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Tiny fish hatchlings give lifeline to one of world’s rarest fish. Fifty newborn red handfish are giving Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) scientists an opportunity to help save […]
Researchers assess whether halibut are increasing. For nearly three centuries Atlantic halibut off New England and Atlantic Canada were taken for food and sometimes discarded as a nuisance, reports an […]
Government failing on marine commitments for Mediterranean. A new WWF report shows that Mediterranean countries are failing on their global commitment to protect at least 10% of marine and coastal […]
Meeting the challenges facing fisheries climate risk insurance. Insurance schemes with the potential to improve the resilience of global fisheries face a host of future challenges, researchers say. The world’s […]
WWF urges urgent environmental action. Over £12 billion could be wiped off the UK’s economy every year by 2050 as a result of coastal damages alone, if we fail to […]
Ocean Outcomes secures new support. Ocean Outcomes – the environmental NGO – is the newest portfolio member of Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation and the first organisation working in ocean conservation […]
Climate change is reshaping marine ecology. Climate change is reshaping communities of fish and other sea life, according to a pioneering study on how ocean warming is affecting the mix […]
Rock Sole in Alaska may do well in warmer sea. Northern rock sole stocks may benefit from warming in the Bering Sea, a new NOAA Fisheries study suggests. Scientists found […]
Global assessment of ocean warming impacts. An international group of marine scientists has compiled the most comprehensive assessment of how ocean warming is affecting the mix of species in our […]
Irish national marine framework plan. The Marine Institute in Ireland has welcomed the recent publication of the Draft National Marine Planning Framework (NMPF) by Government. The NMPF is the first […]
Novel method to detect neurotoxins in shellfish. Food safety scientists at the Centre for the Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas), UK have been working closely with the Cawthron Institute, […]
Millions of N. Sea seabirds rely on discarded fish. Millions of scavenging seabirds survive on fish discarded by North Sea fishing vessels, new research shows. University of Exeter scientists estimate […]
Antarctic science trip reveals toothfish secrets. The New Zealand ship Janas has recently returned from a six-week winter research voyage to the Ross Sea where scientists made the first observations […]
Restoring abundance to our oceans. At Sustainable Brands Oceans in Porto, Portugal today Alexandra Cousteau, Environmentalist and advocate for our oceans, launched her Ocean 2050 campaign outlining the blueprint for […]
Glider deployed in ocean research project. The Irish Marine Institute‘s marine glider was deployed in to the North Atlantic Ocean, as part of the 5th project meeting for the Innovation […]
Cats of the sea offer insights into territorial behaviour of wild fishes. The entertaining spectacle of wild fishes chasing lasers shone onto the seabed could provide scientists with an innovative […]
Rising sea temperatures slow growth in young Pacific cod Preliminary findings from a new laboratory study suggest that when ocean temperatures rise, lower fat prey leads to slower growth for […]
Larval fish are ingesting plastics. New research has shown for the first time, that larval fish across a range of fish species from different ocean habitats are surrounded by and […]
Research into SW England crawfish. Devon and Severn Inshore Fisheries & Conservation Authority (IFCA), Cornwall IFCA and Isles of Scilly IFCA hav received £5,752 from Seafish to aid research work […]
New Zealand snapper survey. New Zealand fisheries scientists aboard NIWA (National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research) research vessel Kaharoa are trying to understand how many one and two-year-old snapper […]
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