The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) is asking for public input to inform a 15-year management plan for the ...

The International Seabed Authority will convene in July to discuss this and other issues. Read more at straitstimes.com.

“The law of the sea basically colonized [Pacific peoples’] ocean,” said Frank Murphy, a resident of French Polynesia who ...

Beneath the Pacific Ocean southeast of Hawaii, a hidden treasure trove of polymetallic nodules can be found scattered across ...

To help ring in the spring steelhead season, we opened up one of the most controversial conversations within the steelhead ...

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (AP) — From the grounds of a gas-fired power plant on the eastern shores of Canada, a little-known ...

Marine life in the deep ocean can take decades to recover from the impact of deep-sea mining for rare metals, new research shows.

The Philippines saw its first sandbar shark fished out in 2020. The endangered species is slowly vanishing since it is high ...

Despite growing interest in deep-sea mining, much of the deep ocean, particularly the midwater zone, remains poorly understood. A 2023 study in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone found that 88% to 92% of ...

Among canceled Pentagon research projects is a study on how competition over fisheries in the Pacific and Arctic could fuel conflict. A Chinese-­operated, Vanuatu-flagged fishing boat sails through ...

The reservation extension will “provide more opportunities for more campers to experience a night in a state park, and it ...

Thousands of northwesterners were disappointed when they failed to meet up with some hooligans in March. These hooligans ...