Source: California Senate
The state Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee of California voted unanimously in support of The Seabed Mining Prevention
Continue reading New protections against deep-sea mining in the waters of California
Source: takepart
Author: David Kirby
Donald Trump is still seven weeks away from taking office, but when it comes to permitting the controversial practice of deep-sea mining, the incoming administration’s hands are already tied.
Continue reading Environmentalists Tie Trump’s Hands on Deep-Sea Mining
Source: The San Diego Union-Tribune
Author: ALEXANDRA COUSTEAU & TED DANSON
The Pacific Ocean off California is unlike any other place in the world. Its fluorescent sunsets and powerful waves have been the inspiration for pop culture, art, education and conservation. Visitors and locals alike flock to California’s 840 miles of breathtaking coastline. However, just beyond the limits of the naked eye lies an important part of the ocean that many people don’t know about, the seafloor. Remarkably, we know more about the moon orbiting the Earth about 230,000 miles away than we do about the seafloor.
Source: Yahoo! News
Author: Maria Gallucci
Ocean conservation efforts took a significant step forward on Friday when a measure to protect 30 percent of the world’s oceans by 2030 passed during a major meeting in Hawaii.
Continue reading Marine conservation efforts just took a major step forward
Source: New York Times
Author: Julie Hirschfield Davis
WASHINGTON — President Obama is set to vastly expand a marine sanctuary northwest of the main Hawaiian Islands, White House officials said Thursday, creating the world’s largest protected marine area as he seeks to cement his environmental legacy in his last months in office.
Continue reading Obama to Create World’s Largest Marine Reserve Off Hawaii
Source: Mercury News Science & Environment
Author: Paul Rogers
A new effort to convince President Barack Obama to establish a huge new national monument in the Pacific Ocean off California before he leaves office six months from now is gaining momentum.
Source: The Guardian
Author: Amanda Holpuch
North America is far from reaching national and international targets for protecting oceans, according to a first-of-its-kind report released on Wednesday.
Continue reading North America far off from ocean preservation targets, report finds
Source: Earthworks
Author: Shreema Mehta
Coastal communities living in Baja California Sur, Mexico, achieved a huge victory recently in blocking an offshore mining project — one of several proposed projects to dredge up minerals from the sea.
Continue reading Victory: Mexico Seabed Mining Project Scrapped
Source: The Washington Post
Author: Chelsea Harvey
The state of the world’s fish stocks may be in worse shape than official reports indicate, according to new data — a possibility with worrying consequences for both international food security and marine ecosystems.
Continue reading Why we’ve been hugely underestimating the overfishing of the oceans
As the deep sea mining industry chases investors at the Asia Pacific Deep Sea Mining Summit, a new critique by the Deep Sea Mining Campaign reveals indefensible flaws in the Environmental and Social Benchmarking Analysis of the Solwara 1 project commissioned by Nautilus Minerals. The proposed Solwara 1 deep sea mine, situated in the Bismarck Sea of Papua New Guinea, is the world’s first to receive an operating licence.
