The newly designated marine reserve aims to preserve biodiversity and traditional Polynesian culture.

An international study using satellite imagery and artificial intelligence revealed that many of the world’s marine protected areas, otherwise known as MPAs, are largely free of industrial fishing, ...

The reserve is within the Great Bear Sea, a diverse marine ecosystem that covers more than half of B.C.'s coast and includes ...

Offshore of the UC Davis Bodega Marine Reserve is a rocky reef encompassing two Marine Protected Areas. (Karin Higgins/UC Davis) Marine protected areas, or MPAs, are an increasingly common way of ...

Many governments are leaning on marine protected areas to fight biodiversity loss. But in America, ocean protections are uneven and often weak, leading scientists to call for new strategies. Kristen ...

California established a network of marine protected areas. MPAs cover roughly 16% of California’s state waters. A long, reddish and black sheephead wove through a maze of towering kelp in a marine ...

The treaty will create a new body to manage ocean life conservation and establish marine protected areas in ocean regions outside national boundary waters. File photo: Fish swim near some bleached ...

The Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (MoECC) has marked World Turtle Day, observed annually on May 23, by reaffirming Qatar’s commitment to prote ...

Many marine protected areas are often unnecessarily expensive and located in the wrong places, an international study has shown. The research found protected areas missed many unique ecosystems, and ...

Living in a Southern California beach community with our climate — the surf, sand and sun — shapes who we are. Like many Angelenos, I find comfort near the ocean; it has a soothing regenerative ...

The proposed extension of protections would affect 1.32 square miles of beach and ocean between Table Rock and Three Arch Bay ...