‘Marine Protected Areas must be evaluated for effectiveness’

At present, focus is only on coverage; quality and effectiveness not assessed, point out experts

International Horseshoe Crab Day: Species under grave threat in Odisha

Hundreds of the crabs have been killed in Odisha each year to supply their meat and shells to Jharkhand, Bihar, Chhattisgarh and other states

Eels have fascinated us for ages — now we need to stop eating them

All available data consistently show that current eel abundance is only a shadow of what it used to be a few decades ago

Soft fangs

A rebel sponge prefers to be a carnivore instead of filtering its food from seawater

Sea sparkle blues: What sparkly tides mean for India’s marine ecosystems

A rise in blooms of Sea Sparkle may lead to more large-scale fish mortality 

Marine parks and fishery management: what's the best way to protect fish?

Marine parks can benefit fish stocks, the fishery and also the overall marine ecosystem

Decks cleared, partly

Plan chalked out to keep marine aliens at bay, but implementation unlikely soon

Marine protection falls short of the 2020 target to safeguard 10% of the world’s oceans. A UN treaty and lessons from Antarctica could help

Stronger Antarctic leadership is urgently needed to safeguard the Southern Ocean and beyond

Morocco lifts ban on Spanish fishing boats

Indian blue economy is thriving but country needs to be careful about marine litter

Abandoned, lost or discarded fishing gear is a serious threat worldwide

Odessa defiled

A proposed oil plant threatens to maim and stunt Odessa's marine environment

Count fish before catch

Identify the weakest link in ecosystem-based management

Global warming: Mollusc species collapsing in eastern Mediterranean, finds study

Marine organisms that cannot adapt to rising temperatures migrate to cooler water areas or die

Fishing in troubled waters

Undersea explorer

A submarine tractor will help scientists understand the seabed

There will be more plastic than fishes in oceans by 2050

Instrument meant to survey plankton population accidentally records amount of plastics in the oceans

INDONESIA

CSE launches coastal cities’ coalition to fight marine litter crisis

Policies to strengthen land-based waste management need better implementation, say experts

Polymer plume: Over 170 trillion plastic particles are floating in the oceans, says study

Plastic pollution in the world’s oceans has reached unprecedented levels over the past 15 years

How is the view inside a giant marine sinkhole

A private expedition took submarines into the Great Blue Hole off the coast of Belize. Here are snapshots

Marine heatwaves don’t just hit coral reefs. They can cause chaos on the seafloor

Over 90% of the heat trapped by greenhouse gases has gone into our oceans, resulting in more intense and frequent heatwaves

Study finds fish surprisingly resistant to marine heatwaves 

Some marine heatwaves caused biomass declines, but these were exception not the rule, say researchers  

Dilemma of the Caribbean

Its porous soil carries sewage to ocean, causes pox in corals

Biodiversity under threat

Killer algae strikes