From 3 April this year, commercial fishing is permitted within the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument. The area, which covers a surface area as big as Connecticut, is located in the Atlantic Ocean off the US east coast and was established to protect and preserve these unique and pristine marine environments for future generations.
Few would say there is anything beautiful about an oil platform far out at sea. But if you dive beneath the surface, the picture is often quite different. Reefs may have formed around the platform’s foundations, teeming with soft corals, fish and other marine life. In 2018, two marine biologists from California, Amber Sparks and Emily Hazelwood, founded the Blue Latitudes Foundation to save these soft coral reefs.
President Donald Trump is calling on other countries to send warships to join the US in securing oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz, which is under threat from Iran. Meanwhile, attacks on Iran – and Iranian counter-attacks – continue.
As the war between the United States and Iran enters its third week, it is clear that the intensified fighting is also having devastating consequences for the fragile marine life in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman.
Angela Sondenaa belongs to the Siletz tribe in the American state of Oregon. After living in other places for many years, she has returned home and is now participating in a project to bring back the sea otters that have disappeared from the coast.
Norway's seafood exports to the US increased by 56% in the first quarter of the year, ahead of President Donald Trump's decision on tariffs.
The US Coast Guard is taking part in a multi-NATO maritime exercise in northern Norway in April.
China accuses the US of raising tensions The United States is "creating tensions" in the South China Sea by allowing a US warship to travel through shipping lanes claimed by Beijing, China claims.
The fossil of a giant sea reptile with a skull the size of a grand piano has been discovered in Nevada. The find is 246 million years old, which as far as we know it makes the creature the first giant animal on our planet
