Sunken boat spills oil into Napier harbour
New Zealand Herald | 03 Aug 2012
Up to 200 litres of diesel oil may have been spilt in the Napier inner harbour during the past few days after a private fishing vessel was discovered fully submerged in the spot it had been moored.
 Pacific Ocean | Accidents and Spills

To Greenland's Frozen Coast
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | 03 Aug 2012
On 26 July, 2012 our ocean-science party, with members from Iceland, Norway, Germany, the Netherlands, and the United States, will board the northbound British Royal Research Ship James Clark Ross in Reykjavik, Iceland for a thirty-day expedition along the East Greenland Coast to the High-Arctic...
 Arctic Ocean | Polar Region | Research

China Bans Shark Fin Soup at Official Banquets
Save our seas | 03 Aug 2012
In a major development, the worlds main consumer of shark fins, China, has announced that it will ban shark fin soup from all official banquets. The Government Offices Administration of the State Council announced that it will take up to three years to implement the ban, but given the right circumstances this could happen quicker.
 Pacific Ocean | Conservation | Fish