News ReleasesNews ReleasesPress Releases and Media Announcements from Marine Conservation Institute Marine Conservation Institute Applauds Biden-Harris Administration Proposed Expansion of Marine Sanctuary Around Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument March 21, 2023 2023 Blue Park Award Winners Announced at 5th International Marine Protected Area Congress February 5, 2023 Gitdisdzu Lugyks (Kitasu Bay) MPA Named a Blue Spark in Growing Network of Highest Quality Marine Protected Areas February 5, 2023 National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration Rejects Proposal to Expand Area for Rock Shrimp Bottom Trawl Fishery off Florida Coast July 29, 2022 Three Blue Park Award Winners Announced at UN Ocean Conference July 1, 2022 Scientists’ Warning of an Imperiled Ocean; 125 Scientists (and counting) Join Call to Action to Conserve and Restore Global Oceans June 6, 2022 First Time That 50 Largest US Marine Protected Areas Assessed for Effectiveness Using Rigorous Scientific Criteria; Almost 100% of US MPA ‘Eggs’ Are in One Basket in the Central Pacific May 18, 2022 The Blue Climate Summit Names Marine Conservation Institute’s MPAtlas as Critical to Accelerating Solutions to Ocean and Climate Issues May 15, 2022 World’s First Deep-Water Coral Marine Protected Area Established in 1984 Off Florida Coast Now Facing Threat April 29, 2022 Marine Conservation Institute Announces the 2021 Blue Park Award Winners Marine Protected Areas Recognized for Outstanding Conservation December 9, 2021 Modeling Can Help Us Explore—and Save—Marine Life on Underwater Mountains, According to a New Scientific Report September 24, 2021 Justin Xavier, Experienced Marketing Executive joins Marine Conservation Institute Board of Directors September 18, 2021 Science Releases a Groundbreaking Framework to Guide Better Decisions about Ocean Protection September 9, 2021 Dr. Michelle Scobie, Senior Lecturer at the Institute of International Relations at The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago Joins Marine Conservation Institute Board of Directors September 2, 2021 Winners of the JEDI Ocean Award Announced June 23, 2021 1 2 3 … 6 Next »