Category: Marine Science
Bluefin tuna tagged for the first time in UK waters. Bluefin tuna have been tagged with state-of-the-art acoustic tracking tags for the first time in UK waters. The huge fish, which in UK waters can ...
Ecuador to announce creation of Hermandad Marine Reserve off Galapagos. An article fom Mongabay news website. “Ecuador is proud to announce the creation of the Hermandad Marine Reserve in the coming days,” the country’s president ...
The SeaCleaners and APSI join forces against plastic pollution in the Bali region. No handshake to close this call (12,000 km away), but the heart was there! In order to reinforce the fight against the ...
English Channel may stop many rockpool species colonising UK. The English Channel prevents many rockpool species “making the jump” from Europe to the UK, new research shows. With sea temperatures expected to rise due to climate ...
Nearly half of countries’ shared fish stocks are on the move due to climate change, prompting dispute concerns. Climate change will force 45 per cent of the fish stocks that cross through two or more ...
Blue Action making a global impact by supporting local ocean protection. To celebrate the five-year anniversary of its launch in 2016, the Blue Action Fund (hereafter “Blue Action”) is releasing a new Impact Report to ...
Scottish wild salmon strategy launched. An ambitious strategy which aims to bring the wild salmon population in Scotland back from crisis point has been launched. Atlantic salmon is an iconic species featuring highly among the ...
World’s largest fish breeding area discovered in Antarctica. Near the Filchner Ice Shelf in the south of the Antarctic Weddell Sea, a research team has found the world’s largest fish breeding area known to date. ...
Tipping point in Humboldt Current off Peru leads to species shift. Researchers have reconstructed the link between ocean warming and shift to smaller fish species using sediment samples from the Humboldt Current System. Fundamental changes ...
Alaska Fisheries Science Centre reveals five-year strategic plan. Alaska Fisheries Science Centre’s 2023–2027 Strategic Science Plan outlines its overarching goals and objectives for the next five years. Alaska’s arctic and sub-arctic fisheries are among the ...
Age of Union Alliance makes $4.5m donation to Sea Shepherd. Age of Union Alliance, led by tech leader and environmental activist Dax Dasilva, has announced a $4.5 million donation to Sea Shepherd, the global NGO ...
New species of soft coral discovered in Scottish waters. Scottish Government scientists, collaborating with a Spanish university, have uncovered a new family and species of deepwater soft coral, from seas to the west of Scotland. ...
Invasive pink salmon in Norway could form a new fishery. Nofima scientists have investigated the quality of the ‘despised’ pink (or humpback) Pacific salmon that are invading the Norwegian coast – and concluded that it ...
Wild salmon protection zones and sea lice thresholds proposed for Scotland. Protecting Scotland’s wild Atlantic salmon is a ‘national priority’, said SEPA – Scotland’s environmental watchdog, launching a consultation recently on proposed wild salmon protection ...
Industry data central to new scientific paper on herring. The Pelagic Freezer-trawler Association (PFA) says the European pelagic fishing industry is committed to improving scientific understanding of pelagic fish. The PFA takes a leading role ...
Bleached coral reefs continue to supply nutritious seafood giving unexpected hope for millions. Researchers studying coral reefs damaged by rising sea temperatures have discovered an unexpected ‘bright spot’ of hope for communities who depend upon ...
Initiative seeks to revive fortunes of wild Atlantic salmon. An ambitious project is harnessing the power of technology to finally reveal the secret lives of wild Atlantic salmon – backed by £400,000 from the Scottish ...
Ambitious restoration programme for Aussie oyster reefs. Oyster reefs carpeted thousands of kilometres of Australian coastline 200 years ago, but were dredged to near extinction within a century of colonial settlement. An ambitious nationwide restoration ...
Seventh Our Ocean Conference rescheduled to April 13-14, 2022. In-person event to galvanise solutions for ‘Our Ocean, Our People, Our Prosperity.’ KOROR, Palau- President Surangel S. Whipps, Jr. and U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate ...
NZ study on microbial contamination in shellfish growing areas An ongoing study in Otago Harbour in New Zealand is providing important insight into how regulators and land managers can prevent and manage microbial contamination in shellfish ...
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