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Ocean Hope

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19 August 2026 Massive 463% Surge in Fish Biomass Recorded at Cabo Pulmo National Park A 10-year study of Cabo Pulmo National Park reveals a 463% surge in fish biomass, proving that strictly enforced no-take zones can restore depleted reefs. Read the story →
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09 August 2026 Nusa Penida Coral Restoration Reports Major Biodiversity Gains A five-year coral restoration project in Indonesia's Nusa Penida Marine Protected Area reports a significant increase in local fish species diversity. 24 July 2026 In 1958, Just 440 of These Whales Were Left. Today There Are 25,000. In 1958, about 440 humpback whales were left in the western South Atlantic. Today there are 25,000. Forty years after the world... 12 July 2026 23 Right Whale Calves Were Just Born. Best Year Since 2009. 23 North Atlantic right whale calves were born this season, the highest count in 17 years. Small population, big number, real reason... 12 July 2026 Ghana Just Declared Its First-Ever Marine Protected Area After more than 15 years of advocacy, Ghana has designated a 703 km² marine protected area at Greater Cape Three Points —... 11 July 2026 Baby Corals Are Getting a Second Chance on the Great Barrier Reef Once a year, the Great Barrier Reef spawns, and almost none of it survives in the wild. Here's how one program is... 10 July 2026 Cornwall Just Launched the UK's Biggest Seagrass Restoration Project — And It's Bringing Oysters Back Too Ten hectares of seagrass meadow, tens of thousands of hand-raised seedlings, and a native oyster population that hasn't defined these waters in... 10 July 2026 A Kelp Forest That Disappeared in the 1990s Just Started Regrowing Itself On the floor of Puget Sound, a bull kelp forest that vanished decades ago has done something restoration teams rarely get to... 06 July 2026 The World's Oceans Just Passed a Milestone Six Years in the Making Marine protected areas now cover just over 10% of the planet's oceans, a target the world first promised to hit back in... 01 July 2026 Nearly 16,000 Corals Have Gone Back Onto the Florida Keys Reef This Year Three years after a historic marine heatwave scorched the Florida Keys reef tract, restoration crews have quietly returned almost 16,000 corals to... 30 June 2026 São Tomé Just Turned a Promise Into Its First Two Marine Protected Areas Less than a year after committing to a network of eight marine protected areas, the island nation of São Tomé and Príncipe...
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