Category: Marine Science
Whale entanglements putting west coast USA fisheries at risk. An ecological pileup of unprecedented changes in the ocean off the West Coast of the USA beginning about 2014 led to record entanglements of humpback and ...
No take marine reserves, where fishing is banned, can reverse the decline in the world’s coral reef shark populations caused by overfishing, according to an Australian study. But University of Queensland, James Cook University (JCU) ...
Explorers Super Hero Pop Art & Creative Writing Competition – The Marine Institute’s Explorers Education Programme yesterday (Monday 27th January) launched the Explorers Super Hero Pop Art & Creative Writing competition, where all primary school ...
European fish stocks on the move. Many European fish populations are on the move due to warming oceans and increasing numbers, according to new research from an international team of scientists led by the International ...
Areas of Med need protected to avoid turtle bycatch. Loggerhead turtles feed in the same places year after year – meaning key locations in the Mediterranean should be protected, researchers say. University of Exeter scientists used ...
Marine Institute’s 2020 Bursary Scholarship Programme. Marine Institute is inviting undergraduate students to apply for a number of work experience placements as part of the 2020 Summer Bursary Scholarship Programme. In 2020, the programme will ...
Argo float deployed in Atlantic by Galway family. Marine Institute Argo Float was deployed in December 2019 en route from Cape Verde Islands to French Guiana by the Quinlan-Owens family from Galway, on board their ...
Science voyage could boost Australian continental shelf claims. An Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS)-led research team on the CSIRO research vessel Investigator sailed from Perth, Australia, earlier this month on a two-month voyage that could ...
New study on importance of migratory species fisheries. In November, NOAA Fisheries of the USA released the findings of two studies on the economic impact of recreational fisheries targeting Atlantic highly migratory species. When combined with ...
Marine Protected Areas must be mobile. World leaders are currently updating the laws for international waters that apply to most of the world’s ocean environment. This provides a unique opportunity, marine scientists argued last week, ...
Blue mussels’ ability to buffer climate induced stress could benefit aquaculture. Blue mussels can change patterns of gene expression to make more proteins that help with heat stress and facilitate energy production. This ability makes ...
Microplastics affect sand crabs’ mortality and reproduction. Sand crabs, a key species in beach ecosystems, were found to have increased adult mortality and decreased reproductive success when exposed to plastic microfibers, according to a new ...
New rules will benefit fishermen and ecosystems. New rules by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have gone into effect on Jan. 1 to increase protections to deep-sea ecosystems by creating one of the largest ...
New study reveals need for protection of Atlantic tarpon. The results of an 18-year study of Atlantic tarpon by scientists at the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science revealed that ...
MMO launches consultation on draft marine plans. This week, the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) launched the public consultation on the draft North East, draft North West, draft South East and draft South West Marine Plans. The consultation will be open between ...
Marine climate change centre launched. Cefas has today launched its International Marine Climate Change Centre (iMC3), bringing together scientists from different disciplines to better understand impacts of climate change on marine environments and coastal areas. The ...
UK climate change impacts ‘could affect commercial fisheries’. The newly published Marine Climate Change Impact Report Card 2020 says that by 2050, climate change driven impacts ‘could become a major constraint on some commercial species’ ...
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