The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) has delivered a petition with more than 258,000 signatures to the European Commission, calling for mandatory speed limits for commercial vessels in EU waters. Advocates say slower speeds would significantly reduce underwater noise, protect whales and dolphins from ship strikes, and lower greenhouse gas emissions.
Imagine if your employees could swap their desks for pristine dive sites, contribute to vital marine conservation, and still earn their salary.
The Manta Trust, a global leader in manta ray conservation, is offering forward-thinking companies an extraordinary opportunity to combine corporate social responsibility with life-changing team-building experiences.
This compelling ten-minute film dives deep into the urgent mission to restore Tasmania's rapidly declining kelp forests, a direct casualty of climate change. The documentary follows the life and work of Mick Baron and Karen Gowlett-Holmes, owners of the Eaglehawk Dive Centre, who have been front-line witnesses and activists to the massive destruction of the giant kelp forests.
Healthy Seas teamed up with Ghost Diving and SDSS for a third consecutive year, bridging environmental and historical conservation, with the support of Hyundai Motor Europe that is providing funding for the implementation of Healthy Seas cleanup and education activities around the world since 2021.
The solution is straightforward, if you have the relevant knowledge at your fingertips. Just contact one of the many NGOs around the world, such as 'Ghost Diving', who work to combat this problem internationally, and let them know the details of the ghost gear that needs to be recovered.
Ghost fishing gear is everywhere, but so are we! Pascal van Erp, founder Ghost Diving
Corals are essential to the balance of the planet, but today they are threatened with extinction. Thanks to restoration efforts as well as the construction of unique artificial reefs, dedicated to the rehabilitation of coral reefs in damaged areas, we make possible the return of lost biodiversity in this environment.
The global trade in shark fins has decimated sharks everywhere, but some countries moved quickly to protect their animals. In Brazil, however, not only have sharks and rays received no protection, but fishing industry tycoons have been given free rein to slaughter them. The shark fin exports to Asia continue to be legal, as the trade in shark fins serves as cover-up for shipments of other types of illicit contraband.
The all-volunteer MMC spearheaded several rescue efforts of dolphins and small whales that drew international news coverage over the past 20 years, most recently after a 2011 mass stranding of pilot whales in the Lower Keys.
Legal advertisements published in The Reporter this month say the former MMC property will be sold at public auction at 11 a.m. Jan. 8 on the front steps of the Monroe County courthouse on Key West's Whitehead Street.
There is a recently developed term making its way into common use amongst the wider dive community, and that term is, citizen scientist. The science community is waking up to the fact that the common man and woman are valuable resources for acquiring many missing pieces in the jigsaw puzzle that is marine research, particularly for migratory species
