Tag: Marine conservation
New funding will continue FAO-led Common Oceans Programme. The approval of the Global Environment Facility’s (GEF) new work programme of USD 700 million for urgent environmental action – through and beyond the coronavirus pandemic – ...
Campaign calling for turtle excluder devices to be used in fisheries. Friend of the Sea, the Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) that promotes sustainable seafood production, has announced that it has launched a new petition urging governments to protect ...
Sanford welcomes dolphin transition plan. Sanford Limited, New Zealand’s oldest and largest seafood company, says it is pleased to see a transition plan for affected fishers has been included as part of the new protections ...
Bright future for sea urchin aquaculture. Philip James leads an €8 million Horizon 2020 project called AquaVitae, with the mission to develop sustainable solutions for low-tropic aquaculture in the Atlantic, reports an article on the ...
Fishery NGOs receive grant funding for sustainability projects. Fishery environmental NGOs Ocean Outcomes and Blue Finance have become the first grant recipients of Convergence’s Asia Natural Window Capital. With funding from the RS Group for ...
Surveying Dublin Bay Prawn populations in Ireland. Nephrops are an orange-pink lobster, commonly known as the Dublin Bay Prawn, and are one of the most valuable shellfish landings in Europe. Scientists at the Marine Institute assess ...
Sea Shepherd files lawsuit against US agencies over dolphin threat. Sea Shepherd Legal and its co-counsel, Earthrise Law Centre, filed a lawsuit on May 21st against US agencies that have failed to take legally mandated action ...
Fishing less win for lobstermen and endangered whales. A new study by researchers at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) found that New England’s historic lobster fishery may turn a higher profit by operating with less gear in ...
New research on threatened ocean predators. A marine scientist at the Marine Biological Association of the UK (MBA) Laboratory in Plymouth, UK, has been awarded a prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grant to fund cutting edge ...
Using Big Data in Marine Science – A University of Aberdeen scientist co-authored a report commissioned by the European Marine Board to investigate recent advances, challenges and opportunities for using big data to support marine ...
Pacific oysters microplastics study shows they may not contain as many as previously thought. Plastic pollution is an increasingly present threat to marine life and one which can potentially impact your dinner table. Oysters, and ...
Seahorse Expert Nets Award for Animal Conservation – Dr. Amanda Vincent becomes first marine conservationist to win Indianapolis Prize. Today officials from the Indianapolis Prize announced Amanda Vincent, Ph.D., as the 2020 Winner of the world’s leading ...
Lionfish could disrupt Mediterranean ecosystem. An invasive species first identified in the Mediterranean Sea just eight years ago is likely to become a permanent feature of the region, a new study suggests. First seen off ...
ISSF annual report shows 99.1% participating company conformance rate with science-based conservation measures, highlights 2019 efforts for sustainable tuna fisheries Annual Compliance Report Details Conformance by 25 ISSF Participating Companies Across 27 Measures The International ...
New measures to protect bluefin tuna. NOAA Fisheries of the USA has announced measures that provide more fishing opportunities for vessels targeting Atlantic swordfish and some tuna species, but which will also protect bluefin tuna from overfishing. ...
IPNLF to launch ghost net retrieval project. Funded by the inaugural Joanna Toole Ghost Gear Solutions Award, a new initiative will be launched by IPNLF aimed at incentivising coastal fisheries to collect and upcycle lost ...
Quest to find native oysters in UK waters. Wildlife photographers across the UK are being challenged to capture underwater images of the rare European native oyster (Ostrea edulis), as international conservation charity ZSL (Zoological Society ...
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