The Western Australia Government recently announced it was fast-tracking and expanding its ban on single-use plastics, with a ban that will now begin at the end of this year.
The National Marine Sanctuary Foundation is planning an online party next month to mark the 15th anniversary of the Papah?naumoku?kea Marine National Monument off Hawaii.
The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration this week officially designated a 962-square-mile/2,492-square-kilometer area of Wisconsin’s Lake Michigan as a national marine sanctuary.