The United Arab Emirates has given The United Way of Collier County US$3.5 million (~3.1 million Euros) to restore seven reefs that are part of the Florida Keys.
A bill that would have banned the import, export and sale of shark fins in the U.S. state of Florida was passed by the Florida state House of Representatives on March 9th but with a loophole that one shark advocate says has "weakened the bill beyond recognition."
Up to 90 percent of the world's coral reefs could be dead within the next two decades due to rising sea temperatures, pollution and other factors, with complete global elimination possible by the end of the century, scientists are warning.
OceanX and the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration recently forged a formal agreement to advance cutting-edge ocean exploration and scientific research that increases public understanding of the importance and value of the ocean.
Building on the 2018 Reef-Safe law, legislators in Hawaii are planning on bringing in bipartisan legislation that will ban any sunscreen products that contain ingredients deemed not to meet the “Safe and Effective” guidelines of the US Food and Drug Administration.
Stream2Sea's sunscreens have earned the Haereticus Environmental Laboratory's Protect Land & Sea Certification (PL+S), guaranteeing they do not contain any ingredients known to be harmful to coral, fish, turtles and sea life.