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In a unanimous vote, the California State Assembly voted to ban the use of gill nets off its coast. The bill is now headed to Governor Jerry Brown for his signature. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

The Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) and its international partners have wrapped up an operation focusing on illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing in the Pacific Ocean on the high seas outside Australian waters.

As climate change continues its assault on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, Queensland Minister for the Great Barrier Reef Leeanne Enoch has called for global action to tackle the issue head-on. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

An agreement to promote sustainable management and sound ocean governance in the Pacific Region was signed on 5 September. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

This is the 62nd issue of SPREP Climate Change Matters Newsletter for the period January to July 2018. Click on the link below to read the full newsletter. 

SPREP Invites Applications From Interested And Suitable Qualified Persons For The Following Vacancy: Monitoring and Evaluation Officer, PACRES. Click on the link below for further details.

During its weekly meeting of Tuesday, 14 August, the government of New Caledonia adopted three decrees relating to the Natural Park of the Coral Sea. Click on the link below to read the full press kit.

People that are involved in managing natural environments face the challenge of achieving conservation goals with limited funds, and also of balancing needs for nature conservation with competing demands from society. Click on the link below to access the full paper. 

This perspective provides recent insight into some of the pressures and developments in research and policy pertaining to coastal and marine conservation and restoration. Click on the link below to access the full paper. 

The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) inspected 23 foreign-flagged fishing vessels on the high seas as part of joint maritime patrols it conducted recently with three other countries. Click on the link below to read the full article.