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International Efforts Save Dugongs

Dugongs are believed to have been at the origin of mermaid legends when spotted swimming in the water from a distance. Now the remaining populations of this seemingly clumsy sea mammal, commonly known as a sea cow, are at serious risk of becoming extinct within the next 40 years.


Tue, 11/08/2011 - 16:54 — admin

President Obama signs Executive Order establishing a National Policy for the Stewardship of the Ocean, Coasts, and Great Lakes

President Obama signed an Executive Order establishing a National Policy for the Stewardship of the Ocean, Coasts, and Great Lakes on July 19, 2010. That Executive Order adopts the Final Recommendations of the Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force and directs Federal agencies to take the appropriate steps to implement them.


Tue, 11/08/2011 - 16:17 — admin

Largest Marine Conservation Area On Earth, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Marine National Monument With Nearly 140,000 Square Miles, Created By President Bush Under Antiquities Act *

President George W. Bush created the world’s largest marine conservation area off the coast of the northern Hawaiian Islands in order to permanently protect the area’s pristine coral reefs and unique marine species.


Tue, 11/08/2011 - 12:50 — admin

Environmental Management and Protection of the Black Sea: the Black Sea Environmental Programme

The Black Sea Programme is a regional programme based on Agenda 21 insofar as it strives to protect its natural resources and the restoration of the ecosystem.

Main objectives are:

  • to improve the capacity of Black Sea countries to assess and manage the environment
  • to support the development and implementation of environmental strategies
  • to facilitate the preparation of sound environmental investments

Wed, 09/07/2011 - 09:33 — admin

The Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary management plan

A citizen advisory council assisted the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary in developing the Sanctuary management plan. This council made recommendations to NOAA on the preferred components of the plan. One of these components was the zoning action plan, which designated five individual zone types in which certain activities were restricted.


Wed, 09/07/2011 - 09:32 — admin

Government-supported, village-based management of marine resources in Vanuatu

Effectively monitoring and managing small, multi-species, multi-method nearshore fisheries along conventional western lines has generally failed in developing countries (e.g. Smith, 1991)1, including those in Oceania. Despite several decades of effort, participants in the l988 SPC Workshop on Inshore Fisheries Resources concluded that there were "few, if any, Pacific Island inshore fisheries which are currently managed."


Wed, 09/07/2011 - 09:30 — admin

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