Tag: Marine ecology
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 and coastal acidification – the ...
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, and salmon in the Eastern ...
Research on measures for integrated coastal zone governance. “Municipal coastal planners are being subjected to a lot of criticism for failing to take everyone’s interests into account, although they do an important and good job,” ...
Marine species at risk unless High Seas Treaty closes gaps. Thousands of marine species could be at risk if a new United Nations high-seas biodiversity treaty, now being negotiated in New York, does not include ...
Grey seal fish consumption research. By analysing their stomach contents and faeces, and multiplying the results by the number of grey seals in Norway, researchers estimated that they consume 8,000 tonnes of fish per year. ...
U.S. researchers monitor impact of marine heatwave. U.S. researchers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are monitoring a new marine heatwave off the West Coast of the USA for effects on the marine ...
Canada moves to protect fish species at risk. The Canadian fisheries minister, Jonathan Wilkinson, has signed six Critical Habitat Orders this year under the Species at Risk Act. The approved Critical Habitat Orders will allow ...
Constructive negotiations to protect the high seas. The European Commission has described negotiations with international partners to protect the marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction – commonly called the high seas – as being ...
UK’s biggest seagrass restoration scheme – one million seeds to be planted. Seagrass captures carbon quicker than rainforest – new pilot project in Wales to restore important marine habitat could help fight climate change. Sky ...
Climate change leads to coral reef decline. New research from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill compares the growth rates between nearshore and offshore corals in the Belize Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System, the ...
Canada tackles plastic pollution and ghost fishing gear in our oceans. Plastic pollution is a global challenge that requires immediate action. It pollutes our rivers, lakes, and oceans and entangles and kills marine mammals. Every ...
Scientists research Caribbean reefs. A group of scientists from NIOZ (Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research), MARUM (Centre for Marine Environmental Sciences at the University of Bremen) and ZMT (Bremen) are heading to Curacao in ...
Longline fishing impacting upon shark populations. Commercial longline fishing around the world is having a significant impact on migrating shark populations, according to an international study featuring a University of Queensland researcher. Dr Bonnie Holmes ...
Independent offshore environmental authority called for by NE Canadian fishers. The Federation of Independent Sea Harvesters of Newfoundland and Labrador (FISH-NL) supports is calling for an independent authority to oversee the environment in the province’s ...
Protected seamounts show signs of recovery. According to Florida State University, decades of fishing has devastated parts of an underwater mountain range in the Pacific Ocean near Hawaii, wrecking deep-sea corals and destroying much of ...
Sharks scarcer near large human populations. A team of researchers, led by the Zoological Society of London (ZSL), has discovered that sharks are much rarer in habitats nearer large human populations and fish markets. The team ...
Proposals for management of Aukland squid fishery. Fisheries New Zealand wants feedback on its proposals to manage the Auckland Island squid fishery to protect the local sea lion population. Sea lions were once abundant throughout ...
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