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 […]
Extreme weather increases ghost gear from aquaculture. A new white paper from the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) published on 28 November has determined that extreme weather is currently one of […]
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 […]
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 […]
Seafood giant calls for more action on climate change. Thai Union Group PCL’s Global Director of Corporate Affairs and Sustainability, Dr. Darian McBain, called for greater action on climate change, […]
Action call to protect Antarctic waters. The Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition is calling for urgent action from global leaders to protect Antarctic waters. Last week, members of the Commission […]
Irish adopt seafood climate change strategy. The Irish Minister for Agriculture, Michael Creed, TD, has welcomed government approval for the Agriculture, Forest and Seafood Climate Change Sectoral Adaptation Plan. Adaptation […]
Warm waters challenge fish health. Warmer than average sea temperatures this year, beginning late winter to its peak in July, have provided challenges to salmon and lumpfish survival at several […]
International forum on climate change effects on fisheries The ClimeFish project together with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), is organising the 2020 International Forum on the Effects of Climate […]
Continued Growth in Sustainable Seafood Demand – Sales of MSC certified sustainable seafood has reached one million tonnes for the first time. The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), responsible for the […]
Historic CO2 level warning. Present CO2 levels caused 20-metre-sea-level rise in the past. Around three million years ago, during the Pliocene epoch, up to one third of Antarctica’s ice sheets […]
New farmed oyster research. Oysters bred for fast growth and disease resistance are able to adapt their shell growth to protect themselves from environmental acidification, according to new research. Ocean […]
An edible solution to the climate crisis. Eating more seafood can play a large part of the solution to the world’s climate woes, concludes a new report using data from […]
Climate change and our oceans, the fishing industry must adapt to the profound impacts of climate change. The Marine Stewardship Council responds to IPCC report on the ocean and cryosphere. […]
Fishing industry must adapt to climate change impacts. The Marine Stewardship Council responds to IPCC report on the ocean and cryosphere. The fishing industry and governments need to urgently step […]
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 […]
BioMar leads ocean based climate action for aquaculture. Today the High Level Panel for A Sustainable Ocean Economy, launched their latest report showing that ocean based climate action can deliver […]
Vulnerability of Bering Sea marine life to climate change. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) scientists in the USA and partners have released a Climate Vulnerability Assessment for groundfish, crabs, […]