Conservation

Immerse yourself in the vital world of marine conservation. We bring you up-to-date news, initiatives, and breakthroughs in the fight to protect our oceans and their rich biodiversity.

From preserving coral reefs to safeguarding endangered species, we cover the urgent challenges and uplifting victories in the ongoing journey to conserve our underwater world.

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The walking coral Cycloseris cyclolites (QUT)
Blue-light motivated: Meet the walking coral
Emily Cunningham in Antarctica
MBE for conservationist diver Cunningham
Resistant coral pockets (Ocean Image Bank / Renata Romeo)
Resilient coral pockets cheer researchers
orcas
China swims against tide to confine the most orcas
Captain Paul Watson walks free (CPWF)
Home for Christmas: Danes free Paul Watson
Stingray
Help Fathoms Free revive Stingray
Largest seagrass nursery in the world unveiled
Largest seagrass nursery in the world unveiled
Diver on the Menidi fish-farm operation (Rogier Visser)
Divers clean up after ghost fish-farmer
Sargassum frogfish (Lorenzo Mittiga / Ocean Image Bank)
Locals’ 16-year fight pays off with MPA
Divers using the HMS OCToPUS seed-injection devices (OCT)
English seagrass success promises worldwide boost
Bid now for an Oceanic 31 shark artwork
Bite-Back prizes
Meet Steve Backshall – one of many Bite-Back prizes!
Outplanting corals (Paul Selvaggio / Secore International)
Big heat-resistance boost from Secore’s super-corals
Captain Paul Watson is led away in handcuffs by Danish police (CPWF)
Faroes tip-off led to arrest of ‘thorn in side’ Watson
Oceanic manta and research boat, Fuvahmulah in the Maldives (Simon Hilbourne)
How divers can support World Manta Day
Carved-up coral – so who is Mojak? (Danilo Menorias)
Dive-pro accused of carving corals for cash
Tiger shark in the Maldives (Vincent Kneefel / Ocean Image Bank)
Shark reprieve as Maldives U-turns on long-lining
Sustained damage to a coral near Virgin Island (Danilo Menorias)
Carved-up coral shocks Bohol divers
PADI Members are being encouraged to apply the pressure in AWARE Week (PADI)
PADI urges all-out push for AWARE Week
Diver on an underwater litter pick (BSAC)
BSAC asks divers to get cleaning in September
Captain Paul Watson under arrest in Greenland (CPWF)
‘Vengeful’ Japan wants Watson on 2010 stink-bomb charges  
Bleached coral on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef (AIMS)
400 years’ Coral Sea data challenges UN stance
The first fin whale killed by Japan since the moratorium on its new factory ship (CPWF)
Paul Watson jailed as Japanese kill fin whale
Some of the current exhibits at the Diving Museum in Gosport (HDS)
Drying-Out Diving Museum Needs Support
Tompot blenny, from a family of fish found to be rarely studied or noticed by the public (Roland Graille / CNRS)
Scientists snub the most endangered reef fish
PADI hopes to get its Dive Against Debris methodology adopted in the Global Plastics Treaty (PADI)
Divers ‘can turn tide on plastics now’
Bailey Bass on a coral-restoration project in Tahiti (Noé Langronier)
Avatar actor spends June with Coral Gardeners
PADI AWARE Grants
PADI AWARE distributes $500k in Mission Hub grants
Bid for trips in the Shark Angels auction
Bid for dive-trips in aid of the sharks
MPA in Australia (Rich Handley)
Paper parks: ‘Two-thirds of MPAs ineffective’

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