Ontario aquatic species support projects. Adam Van Koeverden, Canadian Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Diversity and Inclusion and Youth and to the Minister of Canadian Heritage and Member of Parliament for […]
Waste fishing gear threatens Ganges wildlife. Waste fishing gear in the River Ganges poses a threat to wildlife including otters, turtles and dolphins, new research shows. The study says entanglement […]
Deep sea species sensitivity to oil spill. Akvaplan-niva researcher Lionel Camus together with his colleagues Jenny Bytingsvik and Luca Tassara has conducted ecotoxicological research funded by the American Petroleum Institute […]
Mauritius oil spill highlights importance of global maritime laws. The grounding last month of the MV Wakashio in an environmentally sensitive and biodiverse area, has endangered marine life, food security, […]
Ocean Fish forms new partnership with MULTIVAC UK to launch Ocean prevented plastic for all retail packed products. Family-owned fishing, retail supplier and processing import-export business, Ocean Fish has recently […]
Popular seafood species in sharp decline around the world Fish market favourites such as orange roughy, common octopus and pink conch are among the species of fish and invertebrates in […]
Oceans of Learning celebrates our sea with success. Over the past 10 weeks, the Marine Institute and partners have been celebrating our seas through our Oceans of Learning series, by […]
Rising water temperatures threaten fish reproduction. Scientists from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) have published ground-breaking findings on the effects of climate change for fish […]
Climate change threatens fish species, 60% of fish species could be unable to survive in current areas by 2100 according to study and reported in an article by the Guardian […]
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 […]
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 […]
Tackling the threat of ghost fishing gear. A short update is provided below by Brendan Carruthers from The International Pole & Line Foundation (IPNLF) who, through funding from the Joanna […]
New study projects ocean warming impact on Antarctic krill. Ocean warming is likely to alter the distribution and lifecycle of ecologically and commercially important Antarctic krill over the rest of […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Deepwater Horizon study reveals fish impacts. On April 20, 2010, the offshore oil drilling ship Deepwater Horizon exploded, killing 11 crewmen and resulting in over $60 billion in clean-up costs, […]
UK plankton population has undergone sweeping changes. The UK’s plankton population – microscopic algae and animals which support the entire marine food web – has undergone sweeping changes in the […]
New research reveals strongest predictors of menhaden growth. New research suggests that large-scale environmental factors influence the size of one of the ocean’s most abundant forage species. Recently, scientists from […]
UK marine scientist awarded grant for climate change research. A marine scientist at the Marine Biological Association of the UK (MBA) Laboratory in Plymouth, UK, has been awarded a prestigious European Research […]