Human activity in the deep sea is extending ever deeper, with recent research showing that this environment is more sensitive to human and natural impacts than previously thought. A new review examines issues in deep-sea conservation and discusses the conservation status and the designation of protected areas. The enforcement of protected areas using satellite tracking of vessels is discussed and applied to an internationally agreed deep-water conservation area, which aims to protect cold-water coral habitats on the Darwin Mounds in the north east Atlantic Ocean.

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Journalists at The Sun seem to be having difficulty telling the difference between great white sharks and basking sharks.

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British Underwater Image Festival film winner Dean Burman gives a fascinating behind-the-scenes report on the making of his latest film Lair of the Water Wolf

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There is little underwater photographer Michael Patrick O’Neill doesn’t know about diving in Florida - he has lived in the area for 16 years.

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German researcher Elke Bojanowski, 37, is determined to identify every oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus) in the Red Sea and she needs our help.

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