Category: Marine Science
Funding Boost For Lobster research – Sea Grant has announced new funding for research aimed at understanding physical and chemical changes affecting American lobster (Homarus americanus) in the Gulf of Maine as well as a ...
First national marine park in UK planned for Plymouth. History will be made in Plymouth when key local, regional and national partners come together to create the UK’s first ever National Marine Park. Plymouth Sound ...
Impressive memory and navigation by mako sharks. The largest effort ever to tag and track shortfin mako sharks off the West Coast of the USA has found that they can travel nearly 12,000 miles in ...
Research on measures for integrated coastal zone governance. “Municipal coastal planners are being subjected to a lot of criticism for failing to take everyone’s interests into account, although they do an important and good job,” ...
EC and China co-operate on ocean governance. At the recent first Blue Partnership Forum for the Oceans, the European Commission and Chinese authorities have shown their eagerness to work together and improve international ocean governance. ...
Marine species at risk unless High Seas Treaty closes gaps. Thousands of marine species could be at risk if a new United Nations high-seas biodiversity treaty, now being negotiated in New York, does not include ...
New research released on Irish marine and coastal tourism. Marine Research Unit (SEMRU) has released research that presents estimates on the value of coastal and marine tourism activities in Ireland for 2018. The research ‘A ...
Exeter fish pass extended after weir washes away. Fish in the River Exe in south-west England can swim easier upstream now a fish pass has temporarily been extended. Except during times of heavy flow, salmon ...
Canada increases funding to support Pacific salmon. The Canadian Government has announced $15 million in additional annual funding to support wild Pacific salmon research and management, including: • Stock assessment activities to get more detailed ...
New viruses found in endangered salmon. Three new viruses—including one from a group of viruses never before shown to infect fish—have been discovered in endangered Chinook and sockeye salmon populations. While the impact of the ...
Grey seal fish consumption research. By analysing their stomach contents and faeces, and multiplying the results by the number of grey seals in Norway, researchers estimated that they consume 8,000 tonnes of fish per year. ...
New investment for Scots blue biotech company. CuanTec, the blue biotech company based in Motherwell and Oban in Scotland, have completed an investment round with Sky Ocean Ventures and Scottish Enterprise that will enable them ...
U.S. researchers monitor impact of marine heatwave. U.S. researchers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are monitoring a new marine heatwave off the West Coast of the USA for effects on the marine ...
Fulbright-Marine Institute Award applications are now open. Applications are now open for the Fulbright-Marine Institute Award which offers a unique opportunity for an Irish PhD candidate or scholar to travel to the USA to conduct ...
Canada moves to protect fish species at risk. The Canadian fisheries minister, Jonathan Wilkinson, has signed six Critical Habitat Orders this year under the Species at Risk Act. The approved Critical Habitat Orders will allow ...
Goerlich Pharma achieves sustainability certification. Friend of the Sea has recertified Goerlich Pharma for sustainable practices. Goerlich is a contract manufacturer of supplements and other products that contain seafood-based ingredients. With this certification, Goerlich can ...
Constructive negotiations to protect the high seas. The European Commission has described negotiations with international partners to protect the marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction – commonly called the high seas – as being ...
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