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Unlike protected lands, marine protected areas can’t be staked with signposts – and without clear boundaries, mariners can easily drift into areas where they don’t belong. But there might be a technological fix for that dilemma. read full article at link below

Pacific-UK marine science partnership to promote environment...

SPREP strengthens partnership with the Global Island Partner...

2017 began in the spirit of partnership for the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), officially becoming a Friend of the Global Island Partnership (GLISPA).

The Colorado State University will be running a mobile seminar on Planning and Managing Tourism in Protected Areas.

The law of the South China seize

Vietnam - Co-management in protected areas

Overfishing because of rogue vessels in Fiji’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) is becoming a serious concern for the Ministry of Fisheries. Under-resourced, Fisheries Minister Semi Koroilavesau says they have licensed 60 long line vessel to legally fish in our waters with a catch quota of twel

Last year was one of extremes for the world’s ocean. We celebrated the protection of vast swaths of ocean, along with some important advances in marine protected area management.

Crisis has enveloped the more than 200,000 nationally and regionally protected natural and cultural heritage sites around the world.

What lies beneath the deep, dark expanse of the ocean is something that has fascinated sailors, fishermen, adventurers, poets and explorers for centuries.