Nickel mining activities on the land of Raja Ampat have the potential to produce waste runoff that pollutes the waters.

Scientists are unraveling the mysteries of the ocean’s squishiest creatures—including one jelly that might be the oldest ...

The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council is backing federal efforts to examine commercial fishing prohibitions ...

The associated western-­boundary currents, however, do not flow directly along the continental shelf. Instead, the interaction of these currents with the shelf gives rise to large meanders in the ...

Using a Baited Remote Underwater Video System [BRUVS] with dual mounted cameras, marine scientists have been capturing ...

With standout bottom fishing, Bay County offers dozens of fishing charters that play a crucial role in the local economy.

Despite decades of ocean exploration, humans still lack basic answers to one of the most fundamental ecological questions: ...

Pelagic ecosystems, which are essential for migratory species such as tuna and whales, plankton and those in the broader marine food web, would also be at risk 8.

Red Sea diving is not uncommon, but fewer people are familiar with the dive sites off the coast of Saudi Arabia. Here, we ...

Once upon a time, the fishing town of Gansbaai on the South African coast was something of a mecca for shark-spotters – so ...

Stony Point is home to a key African Penguin breeding colony but saw the number of breeding pairs nearly halve between 2023 and 2024. The colony is down to under 680 pairs. Stony Point is one of seven ...

Fishing companies Tunacor and Venmar caught more than 1 000 tonnes of pilchard in the past week, despite a government ban on harvesting this nearly extinct species.