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How can marine preserves best protect sea creatures that move in and out of them? Two ocean scientists describe new thinking about designing marine protected areas.
Governments around the world have vowed to halt the loss of global biodiversity by 2020, but without more investment, we’ll miss some of the targets.
Using baited cameras scientists have captured some of the first underwater video footage of the elusive Greenland shark.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has taken swift action on protecting marine areas over the past two years, but he’ll need to continue this momentum if he is to cement his legacy.
Scientists call large marine protected areas effective tools for conserving sea life. But do they benefit countries that create them? Scholars explain how Palau’s huge marine protected area seeks to protect resources for Palauans.
Palau has banned commercial fishing in most of its waters – while encouraging more foreign visitors.
A century after they vanished, oysters have returned to the Dornoch Firth thanks to an ambitious natural cleaning project
One of the environmental legacies of the Obama administration is ocean reserves. Two ocean scientists explain why these are a critical but not sufficient piece of conservation.
Plant-eating fish control the spread of seaweed and algae on coral reefs. New research explaining why populations of these fish vary from site to site could lead to better reef protection strategies.
Australia has the third largest marine jurisdiction in the world, a vast ocean territory that contains important natural and biological resources. And it needs protecting.
Most ocean species start out as larvae drifting with currents. Using underwater robots, scientists have found that larvae use swimming motions to affect their course and reach suitable places to grow.
Huge reserves in the middle of the Pacific are fine, but what about conservation closer to home?
Banning fishing helps fish, but it also helps reef recover from cyclones, disease, and coral bleaching.
Everyone knows the big heads but island’s sea life is also spectacular – and unique.
The combination of local fishing rights with adjacent marine reserves creates incentives to avoid overfishing and could improve nearshore, small-scale fisheries around the world.
A fully protected marine reserve off a Scottish island is paying dividends.
Divers at the famed Cocos site off Costa Rica record declines in a number of shark species – a sign that marine preserves are limited protection against illegal fishing.
We know that fishing has significant impacts on our oceans and the animals that live in them. Effects can range from habitat modification caused by bottom trawls, stock declines from overfishing or subtler…
It has long been news that overfishing persists in many of the world’s oceans. Fish and invertebrate stocks have been over-exploited for our ever-hungry, growing human population, leaving some species…
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Emeritus Professor of Environmental Governance, UCL
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Distinguished University Professor and Adviser in Marine Studies, Oregon State University
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Associate Professor, Oregon State University
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Assistant Professor in International Development, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Professor of Complex Systems and Environmental Policy, Bournemouth University
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Assistant Professor Environmental Studies, University of Colorado Boulder
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Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
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Professor, Conservation Planning, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University
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Research Fellow in Ocean Management, Stockholm University
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Researcher in Ecosystem Dynamics, University of California, Santa Cruz
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Senior Principal Research Scientist, Australian Institute of Marine Science
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Associate Professor of Environmental Studies, Franklin & Marshall College
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Coral Reef Ecologist, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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