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The PACWASTE programme will help improve the management of hazardous wastes, focussing on priority electronic and medical wastes as well as asbestos waste. Better management of waste on atolls will also be a project priority.

Congratulations to Andy Murch for his grand prize winning photo essay titled "Gillnets: An Indiscriminate Fishery," chosen from a group of six finalists. For his essay, Murch focused on the wasteful practice of gillnet fishing, specifically in th ...

(University of Hawaii ? SOEST) Researchers from the University of Hawaii, Manoa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology developed species distribution models of the six dominant Hawaiian coral species around the main Hawaiian Islands, in ...

Fifty five beaches in England meet tough new EU standards on water quality to achieve Blue Flag awards.

Study of a right whale named Eg 3911 reveals how entanglement can cause a slow, invisible death

Commercial fishermen have been praised for looking after an orca stranded in the Kaipara Harbour until rescuers arrived.

Plans for the world's largest commercial wave farm off the Western Isles move forward after minister give full consent for the project.

This week, NOAA presented to the U.S. Coast Guard a new report that finds that 36 sunken vessels scattered across the U.S. sea floor could pose an oil pollution threat to the nation's coastal marine resources. Of those, 17 were recommended for fu ...

Indonesia's marine and forest life is at risk from industrial overfishing and relentless deforestation, Greenpeace International warns on the UN's International Day for Biological Diversity

Gigha halibut's sweet, oaky taste has high-end chefs queueing up - and its production is environmentally friendly.These are four-year-old Atlantic halibut, and they may be the future of fish-farming: raised without chemicals and on organic feed.

Marine Scotland has published a report outlining the environmental factors affecting the key Fladens prawn fishery in the North Sea.

The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) is celebrating its 20,000th certified product.

Seattle-based Blue North has contracted Dakota Creek Industries to build a new 'green' longliner, with delivery due in the fourth quarter of 2014.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has said that seven major Northeastern/Mid Atlantic fisheries will not jeopardize Atlantic sturgeon or listed marine mammals, sea turtles and Atlantic salmon.

A survey of a small inshore island at Cape Foulwind, near Westport, has led to the surprise discovery of what appears to be the largest West Coast seabird colony between Cook Strait and Fiordland.

Scientists dusting off half-century old archives of sea urchins have discovered seven new species they didn't know existed in New Zealand waters. The dramatic finds include a clarification over the mystery of one giant deepwater species.

Decomposing oyster shells, made of calcium carbonate, act like an antacid pill and help generate alkalinity in the increasingly acidic oceans, a study finds.

A new study, published online May 19 in the journal Nature Geoscience, looks to the past to learn about the future of tropical climate change, and our ability to simulate it with numerical models.

The latest data on EU bathing water quality is released, showing that 93% of more than 22,000 sampled locations meet the minimum standards.

CATCHES of spring salmon have increased dramatically this year to almost double the five-year average on one of the country's most renowned rivers, heralding a potential return to the "glory days" of Scottish angling, according to experts.