese fishing vessels accused of illegal fishing and carrying driftnets in Vanuatu waters face up to five years in prison and millions of dollars in fines, but the ships’ owner insists the charges are baseless and “at no time were our vessels undertaking commercial

The United Nations International Maritime Organization (IMO), with the funding support of Norway, and in partnership with the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), will implement a Global Programme entitled GloLitter Partnerships (GLP) Project which aims to assist developi

Conservation and sustainable development efforts in the Pacific were strengthened this week thanks to a new agreement between the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the Pacific Community (SPC).

Over 100 sea cucumbers, mostly sandfish species have recently washed ashore on Valevale Beach at Pango. Most of them were found to be still alive but weak, according to observations by the Vanuatu Meteorology and Geo-Hazards Department (VMGD) Impact Data Team.

There's growing interest from mining companies in polymetallic nodules on the seabed of the Pacific Ocean. A number of Pacific Island governments are backing exploration efforts by these companies.

Fiji's Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama delivered a powerful statement at the opening of the Virtual Pacific Regional Consultation on Internal Displacement Thursday, saying that climate change also contributes to mass-migration across our region.

Tasmania, already well behind national and international targets for protecting marine areas, has no plans to lift a moratorium on new reserves, says the State Government...Professor Graham Edgar, a marine ecologist with the University of Tasmania, has spent the past 40 years studying MPAs in Tas

America's coastal saltwater wetlands are on a course toward functional extinction in the coming decades. Their demise will come at the hands of steadily accelerating sea-level rise and relentless coastal development.