Govt orders 5-year crayfishing ban on North Island’s upper east coast
“Rock lobsters play an important role in the marine ecosystem by helping keep kina numbers in check. The…
Whakatāne graduate Nate Bishop joins Royal New Zealand Navy as marine technician
“My dad was an engineer on fishing boats for a lot of his life and it was a…
Drones gather critical health info above a right whale’s blowhole
Why is a drone collecting this whale’s ‘spit?’ Researchers used a drone with a petri dish attached to…
WA environment minister green-lights $300 million Cockatoo Island aviation and marine hub
A $300 million aviation and marine hub will be built on an island off the Kimberley coast after…
NZ’s first marine reserve is turning 50 – the lessons from its recovery are invaluable – Conrad Pilditch and Simon Francis Thrush
Officially known as the Cape Rodney-Okakari Point Marine Reserve, the 556ha of protected waters and seabed became New…
Ngātiwai lands on ‘tapu’ Poor Knights Islands in defiance of marine law change
Once there, the group climbed to the top of one of the islands and erected a flagpole. The…
Protesters plan beach fires nationwide over Marine and Coastal Area Bill
“History shows it’s never good when they start burning books and this sounds unenlightened and anti-intellectual. What we…
Canadian marine park threatens to kill 30 beluga whales if funding refused
The attraction previously tried to offload the whales to Chimelong Ocean Kingdom, a zoo and aquarium in Zhuhai,…
Thousands of homes face flood and erosion threat, Our Marine Environment 2025 finds
Among its findings are that New Zealand’s oceans are warming faster than the global average, marine heatwaves are…
Thousands of homes face flood and erosion threat, Our Marine Environment 2025 finds
Among its findings are that New Zealand’s oceans are warming faster than the global average, marine heatwaves are…
Indo-Pacific leopard sharks caught on camera mating in ‘threesome’
See shark trio recorded in rare mating scene Three Indo-Pacific leopard sharks observed near New Caledonia are believed…
The Winners of Ocean Photographer of the Year 2025
Ocean Photographer of the Year 2025. Two amphipods from the Cyproideidae family, each only measuring around 3 millimetres…