Pristine Seas News Today

Scientists from the Indian Ocean nation of the Seychelles are working to explain how vital seabirds are to the health of coral reefs.

Evidence reinforces importance of fully protected marine areas and supports evidence that ocean conservation and fishing industry profits are mutually beneficial.

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Members of the Kawésqar people and McCluskey Fellow in Conservation Alex Muñoz recently discussed their efforts to protect a marine reserve in Chile's Patagonia from the devastating impacts of the salmon farming industry at a special screening of a National Geographic documentary.

My old friend Paul Rose – and how many divers worldwide have come to regard this affable British diver as an old friend? – is a hard-bitten veteran of many

Leonardo DiCaprio is known as one of the most iconic actors of all time - finally picking up an Oscar in 2016 for The Revenant.

As the visiting McCluskey Fellow in Conservation at the Yale School of the Environment, Alex Muñoz will spend the next year developing a roadmap to accelerate the pace of ocean conservation and Yale’s first-ever course on ocean conservation.

Nearly a quarter of the world’s wild-caught seafood is scooped up by bottom trawlers, fishing vessels that drag heavy nets over the seafloor. These boats fish the world over and support numerous global seafood supply chains. Yet critics have dogged them as environmentally unfriendly. Conservation experts say they can damage sensitive marine ecosystems, like deep-sea […]

Many have opposed the practice for the damage it inflicts on seabed ecosystems, but new research shows that the climate also suffers.

The world’s trawlers are stirring carbon dioxide into the water—and into the atmosphere.