The presence of plastic octopus pots on beaches in Little Cayman and throughout the Caribbean is shedding light on how the oceans’ currents are distributing a huge assortment of marine debris around the world.
Beachcomber Judie Clee, who lives usually in Bermuda but also owns a home in Little Cayman, has found the plastic pots in both places and with the help of a wildlife biologist based in Florida has even managed to trace some of the pots to their source in Africa.

2013年5月10 – 12 日的廣州國際潛水展，是廣州一年一度的大盛事。不僅吸引了眾多的潛水員和非潛水員前來參加，主辦單位更在現場設立 Project AWARE 的大型展示牆，透過 Project AWARE 的理念來推廣海洋保育的觀念，讓大家知道鯊魚所面臨的瀕臨絕種困境。
透過主舞臺旁的大型展示牆，及PADI展位的介紹，讓大家瞭解 Project AWARE的理念，期待能讓更多的人瞭解到海洋保育的重要性，讓水下資源永續傳承。

Two years ago, 14 divers from Project AWARE and PADI Asia Pacific braved the Australian winter chill to complete the very first Dive Against Debris at Shelley Beach, NSW, Australia. They removed and recorded a variety of marine debris including plastic bottles, plastic bags and fishing line – all the usual culprits.  Since then, divers like you have reported data from more than 1,000 Dive Against Debris surveys.

Imagine finding 305 bottle caps, 120 lighters and 254 odd flip flops at a beach near you. What would you do? PADI Instructor Joanna Hurford collected so much trash she decided to get creative and raise awareness about the rubbish issue in Indonesia and marine debris worldwide.

Vandaag heeft de Raad van de Europese Unie het Europese verbod op ontvinnen van haaien aangescherpt, dat gaat over de verwerpelijke praktijk om de vinnen van haaien af te snijden en het dier vervolgens weer terug in zee te gooien.          

Heute hat der EU-Ministerrat ein verschärftes EU-Verbot zum Hai-Finning formell angenommen, der verschwenderischen Praxis, einem Hai die Flossen abzuschneiden und den Körper zurück ins Meer zu werfen. 

Oggi, in Consiglio dei Ministri EU ha formalmente adottato un più restrittivo Bando EU dello “shark finning”, la rovinosa pratica di tagliare le pinne agli squali – per poi rigettarne i corpi in mare.           

Hoy el Consejo de Ministros de la Unión Europea ha adoptado formalmente consolidar la prohibición en la UE del finning de los tiburones, la devastadora práctica de cercenar las aletas de los tiburones y desechar los cuerpos al mar.            

Aujourd'hui, le Conseil des ministres de l'Union Européenne (UE) a formellement adopté un renforcement de l'interdiction du "finning" des requins dans l'UE, une pratique qui consiste à découper les ailerons d'un requin, puis à jeter le corps à la mer, ce qui représente un véritable gaspillage.

The new listings of species and the 165 Decisions and 36 Resolutions adopted or revised at the 16th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) in Bangkok, in March 2013 entered into force on Wednesday 12th June. As a result, the 178 member countries will start regulating the international trade in over three hundred new species now protected by CITES.