Marine Science
Historical data used to predict fish extinctions. Marine scientists from the University of Queensland, WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society) and other groups have developed a methodology to assess fish stocks that combines new data with archaeological ...
Call for more protection of costa Rican seas after new discoveries. Scientists aboard Schmidt Ocean Institute’s research vessel Falkor surveyed deep-sea seamounts outside Isla del Coco UNESCO World Heritage site revealing coral communities with surprising ...
The Marine Institute in Ireland has announced the design process of a new Irish marine research vessel, is now under way. Following an extensive EU tender process, ship design consultants Skipsteknisk AS of Ålesund, Norway ...
Fund Supporting Scottish Tidal Energy – A £10 million fund will target support to achieving commercial deployment of tidal energy generation in Scottish waters through driving innovation and reduction in the cost of electricity generated. ...
Fish stocks boost for North East stillwaters – More than 11,000 fish – roach, bream, tench, crucian carp and rudd – were released into six stillwaters in the region across County Durham, and Northumberland. Those ...
Ocean mud is crucial to carbon storage – Ocean scientists examining the waters off the UK have shown how the mud on the ocean floor is vital to the planet by drawing billions of tonnes ...
Irish anglers to participate in bluefin tuna data tagging. Irish Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed T.D., has announced that he has secured approval at EU and international level for the introduction ...
Sea temperature can create new fish species. Warm and cool water temperatures over a long stretch of coastline cause new species of marine fish to evolve without being isolated from similar types of fish nearby, ...
The US Microalgae Industry Summit is taking place on 15th – 16th May in Fort Lauderdale, Florida-USA, discussing “The Future Business and Financial Perspectives of the Algae Industry“. David D. Ramjohn, CEO at Algeternal Technologies and Valerie Harmon, President at Harmon ...
Marine habitat project funding for USA. The United States NOAA is seeking proposals from non-federal partners for habitat restoration projects that will restore coastal ecosystems. The selected projects will support species recovery and help rebuild fish populations, and likely ...
Plastics are being glued together in the ocean. Natural materials excreted by bacteria are glueing micro and nano plastics together so that they form larger masses in our oceans, scientists have discovered. The biopolymers are ...
New study focuses on salmon skin health. Norwegian Scientists at Nofima have conducted a project to evaluate how different levels of zinc and marine omega-3 fatty acids (EPA and DHA) in fish feed affect function, ...
Endangered sharks being eaten in the UK. Species of hammerhead and dogfish are among the sharks being sold as food in the UK, researchers have revealed. University of Exeter scientists sampled shark products from fishmongers and ...
Seas off the UK key to regulating climate. An area of the Atlantic Ocean between Scotland and Greenland is playing a major role in global climate, an international team of scientists have discovered. Published in ...
Climate change forcing cod to migrate further north, which might drastically reduce their populations over the course of this century, new research shows. If Paris Agreement targets are not met, temperature increase and ocean acidification ...
Plastic in all British marine mammals. Microplastics have been found in the guts of every marine mammal examined in a new study of animals washed up on Britain’s shores. Researchers from the University of Exeter and Plymouth ...
Cod sex gene identified by using a tiny DNA sample, making it possible to determine both the sex of the fish and whether it is a coastal cod or skrei (from the Barents Sea). The ...
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