Marine Protected Areas can potentially subsidize harvested oyster populations via larval spillover -- however, these benefits can only be realized if harvested areas contain suitable habitat for larval settlement and survival.
This summer, a group of adventurous ocean supporters embarked on a week-long diving and learning experience in Palau led by scientists from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego.
Fiji"s famous traditional canoe, the Uto ni Yalo concluded a seven-day voyage visiting communities in the marine managed Vatu-i-Ra seascape.Click on thel link below to read the full story.
Culminating in a high-level meeting and the approval of a Call to Action, the fourth International Marine Protected Areas Congress (IMPAC4) highlighted the relationship between the ocean and communities worldwide, and the benefits that marine protected areas (MPAs) provide to millions of people.C
The second World War may be decades past, but what it left behind on the floors of the Pacific Ocean is still of great cultural significance and concern, particularly to maritime archaeologists. Click on the link below to read the full story.
The waters off the coast of Madagascar used to teem with life.
The University of the South Pacific community, friends and members of the Fiji conservation community mourned the passing away and honoured the life of Asakaia Balawa Mudunasolevu.
The area between the two islands of Kaibu and Yacata in Northern Lau Group is perfect for conservation purposes. Director of the Vatuvara Foundation, Katy Miller mentioned that this area had been labeled as a taboo area between 2011 and 2015.Click on the link below to read the full story.
Solomon Island"s first ever national conservation initiative has been declared as The Arnavon Community Marine Park (ACMP) last week.
Lagoons have always fascinated me. The size, shape, and length of a lagoon " and the number of channels that connect inner lagoonal waters with the open ocean " influence the types of coral communities that form within.Click on the link below to read the full blog.
