, the new Azores MPA is part of the push to live up to the 2022 UN Biodiversity Conference Summit agreement that the world would protect 30 percent of Earth’s land and ocean by 2030. Currently, only 8 ...

There are more than 30 boats like Captain Quadros' on the waters around the nine islands of the Azores, a Portuguese archipelago in the Atlantic. Competition here is fierce to catch enough fish ...

Less than 3% of the world's oceans are fully or highly protected now. Portugal makes historic decision about the future of ...

The Azores' decision comes at a crucial time as ... protected areas creates a sanctuary for nature, such as sharks, fish, whales, deep-sea corals and unique hydrothermal vent ecosystems, resulting ...