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The United Nations has begun negotiations for a new legally binding treaty for the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological resources in the world’s oceans – nearly 64 percent of which lie beyond national jurisdiction…
Ecuador creates Galápagos marine sanctuary, (03-21-2016)
Ecuador has created a new marine sanctuary in the Galápagos Islands that will offer protection to the world’s greatest concentration of sharks. Some 15,000 square miles (38,000 sq km) of the waters around Darwin and Wolf – the most northern islands – will be made off limits to all fishing…
Sustainable Tourism Thrives in Philippines’ Largest Marine Sanctuary, UNEP (07-18-2014)
In the last 10 years the number of tourists flocking to El Nido has more than tripled. In 2013 the famed marine sanctuary welcomed over 60,000 tourists to its white sand beaches, lush mangrove and ever-green forests, and magnificently sculpted jade islands. While tourism is a mainstay of the local economy, it is also an industry that is especially sensitive to reef conditions…
Creation of Australia’s largest marine sanctuary a win for rare whale species, Guardian UK (04-04-2014)
The government has created Australia’s largest fully protected marine reserve near two far-flung islands, in a move which environmental groups say will help safeguard rare whale species…
Kiribati Bans Fishing in One of World’s Largest Marine Parks, National Geographic (06-16-2014)
Tortugas Marine Reserve Yields More, Larger Fish, NOAA (02-05-2013)
A new NOAA research report finds that both fish populations and commercial and recreational anglers have benefited from “no-take” protections in the Tortugas Ecological Reserve in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary…
Mozambique creates Africa’s largest coastal marine reserve, WWF (11-09-2012)
The Primeiras and Segundas have been approved as a marine protected area in Mozambique making this diverse ten-island archipelago Africa’s largest coastal marine reserve…
New Zealand Creates Vast Ocean Sanctuary, Guardian UK (09-29-2015)
A vast stretch of New Zealand’s exclusive economic zone is being turned into an ocean sanctuary in a landmark deal to preserve one of the most pristine and unique environments on Earth. It would encompass 620,000 km2 in the seas north-east of New Zealand in the Kermadec region…
Tortugas Marine Reserve Yields More, Larger Fish, NOAA (02-05-2013)
