Wildcoast says monitoring determined that the South La Jolla State Marine Reserve has a high incidence of people fishing or ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The coral reefs of Palmyra Atoll, part of Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument, provide nurseries for many fish ...

The ocean is under increasing pressure. Everyday human activities, from shipping to oil and gas exploration to urban ...

New satellite tracking research shows that while MPAs help, they are far from enough for a highly mobile species heavily ...

California established a network of marine protected areas. MPAs cover roughly 16% of California’s state waters. A long, reddish and black sheephead wove through a maze of towering kelp in a marine ...

Mulligan is a native San Diegan and is the ocean conservation coordinator for Wildcoast and lives in San Diego. Growing up in sun-kissed San Diego, I spent most of my weekends in La Jolla, desperate ...

A historic ocean treaty that Oregon State University scientists helped make possible is scheduled to take effect Jan. 17.

llegal fishing is a global problem that threatens the health of ocean ecosystems and the very economic viability of the fishing industry. Marine protected areas — zones set aside to safeguard marine ...

Stand on the cliffs of Cape Point and look out over the restless meeting of two oceans. The scene is timeless – gulls ...

The limited range of marine protected areas (MPAs) offers reduced protection to vulnerable species such as the highly mobile silky shark (Carcharhinus falciformis). Because the survival of these ...