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Since 1983, the Sea Turtle Protection Society of Greece (ARCHELON) has taken efforts to protect loggerhead turtles in and around Greece.
Read moreFalse killer whales consume popular game fish like yellowfin tuna and mahi-mahi. They forage in the same open-ocean regions where commercial fishermen set fishing lines (as long as 30 to 60 kilometres) to catch the same fish.
Read moreUnderwater portrait and fashion photography is a unique form of art, allowing infinite creativity, pulling the viewer into the surreal, liquid world in which it was created. Holloway’s images convey this sense of surrealism.
Read morePublishing their findings in Conservation Biology, Armando Jaramillo-Legorreta of Mexico’s Department of the Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT) said, “We are witnessing the end of a species, if the illegal fishing continues.”
Read moreMore than 1,000 juvenile hawksbill sea turtles had been found in the coral reefs surrounding the atoll, which is part of the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef Reserve System.
Read moreThis sounds simple enough, but not when one considers that the reef - the third largest coral reef in the world - measures nearly 150 miles long and four miles wide. The question of where to place the new corals comes into play.
Read moreWith just three individuals, there are too few potential breeding pairs to ensure the survival of the species.
Read more“These wrecks have no ghost nets,” said Andi Peters, the man whose own website introduces him as “Der Nordseetaucher” (“The North Sea Diver”).
Read moreWords by Brandi Mueller
Read moreOnce hunted to the brink of extinction because of their oil and meat, the U.S. government listed all humpback whales as endangered back in 1970.
Read moreThe film - which took five years to make - discovers a superb conservation success story, where sharks are considered sacred.
Read moreThe underwater world is elusive. In a statement of stunning over-simplification, its inaccessible reaches are a great source of both mystery and inspiration.
Read moreAs with many marine species, it is the Asian market that is driving the trade, with Hong Kong and China the main hubs.
Read moreMany years of restraint and restrictive fishing quotas seem to finally have paid off. Within a decade the stocks of spawning cod has almost doubled
Read moreUNESCO's world heritage body, based in Paris, commissioned an expert report on the threats to the reef, including climate change, pollution run-off from the mainland and continuing coastal development.
Read moreAccording to scientists, around 200 artificial reefs made of tires are in existence worldwide, notably in waters off the United States, Japan, Malaysia and Israel. In most cases, such efforts were halted after tires were found to be unstable.
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