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Stronger laws needed to protect seas around Ireland. Fair Seas to discuss Marine Protected Area bill at all-party Oireachtas committee. Representatives from the Irish Environmental Network including Fair Seas, the […]
Mission Blue announces Ireland’s first ‘hope spot’. Greater Skellig Coast deemed critical to the health of the ocean by global organisation. A large swathe of ocean off the south west […]
Satlink launches project ReCon. The technology company Satlink has launched Project ReCon, a pioneer circular economy programme unique in its field that aims to give a second life to Devices […]
Spanish mackerel stock facing crisis, says Australian conservation group. A Queensland government decision to put in place Great Barrier Reef spawning closures for Spanish mackerel fishing for just six weeks of […]
MainStream purchases Arizona fish farm. MainStream Aquaculture has purchased a 1,100 acre fish farm in Arizona, USA. This transformational acquisition will see one of the world’s largest producers and suppliers […]
Plastic rubbish is everywhere and now broken-down microplastics have been found in variable concentrations in blue mussels and water within the intertidal zone at some of southern Australia’s most popular […]
Aussie seafood industry welcomes Federal Budget. Seafood Industry Australia (SIA), the national peak-body representing the Australian seafood industry, has welcomed the 2022-23 Federal Budget. “There are a number of measures […]
Endangered delicacy: tropical sea cucumbers in trouble. Overharvest has put the Great Barrier Reef’s tropical sea cucumber populations in peril, researchers have revealed, with strong demand for this delicacy from […]
Managing global climate change — and local conditions — key to coral reefs’ survival. Australian researchers recently reported a sharp decline in the abundance of coral along the Great Barrier […]
Both old and young fish sustain fisheries. Scientists have used modern genetic techniques to prove age-old assumptions about what sizes of fish to leave in the sea to preserve the […]
Climate change winners and losers amongst coral reef fish – An international group of scientists is predicting markedly different outcomes for different species of coral reef fishes under climate change […]
Oceanic sharks declined by 71% in past 50 year. Overfishing has driven the global abundance of oceanic sharks and rays to decline by nearly three-quarters (71%) in the past 50 […]
Agrifutures Australia has released an Australian seaweed industry blueprint that outlines plans for a $1.5 billion Australian seaweed industry that could employ 9,000 people and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by […]
Observer call on boats to halt illegal shark finning. The discovery of illegal shark finning in the Great Barrier Reef shows why independent observers need to be on boats to […]
New Zealand sea lettuce project. Sea lettuce (green seaweed) – it’s unsightly, smelly and the scourge of Tauranga Harbour during summer. While it’s deemed a pest, it may also hold […]
EU project to farm kelp and mussels at offshore wind farms. Through the OLAMUR project, 25 partners from European industry and research organisations will work together to farm kelp and […]
New action plans to save West coast USA marine species. NOAA Fisheries of the USA has released new action plans to promote the recovery of its high-priority ‘Species in the […]
Aquaculture research awards announced by NOAA Sea Grant with the award of $11 million in grants for 22 projects to further advance the development of a sustainable marine and coastal […]
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