101 search results for: reef fish
Long term human impacts on reef fish. Resource fishes – species targeted for human consumption – play a key role in reef ecosystems long before they end up on the dinner table. In Hawaii, subsistence ...
Blue Marine Foundation compiles Maldives’ first reef fishing code of conduct Blue Marine Foundation (BLUE), in partnership with the Maldives Underwater Initiative (MUI) based in Six Senses Laamu, introduced the ‘Laamaseelu Masveriya’ programme, a first ...
Community action can boost coral reef fish numbers. New research has found that positive community action can boost fish numbers in coral reefs and safeguard fish numbers there in the future. The research collaboration, which ...
Guam reef fish hit by overfishing. A new assessment of 12 Guam reef fish species suggests that overfishing is likely occurring for four species, including the longface emperor. Others are in much better condition. A briedfing article ...
Ocean currents bring good news for reef fishes. James Cook University researchers in Australia have discovered ocean currents bring good news for reef fishes hit by climate change. JCU PhD candidate Renato Morais from JCU’s ...
Ocean currents bring good news for reef fish. Researchers have discovered some good news for fish populations living on coral reefs hit by climate change. Renato Morais is a PhD candidate from the ARC Centre of ...
Tropical and temperate reefs react differently to fishing pressures. An international team of researchers focused on what can happen to ocean ecosystems when fishing pressure increases or decreases, and how this differs between tropical to ...
Tiny fish fuel coral reefs. Scientists have long sought to understand how coral reefs support such an abundance of fish life despite their location in nutrient-poor waters. According to a new study published May 23 ...
Coral reef parks contain less fish biomass. Marine scientists from WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society) and other groups examining the ecological status of coral reefs across the Indian and Pacific oceans have uncovered an unsettling fact: ...
Strong case for restoring Hong Kong’s lost oyster reefs. New research produced jointly by The Swire Institute of Marine Science (SWIMS), Faculty of Science, The University of Hong Kong (HKU), and The Nature Conservancy (TNC), ...
Immersive platform to explore global reef systems Exploring reefs around the world is now possible without leaving home, with Reef Life Explorer, an interactive platform that tracks global reef health using data collected by citizen science ...
First reefer vessel designed by Havyard Design & Solutions AS delivered to Royal Arctic Line In 2018, Havyard Design & Solutions won a contract for the delivery of two ship designs to Royal Arctic Line ...
Bonefish dive deep into the abyss to spawn A new study provides the first detailed documentation of a shallow water fish diving 450 feet deep to spawn. Uncovering this very rare spawning behavior in bonefish ...
Fish Survivability on the Pier – Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM), Ireland’s Seafood Development Agency, has developed a new mobile fish holding unit which facilitates localised survivability experiments close to the action on the fishing grounds. ...
Large predatory fish thrive on WWII shipwrecks off North Carolina coast During a 2016 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) expedition to explore a pair of World War II shipwrecks that lie off the North Carolina coast, ...
WWF Calls for Camera Monitoring to Help Reduce Fishery bycatches Hundreds of thousands of endangered marine animals are dying unnecessarily every year as a result of being accidentally caught in fishing nets, according to a ...
Leaving more big fish in the sea reduces CO2 emissions. An international team of scientists has found leaving more big fish in the sea reduces the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) released into the Earth’s atmosphere. ...
Environmental impacts of creel fishing The global pot (creel) fishing industry could be having a greater impact on corals, sponges and other species found on the seabed than previously thought, according to new research. Scientists ...
Unseen footage showing environmental impacts of pot fishing The global pot fishing industry could be having a greater impact on corals, sponges and other species found on the seabed than previously thought, according to new ...
Uncovering the hidden life of ‘dead’ coral reefs. ‘Dead’ coral rubble can support more animals than live coral, according to University of Queensland researchers trialling a high-tech sampling method. UQ’s Dr Kenny Wolfe said that reef rubble ...
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