The U.S. Navy says its training and testing using sonar and explosives could potentially hurt more dolphins and whales in Hawaii and California waters than previously thought.

Environmental NGOs leading the fight against marine litter and plastic pollution in Europe are calling on European countries to set a 50% reduction.

A controversial deal enabling the long term transfer of EU air passenger data to U.S. authorities as part of the global fight against terror was finally approved Thursday in the European Parliament.

Regional and national entities are urged to create a comprehensive network of MPAs that will preserve these underwater jewels.

The New Zealand Government has been criticised by global conservation group WWF for not acting quickly enough to stop the possible extinction of Maui’s dolphins.

Philippine authorities accused of passively letting looters have unrestrained access to the wrecks while denying dive companies alerting them to the problem access to the sites.

The Australian Federal Environment Minister has today approved a fishery that catches tens of thousands of sharks, including threatened species, within the World Heritage listed Great Barrier Reef and beyond.

NOAA and Fish and Wildlife Service three years behind schedule on banning commercial fishing, according to the Marine Conservation Institute.

The days of scuba dive shops in the entire province that are not yet accredited with appropriate agencies here are numbered, the Bohol Standard reports

The EU, with the largest reported shark catches in the world, is blocking other Mediterranean countries from protecting threatened sharks.