Fishing vessels can often work long periods at sea without coming to port, thanks to the practice of transshipment, in which ...

In the fall of 2016, we used the DSV Alvin Submersible to explore the 8°20’N seamount chain in the Pacific Ocean. This chain extends ~200 km westward from the East PacificRise near the intersection of ...

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The 10th anniversary of the NPFC brings an opportunity to raise the bar for fisheries management in the north Pacific. By increasing oversight of fishing and transshipment activities and adopting a ...

After suspecting the presence of a series of underwater volcanoes near the Cook Islands, researchers have now mapped out the ...

The Phoenix Islands Protected Area (PIPA), located in the Republic of Kiribati in the central Pacific Ocean, is the largest ...

Axial Seamount lies about 300 miles (470 km) off Oregon’s coast, deep beneath the Pacific Ocean. For years, it’s been closely watched through a high-tech network of underwater sensors and ...