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The number of Vendee Globe skippers now in the Indian Ocean grew to nine overnight as French sailors Thomas RUYANT and Jean LE CAM passed the Cape of Good Hope. Race first-timer RUYANT, skipper of Le Souffle du Nord pour le Projet Imagine, and veteran LE CAM on Finistère Mer Vent, were just under four hours apart from one another passing the magical longitude of 018°29.85'E.

Et les concurrents peuvent respirer. Ils ont chargé leurs bateaux hier, juste après la ligne d'arrivée du port secret, sur le cargo qui transportera la flotte jusqu'au nord des Émirats. Récit d'une opération tendue.

A new dead zone in the Indian Ocean could impact future marine nutrient balance.

Somali pirates seize Algerian-owned ship off Oman.

No climate breakthrough in Durban: Maldives.

University of Miami oceanographer Lisa BEAL and others spent 26 days at sea in the Cape Cauldron off South Africa measuring the dynamic mixing of Indian Ocean and Atlantic waters in an effort to learn more about weather and climate.

New GEOMAR study investigates decadal variations of Agulhas leakage and their influence on the Gulf Stream system.

The push to meet global marine conservation targets has significantly increased the scope and scale of marine protected areas (MPAs) worldwide. While the benefits derived from MPA establishment are often optimistically framed as a "win-win" for both marine biodiversity and for the wellbeing of coastal peoples, this assumption is challenged for several reasons, including the fact that current science and practice frequently fails to account for the full impact of MPAs on human wellbeing. This context poses a danger that the context specific, place based aspects of wellbeing, like relations to others and the marine environment, will not be accounted for, examined, or reported in evaluation and decision-making processes. To address this challenge, this research investigates how MPA implementation can change and challenge the relational wellbeing and relational values of small-scale fishers (SSFs) living in Mnazi Bay-Ruvuma Estuary Marine Park, Tanzania. Fieldwork occurred over 2019-2020 and used qualitative data collection methods, including: 140 semi-structured interviews, document analysis, and observation. Results highlight a dynamic interaction between the MPA and SSFs relational wellbeing, including how relational values inform everyday fishing practices, cultural and place identities, as well as interactions with others and connections to the marine environment. Top-down approaches used in MPA development worked against key relational values, including social cohesion, reciprocity, place, agency and self-determination to dismantle and disrupt the practices SSFs viewed as fundamental to their livelihood and collective wellbeing. Our findings serve as a starting point to better recognize the context specific factors that underlie relational wellbeing and give insight into how relational values shape social-ecological complexity within coastal communities. The paper highlights how the international marine conservation community can better account for and foste

Endangered leatherback sea turtles are known for their open-ocean migratory nature and nomadic foraging habits - traveling thousands of miles. But a CORNELL naturalist and his colleagues have discovered an area along the Mozambique coast that the turtles have made their permanent home, according to a study published in Nature's Scientific Reports, Nov. 25.

Ukraine reports contact made with captain of seized ship.

Algerian hostages threatened by famine, fast: relatives.

Somali pirates free two hostages from Algerian ship.

Dramatic drone footage reveals Cyclone Idai's devastating power.

Weatherwatch: cyclones batter southern hemisphere.

A l'occasion d'une réunion du Conseil de sécurité sur la piraterie au large de la Somalie, le Secrétaire général adjoint aux affaires politiques, Jeffrey FELTMAN, a souligné mercredi les progrès réalisés contre ce fléau mais a jugé qu'il fallait aider la Somalie à développer ses institutions pour s'assurer que ces progrès perdurent.

Uncharted waters: Scientists to explore Indian Ocean depths.

Somali pirates heading to Asia: US.

Fewer ships plying East African waters raises freight rates 45pc.