Category: Marine Science
New sustainable fisheries director for NOAA – NOAA of the USA has announced the appointment of Ms. Kelly Denit as the new Director of NOAA’s Office of Sustainable Fisheries. As the new director, Ms. Denit will oversee a ...
Funding for new Marine Microbiome Centre of Excellence – The UK’s Marine Biological Association has been awarded a £1.35-million Wolfson grant towards a new Marine Microbiome Centre of Excellence. This new world-class research centre will ...
Nutrients in microalgae: an alternative to fish? Microalgae could provide an alternative source of healthy omega-3 fatty acids for humans while also being more environmentally friendly to produce than popular fish species. This is the ...
Ocean observations and forecasting in Ireland’s seas. The Marine Institute uses ocean observation systems and marine research infrastructure to observe and understand how our ocean is changing, and the data collected is used to model ...
Nearly 20m dollars funding recommended for Great Lakes restoration. NOAA Fisheries of the USA is recommending nearly $20 million in Great Lakes Restoration Initiative funding. It will support new and existing multi-year partnerships to implement seven projects ...
A changing ocean climate. How we monitor, analyse and understand the changes in our ocean climate is the focus of Oceans of Learning this week. This ocean climate work is vital in providing the basis ...
Tropical and temperate reefs react differently to fishing pressures. An international team of researchers focused on what can happen to ocean ecosystems when fishing pressure increases or decreases, and how this differs between tropical to ...
Rising water temperatures threaten fish reproduction. Scientists from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) have published ground-breaking findings on the effects of climate change for fish stocks around the globe. As ...
Sea angling contributes over £1.5bn to UK economy – New research led by Centre for Environment, fisheries & Aquaculture Science (Cefas) and Substance released has provided estimates of the numbers of sea anglers, participation rates, catches and economic impact ...
A deep dive into Ireland’s Seascapes. To deepen our understanding of Ireland’s Seascapes, the Marine Institute invites you to complete an online survey. The survey responses will help identify, classify and describe Ireland’s seascape character, and ...
Climate change threatens fish species, 60% of fish species could be unable to survive in current areas by 2100 according to study and reported in an article by the Guardian Newspaper. Warming water temperatures lower ...
Greenland shrimp survey. The Icelandic fresher trawler Helga María operated by Brim is now docked in Nuuk in Greenland after having spent the last month carrying out shrimp survey work off western Greenland on behalf ...
Senior post doctoral fellowship call 2020, from Marine Institute. The Marine Institute is pleased to announce a call for proposals for a Senior Post Doctoral Fellowship in Ocean Ecosystems and Climate for a duration of ...
Warning advice on the recreational gathering of shellfish. The Marine Institute has detected levels of naturally occurring compounds in shellfish that can cause illness in human consumers, and are warning people against recreational gathering of ...
Clean Beaches Week is the “Earth Day” for beaches. Held annually from July 1-7, it is a celebration of the clean beaches lifestyle. Founded in 2003, the week has drawn enormous public support: over 150 coastal ...
Art of the Ocean celebrated by Oceans of Learning series. This week’s Oceans of Learning series explores ‘Art of the Ocean’ with poetry, myths and legends, colouring and drawing activities as well as a range ...
Offshore windfarm stop over region for migrating fish. For the endangered Atlantic sturgeon and the commercially and recreationally important striped bass, the Delaware-Maryland-Virginia coastal shelf serves as an important spring and fall “flyway.” Typically thought ...
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