February 26, 2020 By Bernadette Carreon The Guardian
Palau’s much-touted marine sanctuary has backfired, with the fishing ban leading to an increased consumption of the reef fish in the western Pacific country – such as grouper, snapper and parrotfish – that the marine sanctuary promised to protect.
A mile-wide toxic waste site sits on the ocean floor near Stellwagen Bank
February 22, 2020 By David Abel Boston Globe
About 19 miles east of Boston Harbor, beside a national marine sanctuary that’s home to one of the world’s richest fishing grounds, lies one of the nation’s largest offshore dumping sites of radioactive waste.