Tag: Marine conservation
UK Government supports seal protection campaign. Last week, the Seal Alliance launched a campaign, backed by Defra, aimed at educating the public about the devastating impacts human interactions can have on seals. The UK is home ...
Clew Bay and Achill key study areas in SeaMonitor marine research project. Clew Bay and Achill, Co Mayo will be among the key study areas in SeaMonitor, a unique marine research project which is using ...
Dolphin Safe group accuses Seaspiracy film of false claims. The International Marine Mammal Project (IMMP) claims the recent Netflix film Seaspiracy falsely claims that the dolphin-safe tuna programme is a conspiracy to benefit the global ...
Canada invests in research to study the effects of water contaminants. The Government of Canada is further investing in research to better inform the protection of oceans, lakes, rivers and waterways and the many species ...
Protecting select ocean areas boosts total catches. A new study titled ‘Protecting the global ocean for biodiversity, food and climate’ has been published in the scientific journal Nature. The study reveals that protecting select areas of ...
Offshore pile driving affects behaviour of commercially important squid. With the offshore wind industry expanding in the United States and elsewhere, a new study raises questions about how the noise from impact pile driving to ...
Polluted seas impacting upon male fertility . New research has found that shrimp like creatures on the South Coast of England have 70 per cent less sperm than less polluted locations elsewhere in the world. The research ...
MPAs would help solve climate, food and biodiversity crises. From climate change and carbon emissions to biodiversity and global hunger, humanity faces so many challenges that tackling them quickly is a daunting task. One solution ...
Over 100 organisations call for urgent curb on destructive drifting-FADs to rebuild tuna stocks and protect fragile marine ecosystems. An urgent call was made today to the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC), the inter-governmental organisation ...
Protecting 30% of the Mediterranean Sea will boost fish stocks – WWF. Protecting 30% of the Mediterranean Sea could give a massive boost to declining fish species and marine biodiversity, new research reveals. Today, only ...
International Ocean Governance at the helm! International Ocean Governance (IOG) plays a crucial role in fostering healthy oceans, halting the loss of biodiversity and fighting climate change. The EU is committed to strengthening the resilience ...
Global study finds sawfishes sliding closer to extinction. Scientists examine risks to world’s largest rays, identify where they’re gone and where there’s still hope. A ground breaking analysis published in Science Advances today offers a ...
EU joins the International Coral Reef Initiative to protect marine ecosystems. Commissioner Sinkevičius is representing the EU in the General Assembly of the International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI). The EU has become the latest member ...
New Global Platform Connects Small-scale Fishers to Improve Sustainability, Livelihoods – Interactive, multilingual platform brings together fishers, fishworkers, communities and allies. A global coalition of partners working in and with small-scale fisheries has launched the Small-Scale ...
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 years, says a global study ...
Programme to conserve Nassau grouper. NOAA Fisheries and its partners aim to conserve the threatened Nassau grouper through closing fishing during its spawning season. From December through March, Nassau grouper spawn in large breeding groups in the ...
Windfarm review to assess marine species benefits. The Blue Marine Foundation (BLUE) is undertaking a national review of more than 50 wind farms to see how they might benefit marine species, thanks to a ground-breaking study in conjunction with the renewable energy company, Ørsted, that ...
Are partially protected areas the ‘red herrings’ of marine conservation? Partially protected areas – marine reserves that allow some forms of fishing – are no more effective socially or ecologically than open marine areas in ...
Investing in health of UK seas could create 100,000 jobs and give £50 billion boost to economy. Restoring the UK’s seas could pump billions of pounds into the economy by 2050, bringing thousands of new jobs, huge climate benefits, and wildlife restoration, according to ...
UK signs agreement with ICES demonstrating commitment to international marine science collaboration. The government has set out its commitment to international marine and fisheries science by signing an agreement which will ensure continued partnership with ...
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