A rescue package for the high seas

A rescue package for the high seas

In the wake of the Our Ocean conference convened by the US State Department in Washington in mid-June we are seeing some exciting and very welcome momentum towards international commitments to action on the oceans. Last week the Global Ocean Commission published a...
A rescue package for the high seas

An international focus on ocean management

Proposals for more integrated, sustainable approaches to ocean management are widespread within environmental politics. Although there is broad public support for better marine conservation measures, progress on this issue remains painfully slow, at least partly due...
Future pathways for aquaculture in New Zealand

Future pathways for aquaculture in New Zealand

It is now six weeks since the Supreme Court released its judgement on New Zealand King Salmon’s expansion in the Marlborough Sounds.  The Court found that a proposed salmon farm at Paparua, Port Gore, did not uphold the principles of the New Zealand Coastal Policy...
A rescue package for the high seas

International developments in ocean management

Proposals for more integrated, sustainable approaches to ocean management are far from new within environmental politics.  Progress on this issue remains painfully slow, at least partly due to entrenched interests that prevent cooperation at national, regional and...