- England adopts marine plan for south coast
- Coastal-marine EBM pilot project for West, Central, and South Africa launched
- New toolkit compiles guidance and tools for measuring and utilizing blue carbon for promoting coastal conservation and restoration
- Case studies of sustainable financing of marine/coastal management published
- Overview of sustainable fisheries and aquaculture best practices published
- New conservation finance training available (see other available trainings)
- UN provides policy brief on ocean deoxygenation
- Scientists discover common plastics release greenhouse gasses as they degrade
- New Zealand to phase out single-use plastic bags in coming year
- UN FAO finds overfishing increasing, one-third of major commercial fish species overfished
- Arctic’s oldest, thickest sea ice breaking up for the first time
- NOAA State of the Climate Report in 2017 finds that it was the warmest non-El Niño year on record and greenhouse gasses and sea level reached record highs
- Study finds only 13 percent of global ocean remains as wilderness (Download the manuscript on MarXiv)
- European Commission calls for MSP proposals, due Oct 31
And a few other snippets that I found particularly interesting: