Wildcoast says monitoring determined that the South La Jolla State Marine Reserve has a high incidence of people fishing or otherwise taking wildlife illegally ...

New satellite tracking research shows that while MPAs help, they are far from enough for a highly mobile species heavily ...

The ocean is under increasing pressure. Everyday human activities, from shipping to oil and gas exploration to urban ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The coral reefs of Palmyra Atoll, part of Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument, provide nurseries for many fish ...

The ocean is essential to life on Earth. It helps regulate our climate, provides oxygen and food, but the size of marine populations declined by almost half between 1970 and 2012. Unless something ...

Marine protected areas cover more than 8% of the world’s oceans today, but they can get a bad rap as being protected on paper only. In a new global study using satellite technology that can track ...

California established a network of marine protected areas. MPAs cover roughly 16% of California’s state waters. A long, reddish and black sheephead wove through a maze of towering kelp in a marine ...

Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are having a positive spillover effect, producing more “trophy-size” fish just outside of the fully protected areas, and the effect is growing stronger over time. That’s ...

To replenish adult spawners, marine protected areas need strong enforcement and climate-friendly design Kristen Goodhue Bluestriped grunts and gray snapper, two fish species vital to the local economy ...

Stand on the cliffs of Cape Point and look out over the restless meeting of two oceans. The scene is timeless – gulls ...

Wildcoast says monitoring determined that the South La Jolla State Marine Reserve has a high incidence of people fishing or ...

The coral reefs of Palmyra Atoll, part of Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument, provide nurseries for many fish species. Andrew S. Wright/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service via Flickr, CC ...