Category: Marine Science
Atlantic Ocean Youth Ambassadors will be inspired to spark change at Summer School – Twenty-three Youth Ambassadors from countries connected to the Atlantic Ocean will participate in a Summer School at the Marine Institute, Galway ...
Shetland students’ Green Team. The Shetland students’ Green Team have been awarded the 2019 HISA Society of the Year Award. The Green Team, which was formed by students at both Shetland College UHI and NAFC ...
Crawfish research programme. Sighting of juvenile spiny lobsters (or crawfish) have increased since 2014 after many decades of reduced populations, in particular along the Devon coast. In April 2019, D&S IFCA, Isles of Scilly IFCA ...
Torbay Seagrass Surveys 2019. Seagrass is a feature of the Torbay Marine Conservation Zone. They are an important habitat for juvenile fish and cuttlefish lay their eggs in them. Species of conservation interest such as ...
Inverness Veterinary Hub bid success. Scotland’s Rural College and Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) have made a successful bid to create a new data-driven innovation centre for veterinary science in Inverness. The European Regional Development ...
Deadly sea worm discovered off Britain’s coastline. A worm that carries a potentially deadly brain toxin has been found living off Britain’s coast. Cephalothrix Simula, native to the north-west Pacific, has found its way to ...
Robotic explorer takes on Arctic mission. An underwater robotic vehicle will go on an Arctic research mission deemed too dangerous for humans in a bid to help scientists understand the true extent of melting from ...
Modest Fish produce ocean guide for kids.The ocean is fascinating and is vital to our ecosystem and so much of it is yet to be explored. In fact, we know more about the surface of ...
Water pollution keeps invasive carp out of Great Lakes. Invasive silver carp have been moving north toward the Great Lakes since their accidental release in the 1970s. The large filter-feeding fish, which are known to ...
Artists explore cold water coral habitats on the RV Celtic Explorer for Galway 2020’s Aerial/Sparks project. Irish artists Gareth Kennedy and Sarah Browne, who work together as Kennedy Browne, joined a six day research expedition ...
Fish memory myth. We are all familiar with the common myth that fish have poor memory, but it turns that their DNA has the capacity to hold much more memory than that of humans. In ...
Cullen Fellow research on the carbon cycle at Burrishoole catchment. Brian Doyle is a PhD student at Dundalk Institute of Technology and a Cullen Fellow at the Marine Institute. His research topic is on ‘resolving ...
Protected seamounts show signs of recovery. According to Florida State University, decades of fishing has devastated parts of an underwater mountain range in the Pacific Ocean near Hawaii, wrecking deep-sea corals and destroying much of ...
Two rare species of skate discovered off North America. Two rare, deep-dwelling skate species have been recorded for the first time in Alaska and British Columbia waters: the fine-spined skate and the Pacific white skate. The fine-spined ...
Sharks scarcer near large human populations. A team of researchers, led by the Zoological Society of London (ZSL), has discovered that sharks are much rarer in habitats nearer large human populations and fish markets. The team ...
Canada embarks on North Atlantic Right Whale study. Quebec Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, and Member of Parliament for Avignon-La Mitis-Matane-Matapédia, Rémi Massé wished a science team from Fisheries ...
Canada surpasses marine conservation targets. Canada has announced that it has surpassed its marine conservation target of 10 percent protection of marine and coastal areas. This significant achievement was reached through considerable collaborative efforts with ...
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