Australia took Japan to court, alleging "Japan's continued pursuit" of a large-scale whaling hunt, which Japan calls scientific research, put the nation in breach of international conventions and its obligation to preserve marine mammals and their environment.

New Zealand has joined Australia in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in a case against Japanese whaling in the Southern Ocean

Australia can be a world leader in designing marine reserves that keep pace with changes in the climate and human activity and still successfully protect their sea life.

Gillnet fishing has dramatically reduced the numbers of freshwater Irrawaddy dolphins over the last decades.

A group of countries are taking action to protect sharks under an international treaty.

The dugong is threatened by extinction, but the Pacific Islands region support efforts to save the world’s largest remaining population of dugongs.

Three environmental groups petitioned the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to list the West Coast population of great white sharks under the Endangered Species Act.

The European Commission proposes phasing out destructive bottom trawling and bottom gillnetting among deep sea fishing fleets in the Northeast Atlantic.

Oceana has informed the European Commission of the risk to more than 600 species and about 350 communities and habitats in the area.

INTERPOL statement in relation to Red Notice issued for Paul Watson of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society