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New MBA research quantifies UK kelp productivity. Fundamental understanding of the ecology of kelp forests is lacking in many regions. New Marine Biological Association research in the journal Scientific Reports addresses this knowledge […]
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 […]
Climate change impacting upon understanding of MPAs. Climate change and warming seas are transforming tropical coral reefs and undoing decades of knowledge about how to protect these delicate and vital […]
Climate change will affect fish sizes. Global climate change will affect fish sizes in unpredictable ways and, consequently, impact complex food webs in our oceans, a new Institute for Marine […]
Small fish play key role in supporting marine ecosystems – A slender little fish called the sand lance plays a big role as “a quintessential forage fish” for puffins, terns […]
Fish quota allocations out of date. In the European Union the share of the catch, or fish quotas as they are better known, are based on where – and how […]
Barents Sea becoming cooler. The Barents Sea has become cooler, pushing the marginal ice zone south according to research by Norwegian Institute of Marine Research (IMR) scientists. According to an […]
European fish stocks moving northwards. Many European fish populations are on the move due to warming oceans and increasing numbers, according to new research from an international team of scientists […]
5 things you need to know about the Fisheries Bill. The Fisheries Bill introduced by the UK Government yesterday (29 January) is the first piece of primary fisheries legislation in […]
Sustainable fisheries enshrined in law as UK leaves the EU. Legal guarantee that the UK will leave the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) Bill creates powers to ensure profitable future for […]
European fish stocks on the move. Many European fish populations are on the move due to warming oceans and increasing numbers, according to new research from an international team of […]
UK climate change impacts ‘could affect commercial fisheries’. The newly published Marine Climate Change Impact Report Card 2020 says that by 2050, climate change driven impacts ‘could become a major […]
IUCN report highlights threats to sharks and rays A by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) highlights the growing problem of low oxygen zones in the ocean, according to […]
Little relief in the deep for heat-stressed corals. A team of NOAA scientists recently examined more than a thousand hot water events on coral reefs across the Pacific Ocean. Combining […]
Climate change threat to fish stocks. The loss of oxygen from the world’s ocean is increasingly threatening fish species and disrupting ecosystems, a new IUCN report warns. Ocean oxygen loss, driven by climate change […]
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 […]
U.S. and Canadian researchers have developed a new tool that incorporates projected changes in ocean climate onto specific fishery management areas. Now fishermen, resource managers, and policy-makers can use it […]
UK announces new ocean global alliance. The UK has announced a new global alliance to help drive urgent action to safeguard the world’s ocean and protect its precious wildlife. Plastic […]
Ocean Based Climate Action could deliver a fifth of emissions cuts needed to limit temperature rise to 1.5°C. – Call to action by world leaders. Ocean based climate action can […]
A team of U.S. and Norwegian scientists have published new laboratory research findings that show how an Arctic fish species can be seriously affected by small amounts of crude oil released into […]
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