A proposed rule from NOAA Fisheries would bar fishermen from trawling the ocean floor at a California marine sanctuary to ...

Last year, the Java stingaree became the first fish to be declared extinct as a result of human actions. Could there soon be ...

By one count America spends 150 times more on space exploration than ocean research. Scientists have mapped almost every ...

OAT proposes transferring aquaculture farms to huge ships that can remain far offshore; the firm’s concept vessel for the ...

Far from being just a figure of speech, the existence of microplastics spread throughout the ocean is unequivocal for ...

Ninety-nine percent of the world's digital communications rely on subsea cables. Fixing them keeps us all connected – and has ...

Somalia authorities are working to tap into the vast fisheries economy estimated to be worth $2 billion, by marketing the ...

What are the legal challenges of deep-sea mining and why cannot the world wait any longer to deal with them? — THE ...

HARDANGERSFJORD, NORWAY - Jørgen Wengaard steers around the rocky islands of a fjord, his boat cutting through the water’s ...

Oct. 21, 2024 — In a massive research project spanning five years and stretching the length of the Northeast seaboard, scientists have created a spatial map of the sea that shows how individual ...

The safety of fishing vessels belonging to deep-sea trawling company Sea Harvest has once again been thrust into the ...

An estimated 190,000 small MPAs in coastal regions and 300 large MPAs are needed to reach the UN target of protecting 30% of ...