The Perspectives section of this issue is devoted to the difference in benefits between strictly protected and permissive protected areas; while the issue looks at the blue economy and the associated management and technology.

In this issue, we reflect on the importance of the High Seas Biodiversity Agreement (BBNJ) through the lens of zigzagging decision makings of Regional Fisheries Management Organizations of Tuna. In the meanwhile, there is a focus on scientific analyses on effectiveness of Marine Protected Areas, as area-based management tools for high seas conservation.

Policy-making for fisheries and ocean conservation under climate change.

Focusing on global marine conservation process and sustainable blue economy, “Blue Pulse” initiates the first issue of the Year of the Ox.

Blue Pulse will soon publish a series of special thematic issues for 2020’s review.

The Antarctic ocean is gaining more weight in global nature conservation.