The US National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) proposed rule to allow the U.S. Navy an incidental take of Southern Resident Killer Whales (SRKW) as a result of its training and testing activities along North America could bring the already critically endangered Orca species ever closer to extinction.

A new report from the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee published today is calling for Government action to “stop using seas as a sewer” and warning that the Government’s ‘out of sight, out of mind’ treatment of the oceans is putting marine resources at great risk.

Environment Secretary Michael Gove is today setting out plans to create more than 40 new Marine Conservation Zones across the UK – safeguarding almost 12,000 square kilometres of marine habitats and marking the most significant expansion of the UK’s ‘Blue Belt’ of protected areas to date.

International consultancy UK-headquartered HR Wallingford and  Belgian-based survey and monitoring firm G-tec have teamed up in a ground-breaking collaboration to deliver a one-stop solution for consultancy, monitoring and modelling of underwater sound.

The Foreign & Commonwealth Office has announced plans to create a ‘Blue Belt’ of marine protection around the United Kingdom and around its Overseas Territories.

The Government Office for Science has launched a new Foresight project which will look at the important future trends, challenges and opportunities for the UK from the sea.

Twenty-three new areas along the UK coast have been announced as the latest Marine Conservation Zones (MCZs) to be awarded environmental protection by the government.

Over 12,000 square km of species rich sandbank, an area almost double the size of Devon, has today become Britain’s latest marine protected area to safeguard important sea life and habitats.

An international panel of experts is warning in a new report released today that marine species are at risk of entering a phase of extinction unprecedented in human history.