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Local management best for minimising trawl impact Leading fisheries scientists and managers from around the world joined forces in a new study evaluating best practices to minimize trawling impacts on ocean habitats, […]
Cook Inlet beluga whales declining. NOAA Fisheries of the USA has released its biennial abundance estimate for endangered Cook Inlet beluga whales in Alaska. Scientists estimated that the population size is between […]
Whale entanglements putting west coast USA fisheries at risk. An ecological pileup of unprecedented changes in the ocean off the West Coast of the USA beginning about 2014 led to […]
New study on importance of migratory species fisheries. In November, NOAA Fisheries of the USA released the findings of two studies on the economic impact of recreational fisheries targeting Atlantic highly […]
Marine Protected Areas must be mobile. World leaders are currently updating the laws for international waters that apply to most of the world’s ocean environment. This provides a unique opportunity, […]
New rules will benefit fishermen and ecosystems. New rules by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have gone into effect on Jan. 1 to increase protections to deep-sea ecosystems by […]
New study reveals need for protection of Atlantic tarpon. The results of an 18-year study of Atlantic tarpon by scientists at the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine […]
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 […]
DNA can aid fish species surveys. Tiny bits of DNA collected from waters off the West Coast of the USA have allowed scientists to identify more species of marine vertebrates […]
Tracking cod in the Aleutian Islands. Cutting edge technology and fishermen’s expertise are helping scientists track Aleutian Islands Pacific cod for the first time. Last winter scientists and fishermen partnered […]
US West coast groundfish stocks rebounding. Sweeping changes in West Coast groundfish fisheries adopted this week will reopen access for fishermen to productive fishing grounds where fish populations have rebounded. […]
Lights on fishing nets reduces dolphin bycatch. Placing lights on fishing nets reduces the chances of sea turtles and dolphins being caught by accident, new research shows. LED lights along the […]
Chinook salmon conservation reaping dividends. Biologists have estimated that almost 3.8 million juvenile winter-run Chinook salmon headed down the Sacramento River toward the ocean this year, according to an article […]
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 […]
USA claims major achievements at tuna talks. The United States says it achieved several victories for our commercial and recreational fisheries at the 2019 meeting of the International Commission for […]
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 […]
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 […]
US funding for marine habitat restoration. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in the USA has announced the availability of up to $4 million in Community-based Restoration Programme funding […]
Innovative Bycatch Reduction Projects – The USA’s NOAA Fisheries has awarded more than $2.3 million to partners around the country to support innovative bycatch reduction research projects through its Bycatch […]
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