Category: Marine Science
An Irish-led team of scientists on board the Marine Institute’s RV Celtic Explorer will return to Galway Harbour today (16 September 2020), after 24 days in the Nordic and Greenland Seas to investigate past climate ...
Blue Marine Foundation (BLUE) and Adnams Southwold have announced a new partnership to protect the UK’s seas. Through this partnership, Adnams is supporting BLUE’s projects protecting and rewilding the UK’s offshore marine protected areas (MPAs) through the sale of their new premium lager, Kobold. The partnership will support BLUE in stopping unsustainable fishing practices in offshore marine reserves. The ...
A new study, co-led by University of Cincinnati researchers, describes the development of a refining process that scientists deem a superior method to help produce better dietary omega-3 health and dietary supplements containing fish oil. ...
Lloyds Register accepted by MarinTrust as a new registered Certification Body. MarinTrust has announced that Lloyds Register has been accepted as a third-party Certification Body (CB) to certify against the MarinTrust programme. The MarinTrust team ...
Salmon blood can help fight anaemia. A unique iron powder from salmon blood is more easily absorbed by the human body than iron salts. This may turn out to be a better option for patients ...
Support reaffirmed for Canadian fisheries and aquaculture. The Canadian Council of Fisheries and Aquaculture Ministers (CCFAM) met virtually recently to discuss the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on Canada’s fisheries and aquaculture sector, and how ...
NAFC Students of the Year. The NAFC Marine Centre has named its Students of the Year in the annual awards sponsored by the University of the Highlands and Islands. The awards are intended to encourage ...
Role of deep diatoms in Southern Ocean ecology. The Southern Ocean was thought to be too dark and low on essential micro-nutrients to sustain plant growth in deep water, but new Institute for Marine and ...
Ocean warming threatening commercial shellfish. Ocean warming is paradoxically driving bottom-dwelling invertebrates – including sea scallops, blue mussels, surfclams and quahogs that are valuable to the shellfish industry – into warmer waters and threatening their ...
Breeding programme aims to safeguard rare freshwater pearl mussels. Freshwater pearl mussels are on the verge of extinction, and a new joint initiative between the Marine Institute and the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) ...
Importance of science-based data in an exploration of deep-sea mining. The wrap-up of the ‘Blue Nodules’ project shows the importance of science-based data in the much-debated exploration of deep-sea mining. In this EU-funded project on ...
Computers now “see” animals on seabed. Researchers at the Northeast Fisheries Science Centre in the USA are using a machine learning software to teach computers how to identify the sea life in millions of images ...
SmartBay Ireland announces new Master’s in Research Scholarship with GMIT. SmartBay Ireland, in collaboration with the Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT), is delighted to announce the call for applications for a new Master’s in Research ...
Evonik expands AvailOm high-load omega-3 powder platform. Evonik has announced the expansion of its AvailOm® platform of high-load omega-3 powders to help nutraceutical companies develop superior algal or fish-oil based formulations of their dietary supplements. ...
Launch of Marin Trust Chain of Custody’s new version. The new version of the Marin Trust Chain of Custody has just been published. It will become effective from the 30th November 2020, when applications will start. It ...
Increasing ocean knowledge to unlock our marine potential – complete Ireland’s Mission Ocean Survey. Enhancing our scientific knowledge of our oceans is key to harnessing our ocean wealth and protecting marine ecosystems for future generations. ...
New drug derived from herring prevents heart disease. A new drug derived from herring found in the South Pacific unblocks coronary arteries – bringing hopes to millions of people with serious heart disease, reports the ...
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