Taylor Hill is a California-based journalist who has covered marine habitat, fisheries, harbors and beaches for TakePart, the Orange County Register, Sea Magazine and other publications. https://www.newsdeeply.com/oceans/contributor/taylor-hill/rss en Biodiversity Fisheries Marine Protected Areas Wed, 20 Sep 2017 06:40:50 +0000 Taylor Hill https://www.newsdeeply.com/oceans/articles/2017/09/20/see-it-save-it-using-images-of-deep-sea-life-to-preserve-the-seabed https://www.newsdeeply.com/oceans/articles/2017/09/20/see-it-save-it-using-images-of-deep-sea-life-to-preserve-the-seabed Conservationists are deploying ROVs to capture photos and videos of unknown deep-ocean animals off Southern California in an effort to build support to put 16,000 square miles of the seafloor off-limits to destructive fishing practices. Plastic Pollution Wed, 07 Jun 2017 08:00:02 +0000 Taylor Hill https://www.newsdeeply.com/oceans/articles/2017/06/07/straw-wars-heat-up-as-celebrities-take-on-plastic-polluting-the-oceans https://www.newsdeeply.com/oceans/articles/2017/06/07/straw-wars-heat-up-as-celebrities-take-on-plastic-polluting-the-oceans A high-profile campaign aims to rid the ocean of plastic straws by persuading people to stop sucking on them. But are activists going after the right target?