The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) is seeking to improve understanding across the country of the legal protections, wildlife licensing requirements and responsible behaviours around protected seahorses.
Across Sweden’s west coast, debate about the future of fishing is growing more urgent. A Swedish government’s proposal to ban bottom trawling in marine protected areas have brought the issue into sharp focus for coastal communities.
Through the OceanEye initiative, the EU aims to become a global leader in ocean observation technology and secure 35% of the global ocean technology market by 2035.
NMFS is soliciting public input to inform potential revisions to the implementing regulations pursuant to the import provisions of the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA). NMFS is initiating a comprehensive review of the import regulations to increase efficiency of the program while ensuring that the objectives of the statute are met.
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), are correcting one amendatory instruction in the final rule that published in the Federal Register on June 16, 2026. That rule finalized the revised critical habitat designation for the contiguous U.S. distinct population segment (DPS) of the Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis) under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act).
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), are correcting a final rule that appeared in the Federal Register on July 21, 2026. The rule added the Florida Keys mole skink (Plestiodon egregius egregius), a lizard subspecies from the Florida Keys, Florida, to the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife.
Today, the Honourable Joanne Thompson, Minister of Fisheries, announced two measures to make sure the economic benefits of fishing stay with independent harvesters and their communities.
The European Commission has approved a €149 million (SEK 1.6 billion) State aid scheme for agricultural, fishing and aquaculture companies facing increased fuel and fertiliser prices due to the Middle East crisis.
NMFS, upon request from the U.S. Department of the Navy (Navy), issues these regulations pursuant to the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) to govern the taking of marine mammals incidental to training and testing activities using Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System (SURTASS) Low Frequency Active (LFA) sonar systems in the western and central North Pacific and eastern Indian oceans over the course of 7 years from August 2026 through August 2033. These regulations allow for the issuance of a letter of authorization (LOA) for the incidental take of marine mammals during specified activities and timeframes, prescribe the permissible methods of taking and other means of effecting the least practicable adverse impact on marine mammal species and their habitat, and establish requirements pertaining to the monitoring and reporting of such taking. The Navy's activities are considered military readiness activities pursuant to the MMPA, as amended by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (2004 NDAA) and the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2019 (2019 NDAA).
Nearly 100 experts gathered in Valencia to share practical solutions to restore marine ecosystems and support the implementation of the EU Nature Restoration Regulation.