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by Sarah Carr, Ph.D. | May 1, 2017

  • UN website provides map and summaries of MSP processes worldwide
  • Compilation of global MSP documents available
  • New database maps marine litter and its impact on aquatic life globally
  • UN Ocean Action Hub public discussion on ensuring sustainable marine and coastal ecosystems available
  • FAO provides guidance for ecosystem approach to aquaculture site selection, zoning, and management
  • Great Barrier Reef hit by severe bleaching for second year in a row, with extensive coral die-off
  • Analysis of European MSP data and knowledge needs available
  • European Commission releases report on blue growth strategy
  • Baltic Sea project produces recommendations for MSP across borders
  • European Commission launches blue growth initiative in Western Mediterranean
  • Report explains legal mechanisms and processes US administration may use to change existing environmental protections
  • US takes steps to expand ocean drilling in Arctic and Atlantic
  • US ocean economy accounted for $352 billion in gross domestic product in 2014
  • Year to date is second warmest on record

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