Tag Oceans

Mexico Finally Bans Catching Five Threatened Atlantic Shark Species

Mexico has implemented new national regulations prohibiting the capture and retention of five threatened shark species in Atlantic waters, marking a significant step forward for marine conservation. The ban covers bigeye thresher sharks, silky sharks, critically endangered oceanic whitetip sharks,…

Australia’s Whale Recovery Success Threatened by Krill Fishing Crisis

Australia’s humpback whale population has achieved one of the most remarkable conservation comebacks in recent history. From just a few hundred survivors when commercial whaling was banned in the 1970s, east coast humpback numbers have surged to an estimated 50,000…

France’s Last North American Village Faces Climate Relocation

France’s remote archipelago of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, nestled off Canada’s Newfoundland coast, is confronting an unprecedented challenge: how to move an entire village before rising seas wash it away. The 400-building village of Miquelon sits precariously just 2 meters above…