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Hawaii has committed to boosting coastal fisheries, and a new study identifies east Kauai as one of the highest-potential fisheries for population recovery.Click on the link below to read the full article. 

Ben Lecomte is a long-distance swimmer who, in 1998, became the first person to ever swim across the Atlantic Ocean. Now, he"s gearing up to attempt to swim the across the Pacific Ocean to raise awareness for plastic pollution.Click on the link below to read the full article. 

Villagers of the Tikina Korolevu-i-wai are lamenting the loss of their reef off the coast of the Sigatoka river mouth which was destroyed by a 120m long metal pipe in April.Click on the link below to read the full article. 

they can't do their job of protecting aquatic ecosystems if people fail to respect their boundaries. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

Turtles have been plodding the Earth and gliding through its waters for more than 200 million years. Some species now face a very uncertain future.Click on the link below to read the full article. 

Groundbreaking assessment of all life on Earth reveals humanity"s surprisingly tiny part in it as well as our disproportionate impact. Click on the link below to read the full article.

A recently published study, led by researchers at the University of Hawai"i at M"noa, identified areas in the Hawaiian Islands that would provide the greatest increase in coastal fishery stocks, if effectively managed.Click on the link below to read the full article. 

On international day for biological diversity, the IUCN celebrates successful conservation action with images and stories of 12 species and the efforts underway to improve their status.Click on the link below to read the full article. 

...a group of researchers spent five weeks looking for five species of rare bats and flying foxes in Vanuatu and Solomon Islands.Click on the link below to read the full article. 

Mary Bainimarama, the wife of Fijian Prime Minister Voreqe, has used the Fukushima tsunami of 2011 to call for global action and policy on ocean conservation.Click on the link below to read the full article.