Good news for the Ocean! Today, France has protected Clipperton Island, the only coral atoll in the eastern Pacific. In March of 2016, the Pristine Seas team set out to explore this atoll, around which the deep sea was previously unexplored. The offshore waters are home to sharks, tuna, manta rays, and whale sharks. Now French Environment Minister Ségolène Royal has created a marine reserve encompassing Clipperton’s territorial waters, protecting a key transit point in the marine corridors that