- New marine planning and management trainings added to Skimmer database
- Fourteen countries pledge 100% sustainable ocean management in next five years
- Global plastic pollution treaty gaining support but not for US or UK
- WTO continues negotiations to eliminate subsidies for IUU fishing and overfishing
- New study examines how damaging ocean activities get funded
- EU releases guide on communicating MSP
- Study provides recommendations for reducing impacts of offshore renewable energy on fisheries
- Drops in carbon emissions will lead to decreased ocean carbon storage
- Carbon sequestration potential of oceans reduced by unprofitable fisheries
- Some species shifting the wrong way during climate change
- Atlantic Ocean experiences record setting hurricane season due to climate change
- Hurricanes intensity over land lasting longer due to climate change
- Health of Great Barrier Reef and Gulf of California World Heritage sites in critical condition and deteriorating due to climate change
- Credit Suisse raises US$212M for world’s first ocean health impact fund
- Hurricane Delta triggers first payout from Mesoamerican Reef insurance plan
- Offshore drilling begins off Bahamas
- Saltwater intrusion and rising groundwater threaten coastal wetlands, drinking water, agriculture, homes, infrastructure, and more
- Report summarizes existing and potential management schemes for deep seas mesopelagic fisheries
- US coral reefs in fair condition, vulnerable; as little as 2% of Florida’s coral remains
- Report documents US national and state marine economies
- 2020 comprehensive analysis of EU fisheries and aquaculture industry available
- Report provides best practices for environmental agencies using citizen science
- Coral atlases for South Asia, Andaman Sea, Timor Sea, and Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands available
Some more plastic pollution-related news and resources:
- New program offers offsets of plastic waste with plastic cleanup
- Report documents impacts of plastic pollution on US sea turtles and marine mammals
- 2020 global waste audit links plastic pollution to businesses
- World's largest consumer goods companies failing to reduce single-use packaging
- Study shows Ocean Cleanup device would remove less than 1 percent of ocean plastic
And some other recent news articles that caught our attention:
- Scientists using electronic bottles for tracking ocean plastic in real-time
- The new wave of fishless fish is here
- Article documents problems with sustainable seafood labels
- Another study finds marine mammals may be at risk from SARS-CoV-2
- Traditional Indigenous hook reduces bycatch in recreational fishery