- New marine planning and management trainings added to Skimmer database
- More than 50 countries commit to protecting 30% of land and oceans by 2030
- Japan and Russia take measures to reduce sale of IUU catch
- Ten largest seafood companies commit to eliminating IUU from supply chains
- New WTO head makes ending fishing subsidies top priority
- Effects of oceanic noise pollution synthesized in new paper
- New reports assess strengths, weaknesses, best practices for plastic standards, certifications, and credit and advise caution on plastic crediting and neutrality [Read short summary of key points from two reports/assessments]
- Study provides comprehensive review of impacts of ocean pollution on human health
- Evidence increases for weakening of Atlantic Ocean currents
- New observations show sea levels rising faster than expected
- Report overviews current methods and knowledge for coral reef restoration
- New report projects timing of severe coral bleaching conditions and potential refugia
- New framework helps plan ocean use in 3D
- World’s first solar and seaweed farm created in the North Sea
- EU releases plan for boosting offshore wind capacity
- Finland approves national marine spatial plan
- Timor-Leste analyses how Blue Economy fits national ocean governance
- New resource help practitioners plan behavior change interventions for conservation
- US President Biden issues executive orders rejoining Paris Climate Agreement, pausing new federal oil and gas leasing in US offshore waters, authorizing doubling of offshore wind energy by 2030, setting goal of protecting 30% of ocean by 2030, and more
- First analysis of corporate high seas fishing finds 36% effort from 100 companies
- Oceanic shark, ray populations down 70+% since 1970 due largely to overfishing
- Coalition of European NGOs call for 10 steps to protect ocean biodiversity
- Coral atlases for Southeast Asian Archipelago and Coral Sea available
Some more climate change-related news and resources:
- 2020 ties for hottest year on record
- Hottest decade on record comes to a close
- Oceans likely now at their hottest in 1,000 years
- Global ice loss accelerating at record rate, equivalent to IPCC worst-case scenario
- Nations need stronger climate action plans to achieve Paris Agreement goals
- Report outlines how countries can use ocean actions to curb, adapt to climate change
- Climate change leading to earlier hurricanes, more storms, more precipitation, rapid intensification
- Latest NOAA Arctic Report Card describes warmer Arctic
Some more plastic pollution-related news and resources:
- Study estimates contribution of Amazon.com packaging to ocean waste
- Review describes state, challenges for using regional instruments to address marine plastic pollution
- UK continues to ship plastic waste to less developed countries
- Plastic bags, flexible packaging are most deadly plastic waste for marine wildlife
- Plastic ingestion by marine fish widespread and increasing
- Microplastics fibers found throughout Arctic Ocean
- Messina Strait in Mediterranean has highest marine litter density worldwide
And some other recent news articles that caught our attention:
- Article profiles the contributions of Black scientists to marine biology
- Black in Marine Science group hosts inaugural Black in Marine Science Week
- Study provides first quantification of “parachute science” in the marine sciences
- New species of whale already considered endangered
- Finally, something good about marine debris