Topic: Marine Conservation Biology Institute

Scientists solve mystery of missing basking sharks

Bush orders new protections for Pacific marine seascapes

Together with earlier moves, 355,000 square miles of islands, reefs, and atolls now have new safeguards.

Bush’s pushes for marine reserves

The president’s ambitious plan would conserve two large swaths of the Pacific.

Midocean trawlers mine world’s seamounts

Unregulated fishing fleets work fast and deep, but rising cost of fuel may rein them in before laws do.