Last Monday (June 8) marked World Oceans Day - a global movement towards protecting 30% of our oceans by 2030. To support the campaign we created a dedicated space in the Community to highlight research and share ideas. Below, we summarise our Community’s participation. 

Opinion and Comment

• Saleem Ali debates the best way forward when it comes to regulating deep sea mining
  
  
• The problem of overfishing our oceans is solvable with the right management policies in place, say Thomas Sterner and Håkan Eggert
  
  
• But one of the biggest obstacles to conducting research on fishery management and its impact is a lack of reliable data, writes Kimberly Lai Oremus and Anna Birkenbach
  
  
• Raimund Bleischwitz looks at the challenges of governing the blue economy on a global scale
  
  
• Moving our relationship with the oceans from exploitation to stewardship requires three essential steps, argues Heike Langenberg (Chief Editor, Communications Earth & Environment)
  
  
• Natalie Ban, Kim-Ly Thompson and Tanya Tran reflect upon their own roles and responsibilities in supporting a collaborative and inclusive approach to managing our oceans
  
  
• Is offshore farming the way forward when it comes to protecting biodiversity? Rowan Eisner discusses. 

Research and Review 

• Jaivime Evaristo shares how volcanic vents make an ideal spot for studying how coral reefs may cope with climate change
  
  
• Amy Uhrin explains some of the possible reasons behind a substantial decline in the amount of marine debris recovered from some parts of the Pacific Ocean between 2008 and 2016
  
  
• Kimberly Lai Oremus outlines why fisheries, particularly those in tropical regions of the world, should be a key focus area in the next round of global climate talks
  
  
• Addressing and integrating climate change in marine spatial planning is vital for ocean sustainability, says Catarina Frazao Santos
  
  
• Where does floating plastic debris trapped in the North Pacific Garbage Patch end up? It’s transferred into the underlying deep sea, writes Matthias Egger
  
  
• Lauren Biermann describes how satellites can detect floating plastics in coastal waters with an accuracy of 86% 

Explore all of these posts in more detail in our World Oceans Day channel.

Thanks for reading!

A big thank you to our contributors for writing such considered posts and sharing their expertise and innovative ideas with the Community (and beyond!) - we really appreciate the time and effort this takes.