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Nine years after the National Park Service said it would set aside 6 percent of Biscayne National Park as a marine reserve zone protected from fishing, only to backtrack under political pressure, a federal judge has ordered the agency to move ahead with the designation.

Few scuba divers who have dived tropical reefs, especially in the Caribbean or Coral Triangle, can fail to have come across the work of Paul Humann – most

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ST. THOMAS — Scientists and policymakers convened Thursday on St. Thomas for the 47th U.S. Coral Reef Task Force business meeting, held at the Westin Beach Resort & Spa at

ST. THOMAS — The public is invited to attend a meeting of the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force being held today at the Westin Beach Resort & Spa at Frenchman’s

The health of American coral reefs has been at the forefront of national news this summer due to the impacts of a record-setting marine heatwave off Florida.

Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — During remarks at the Department of the Interior’s Territorial Climate and Infrastructure Workshop in Hawaii last week, Assistant Secretary for Inte

Funding program to benefit islands territories.

GUAM (Pacific Island Times) — The Department of the Interior today announced $12 million in key investments for Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands and the U.S. Virgin Islands