By Todd Woody (Bloomberg) –An agreement reached this month on the language of a landmark United Nations treaty to preserve marine biodiversity will transform how countries, corporations and scientific organizations do business on the high…
https://gcaptain.com/whats-included-in-the-un-high-seas-biodiversity-treaty/
MPAs are legally protected ocean sites intended to protect marine life such as fish, whales and seabirds as well as ocean features like underwater mountains and hydrothermal vents.
Proposed RestrictionsProposed new protection standards for federal marine protected areas won’t do enough to shield those sites from ship waste, including sewage and waste water from fuel scrubbers, an environmental group maintains. The proposed restrictions, now under discussion by...
https://mfame.guru/ship-waste-pose-major-threat-to-marine-protected-areas/
A socioeconomic analysis commissioned by Seas At Risk and carried out by New Economics Foundation has revealed that a ban on bottom-contacting gear (bottom trawling and bottom dredging) in Marine Protected Areas would yield net benefits as soon as four years after the ban comes into force.
The study highlights that after 13 years of such a ban, there would be €3.41 returned for every €1 spent, with a cumulative net gain equivalent to €8.4 billion over a 20-year period.
Healthy sea and resilient...https://mfame.guru/ban-on-bottom-trawling-could-yield-net-benefits-study-finds/