- New marine planning and management trainings added to Skimmer database
- Report assesses challenges and opportunities facing ocean economy post-COVID
- New information hub for monitoring, forecasting, managing, researching Sargassum
- New policy brief links ecological connectivity to effective ocean governance
- UN published framework for MSP in high seas
- Review of economic impacts of MSP available
- Guide provides guidance and examples for drafting MSP legislation
- Sharks missing from 19 percent of world’s coral reefs
- Northeast Pacific and Northwest Atlantic experiencing marine heatwaves
- Viral and bacterial outbreaks among marine mammal populations on the rise
- La Niña conditions likely through at least Northern Hemisphere winter
- New ocean ecoprovince classification developed with machine learning
- More research shows microplastic in ocean vastly underestimated (here, here)
- Plastic flow into ocean could triple by 2040, but existing technologies could reduce current flow by 80%
- China revises rules for distant-water fishing fleets to curb illegal fishing, improve sustainability
- No countries meet 2020 targets for ocean-focused sustainable development goal
- COVID-19 pandemic makes achievement of SDG goals more unlikely
- Report suggests ways to strengthen Arctic Ocean management
- Study estimates benefits of protecting 30% of planet would outweigh costs 5:1
Some more climate change-related news and resources:
- Arctic sea ice could be gone by 2035; rapid loss occurring this summer
- Research suggests retreat of Greenland ice sheet now unstoppable
- Two major Antarctic glaciers tearing free from restraints
- Climate change likely to change global wave heights
- Climate change-related coastal flooding could cause up to $14 trillion in damages
- Arctic Ocean becoming more like Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
Some more plastic pollution-related news and resources:
- Study finds plastic in variety of seafood samples
- Plastic debris unchanged after decades in deep ocean
- River barriers, not ocean surface cleanup, needed to reduce marine plastic pollution
- Review of South East and East Asian marine plastic pollution research, policies, and initiative available
- Oil and chemical companies seek to dump used plastics in Africa via Kenya
Some more fishing and aquaculture-related news and resources:
- Recommendations for improving fisheries-windfarm interactions available
- New visualization tools available for small-scale fisheries information
- E-book examines policies, programs that create injustice, inequity for small-scale fisheries
- Synthesis of impacts of ENSO events on fisheries and aquaculture available
- Policy institute recommends measures to strengthen US fisheries habitat protection
- US courts disallow aquaculture in US federal waters
Some more deep-sea and seabed-related news and resources:
- Deep seabed mining could start as early as 2025
- Free ebook reviews law on use/protection of natural resources on/underneath seabed
- Scientists show deep sea microbes as old as 100 million years old can be revived and multiply
Some more coral reef-related news and resources:
- Deoxygenation may be hidden stressor on coral reefs
- El Niño and Pacific Decadal Oscillation patterns can predict coral bleaching months in advance
- New platform allows scientists to share coral reef surveys
- Coral atlases for Northern Caribbean and Bahamas, Eastern Africa and Madagascar, Hawaiian Islands, and the Western Indian Ocean available
And some other recent news articles that caught our attention:
- Article documents sexual harassment and discrimination in shark science
- New boat powered by wave energy
- COVID-19 traps hundreds of thousands of mariners on vessels
- New whiskey bottle made entirely of paper
- What beach holidays could look like under climate change
- Shipping reforms could prevent oil spills like MV Wakashio in Mauritius