- Draft of new UN Law of the Sea agreement on high seas biodiversity available for review
- Research shows fisheries in different nations highly interconnected by larval transport
- New study predicts every 1°C increase in ocean temperature leads to 5% loss of marine biomass
- Plastics could change physical processes in the ocean
- New report describes key spatial conflicts and solutions in EU waters (Summaries and case studies available here)
- Latvia approves new national marine spatial plan
- Estonia releases draft of new national marine spatial plan
- Wales launches consultation on future of Welsh fisheries and ecosystems after Brexit
- Canada updates federal fishing law
- US provides information on offshore wind leasing strategy
- US NOAA releases annual report on US ocean economy
- US faces $400+ billion in sea level rise adaptation costs (see cost estimates by city, county, state)
- 2019 ocean yearbook provides analysis of current ocean management issues
- Report describes possible scenarios for high seas fisheries under climate change
- Trident underwater drones and spotter buoys available for ocean research and conservation projects
- Apply to attend expense-paid workshop to identify research priorities for shifting marine species
And if you’re interested in some more reading, some other recent news articles that caught our eye were about:
- the impacts of sand mining on the marine environment
- the environmental problems that US plastic waste is causing other countries
- why massive sargassum blooms in the tropical Atlantic and Caribbean may be the new normal, and
- how the Arctic is facing record high temperatures and low sea ice extents.