Review selected recent news stories on ocean conservation and marine science from around the world. Check back daily for updates. For past articles, go to archived news stories.
- $50m Spent to Save Great Barrier Reef From Chemicals (7/2/09)
- Otter Population Falls as Humans Pollute Ocean (7/1/09)
- Fleet Cuts, Quotas the Buzz at Tuna Meet (7/1/09)
- Mass. Draws Zones for Coast Wind Farms (7/1/09)
- Seagrass Losses Reveal Global Coastal Crisis (6/30/09)
- Rising Sea Level to Submerge Louisiana Coastline by 2100, Study Warns (6/29/09)
- Britain's Beaches: What Are We Swimming In? (6/28/09)
- Regulators Angle for Feedback on Tuna Quotas (6/28/09)
- Deep-Sea Coral Emerges From the Darkness (6/27/09)
- Whale Chief Mulls Ending Hunt Ban (6/26/09)
- Groundfish Industry Faces Sea Change With New Management System (6/25/09)
- Surprise: Fish in Acidic Waters Grow Bigger Ears (6/25/09)
- Third of Open Ocean Sharks Face Extinction: Study (6/25/09)
- €4.4bn EU Subsidies Have Boosted Overfishing, Figures Show (6/25/09)
- Swine Flu Puts Porpoise on Brink (6/24/09)
- Is Seafood Good or Harmful? (6/23/09)
- EPA Plan Targets Vast DDT Deposit Off Calif. Coast (6/23/09)
- Cataclysmic Meltdown a Warning for the Future (6/23/09)
- Warmer Ocean Brings Fewer Sardines to S.Africa (6/22/09)
- Device on Nets May Protect Sea Turtles (6/22/09)
- Whaling Talks Target Compromise (6/22/099)
- Seal Virus' Spread Linked to Retreating Arctic Ice: Scientists (6/21/09)
- French Fishermen Lift Port Blockade on English Channel, Keep up Pressure to Ease Quotas (6/20/09)
- New Safe-Eating Guidelines Issued for SoCal Fish (6/19/09)
- Europe to Hunt More Whales Than Japan, Figures Show (6/19/09)
- Sick Sea Lions Present a Mystery (6/19/09)
- Partial Walrus Estimate Alarms Conservation Group (6/18/09)
- Alaska Polar Bear Numbers Declining: U.S. Agency (6/18/09)
- Critics Seek Closure of Five B.C. Salmon Farms (6/18/09)
- Monterey Bay Aquarium Supports Sustainable Seafood Choices to Preserve Fish Populations (6/17/09)
- Marine Reserves Off Oregon Coast Win OK (6/17/09)
- Report on Warming Offers New Details (6/17/09)
- US Expands Laws Protecting Atlantic Salmon (6/16/09)
- Sick Sea Animals Mystify Scientists (6/15/09)
- Seeing Sea Stars - And Lots of Them (6/15/09)
- Most Still Don’t Get the Drift About Oceans (6/14/09)
- Food is the New Fur for the Celebrity With a Conscience (6/14/09)
- Obama Gives US First National Ocean Policy (6/12/09)
- Florida Aquarium Launches Effort to Encourage Sustainable Seafood (6/12/09)
- Hawaiian Islands Named Habitat for Endangered Seal (6/12/09)
- Ice Loss Could Push Sea Levels Above Estimates: Report (6/12/09)
- Study Supports Theory Whales Get the Bends (6/11/09)
- Climate Change Blamed for Caribbean Coral Deaths (6/10/09)
- Loving Fish, This Time With the Fish in Mind (6/9/09)
- Is it Time to Take Tuna Off the Menu? (6/9/09)
- Catch of the Century (6/9/09)
- Menaces to Oceans: CO2, Plastic Bags, Overfishing (6/8/09)
- NOAA Head Jane Lubchenco On Ocean Policy (6/8/09)
- East Coast May Feel Rise in Sea Levels the Most (6/8/09)
- Jellyfish Threaten to 'Dominate' Oceans (6/8/09)
- Saltwater Fishermen Balk at National Registry (6/6/09)
- 21st-Century Noah’s Ark Needed to Save Coral Reefs From Extinction (6/6/09)
- Search For Downed Plane Highlights Ocean Trash Problem(6/5/09)
- Plan Would Aid Salmon, Reduce Water for People (6/5/09)
- Studies Predict Rapid Rise in Sea Levels Along U.S. East Coast (6/5/09)
- Global Ocean Expedition to Bring New Data (6/4/09)
- Port of Long Beach Takes 'Giant Step' Toward Pollution Reduction (6/4/09)
- Bluefish, Striped Bass Advisories Issued in East (6/3/09)
- A New School of Thought About Sardines (6/3/09)
- Iceland Turns From the Devil to the Deep Blue Sea (6/2/09)
- B.C. Considers New Fish-Farm Technology (6/2/09)
- Film Warns of 'World Without Fish' (6/2/09)
- Future Protection of the Oceans Could Lie in the Past (6/1/09)
- Carbon Emissions Threaten 'Underwater Catastrophe', Scientists Warn (6/1/09)
- They Dressed for Dinner, but Had Protest in Mind (6/1/09)
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