Jul 11, 2023
There is a new opinion piece by Jenna Flemma, the Director of the Ocean Defense Initiative, in the Summer issue of ECO Magazine about the importance of the Inflation Reduction Act and Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act coastal restoration investments that will...
Jul 10, 2023
As reported by the Associated Press, the International Seabed Authority — the United Nations body that regulates the world’s ocean floor — is preparing to resume negotiations that could open the international seabed for mining, including for materials critical for the...
Jul 7, 2023
Here’s a great list from a site called Bex Band: Marine Biology: A Very Short Introduction (2013) by Philip V. Mladenov Providing a brief overview of life in the marine environment and how humans are impacting it’s fine balance. This is a good book to...
Jul 4, 2023
The European Parliament’s Fisheries Committee has voted overwhelmingly in favour of an agreement to revise the EU’s Fisheries Control Regulation, which can increase transparency around catches at sea and combat illegal activities and hidden overfishing. Five years...
Jul 3, 2023
Approaching the topic of “ocean sustainability” can be a rather sensitive endeavor. One reason for this is that there doesn’t seem to be a single accepted definition of the term “sustainability.” So, depending on your scientific, political, or environmental...
Jul 2, 2023
It’s no secret that the ocean is suffocating with plastic waste. Some scientists predict that by 2050, there will be more plastic than fish in the ocean. We discovered one company – #tide ocean material – that is collecting ocean-bound plastic waste in Southeast Asia...
