By Seeker Team, Seeker.com, November 3, 2016 A New Zealand teenager creates a way for divers to gather only shells that are of legal size, without having to touch, and possibly harm, the undersized ones. A teenager and budding inventor in Auckland, New Zealand named Mitchell Hollows had a problem. He enjoyed diving to gather… Continue reading Student Inventor's Laser Tool Helps Preserve Shellfish
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Antarctica Is Now Home to the World's Largest Marine Reserve
By Kieran Mulvaney, Seeker.com, October 29, 2016 An area the combined size of France and Spain has been declared off-limits to fishing. Twenty-four countries and the European Union have agreed to establish the world’s largest marine protected area in Antarctica’s Ross Sea, bringing to an end — at least for now — six years of… Continue reading Antarctica Is Now Home to the World's Largest Marine Reserve
Whaling Nations Sink Bid for S. Atlantic Sanctuary
By AFP, Seeker.com, October 25, 2016 Southern hemisphere countries fail in attempt to secure a protected area for marine mammals. Whaling nations defeated a renewed bid Tuesday by southern hemisphere states to create an Atlantic sanctuary for the marine mammals hunted to near extinction in the 20th century. A proposal by Argentina, Brazil, Gabon, South… Continue reading Whaling Nations Sink Bid for S. Atlantic Sanctuary