Latest Sea Change news
Illegal fishing: wildlife’s hidden threat
Boats fishing illegally often lose or dump nets and other equipment – and it’s killing sea animals
UK government joins fight against marine debris
The UK government has recognized the urgent need to address the 640,000 tons of discarded fishing gear – or “ghost gear” – left in the oceans each year.
How plastic pollution is affecting seals and other marine life
Microplastics, lost or discarded fishing gear and other plastic pollution are among our biggest threats to the environment. These plastics are hurting marine...
Our partner rehabs and releases its first two harbour seals
The seals, Higgins and Orchard, were released back into their ocean home at Head Beach in Phippsburg, Maine on Sunday, October 8.
Hope for vaquitas: removing life-threatening illegal nets to help save world’s most endangered marine animal
Devastatingly, there are just 23 vaquita porpoises left on earth. Along with partners, we’re using sonar scanning technology to find lost and abandoned nets in...
PADI to help protect thousands of marine animals by combating ‘ghost gear’
By joining the Global Ghost Gear Initiative, the association will encourage millions of scuba divers to help reduce lost and abandoned fishing gear. Ghost gear...
Packing bands entangle seals and sea lions around the world
Study identifies regulatory measures and alternative materials as solutions to reduce the widespread entanglement of certain animals
Ten nations join the Global Ghost Gear Initiative to protect marine animals
The Netherlands, New Zealand, Belgium, Panama, The Dominican Republic, Samoa, Tonga, Sweden, Tuvalu and Palau join the Global Ghost Gear Initiative to make the...
Global Ghost Gear Initiative launches practical guidance at international conference for the seafood industry to reduce marine litter
The launch of a new best practice framework this week at the SeaWeb Summit in Seattle is set to shape the way the seafood industry works to tackle one of the...
Five amazing Sea Warrior women tackling ghost gear on a global scale
Five sea warriors - women from different corners of the globe are leading our work to tackle the problem of ghost gear in our oceans.