California Governor Gavin Newsom this week signed a new law that will protect nearly 2,500 square miles (6,475 square km) of state waters from seabed mining.
The Ocean Justice Forum, a network of 18 grassroots and national nonprofit organizations from across the US, this week unveiled its new "Ocean Justice Platform."
Scientists from Arizona State University have published research estimating that more than 1.1 million sea turtles have been poached over the last three decades.
Researchers have found that without major intervention, fish stocks by biomass will be unable to recover due to the effects of climate change in the 21st century.
The Nekton Maldives Mission set sail on September 4th to undertake the first systematic survey and sampling of the ocean surrounding the Maldives from the surface to 1000 meters/3,281 feet below sea level.