Australia creates largest area of marine reserves
New Zealand Herald | 14 Jun 2012
Australia has announced the creation of the world's largest network of marine reserves covering 3.1 million square kilometers (1.2 million square miles) of ocean including the entire Coral Sea.
 Pacific Ocean | Marine Protected Area

Australia creates world's largest marine reserve network
Guardian Unlimited | 14 Jun 2012
Australia has created the world's largest network of marine reserves and will restrict fishing and oil and gas exploration in a major step to safeguard the environment and access to food. The area will cover 3.1 million square kilometres (1.2 million square miles) of ocean including the entire Coral Sea, and encompass a third of the island continent's territorial waters.
 Pacific Ocean | Marine Protected Area | Non-Living Resources | Offshore Resources

Salvors stop working on Rena
New Zealand Herald | 14 Jun 2012
The salvage companies responsible for the Rena wreck have finished and the ship's remains will lie on Astrolabe Reef over much of winter as a search begins for new contractors to complete the job.
 Pacific Ocean | Accidents and Spills

Spain Designates Five Ramsar Sites
biodiversity-l.iisd.org | 14 Jun 2012
The Ramsar Secretariat has announced that the Government of Spain has designated five new Wetlands of International Importance. Two of the sites are located in the Murcia region, two in the Aragón region, and one in the Asturias region.
 Biodiversity | Conservation | Seabirds

Australia's marine reserves mapped
Guardian Unlimited | 14 Jun 2012
The Australian government has announced the creation of the world's largest network of marine reserves to restrict fishing and oil and gas exploration.
 Pacific Ocean | Marine Protected Area

Fish quotas ahoy, Cap'n! (opinion)
Guardian Unlimited | 14 Jun 2012
After the excitement of Wednesday's vote, the House of Commons on Thursday debated dead fish. That's one of the charms of the place; in no time at all it can move from high drama to rotting mackerel.
 Fisheries | Governance | Policy

Japan's appetite for whale meat wanes
Guardian Unlimited | 14 Jun 2012
Japan's failing appetite for whale meat left three-quarters of meat from whales caught in the north-west Pacific last summer unsold, according to a report.
 Pacific Ocean | Southern Ocean | Marine Mammals