Government of Japan Gifts NOAA $5 Million to Address Tsunami Marine Debris [What's New]On Nov. 30, the Government of Japan announced a gift of $5 million to the United States, through NOAA's Marine Debris Program, to support efforts in response to marine debris washing ashore in the U.S. from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami i ...
06 Dec 2012 | oceanservice.noaa.gov
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Study of oceans' past raises worries about their future(McGill University) A McGill-led international research team has completed the first global study of changes that occurred in the nitrogen cycle, at the end of the last ice age. Their study confirm that oceans are good at balancing the nitrogen c ...
17 Jun 2013 | www.eurekalert.org
Welcome James Cameron and DEEPSEA CHALLENGEROn Friday, June 14, filmmaker James Cameron delivered the DEEPSEA CHALLENGER, the only human-occupied vehicle currently able to access the deepest parts of the ocean, to Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Dr. Susan Avery, president and directo ...
17 Jun 2013 | www.whoi.edu
Iceland's fin whales are endangered. Stop this bloody cull (opinion)For two years Iceland's fin whale hunt has been suspended - but only because the economic market for whale meat, Japan, was suffering the after-effects of its cataclysmic earthquake. In the terrible logistics of global economics, the whale meat m ...
17 Jun 2013 | www.guardian.co.uk
NZ stock assessmentsThe latest comprehensive scientific assessment of the status of New Zealand's fisheries has been released.
17 Jun 2013 | www.worldfishing.net
NZ amends fishing regulationsChanges have been made to regulatory controls of some of New Zealand's most valuable fisheries, including a decision to extend consultation on the Otago/Southland Paua fisheries review.
17 Jun 2013 | www.worldfishing.net
Indonesia works towards sustainabilityThe International Pole and Line Foundation (IPNLF) has praised the Indonesian fishing industry's efforts to increase the market potential for its pole and line and hand line caught tuna.
17 Jun 2013 | www.worldfishing.net
EU deal brokered on details of CFP reformAn historic deal to reform the broken Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) has been agreed by EU Member States and is expected to become law later this year.
17 Jun 2013 | feedproxy.google.com
Great Barrier Reef on the brink as politicians bickerThe federal government insists it is striving to avoid the Great Barrier Reef being listed "in danger" ahead of a crunch UN meeting, after rejecting a Senate recommendation to block new port developments near the World Heritage ecosystem.
16 Jun 2013 | www.guardian.co.uk
MP criticises Govt action on dolphinsA long-awaited threat management plan for Maui's dolphins is to be announced next month - but one MP has questioned whether the Government is going far enough to protect the critically endangered species.
14 Jun 2013 | www.nzherald.co.nz
Icy continent holds climate cluesThe closest most of us will get to Antarctica is nature documentaries like Frozen Planet - but the white continent's relevance to us and our future is far greater than we think. Many of the clues to climate change lie buried within Antarctica's i ...
14 Jun 2013 | www.nzherald.co.nz
'Tailing' spiny lobster larvae to protect themIn a new study of spiny lobsters scientists from the University of Miami and Old Dominion studied the larval dispersal of this species in the Caribbean. The goal of the study was to describe the sources, sinks, and routes connecting the Caribbean ...
14 Jun 2013 | www.eurekalert.org
How marine mammals store oxygenStudy solves the mystery of one of the most extreme adaptations in the animal kingdom: how marine mammals store enough oxygen to hold their breath for up to an hour.
14 Jun 2013 | www.bbc.co.uk
Fishing ban proposed near Rockall after rare scientific findsFishing is expected to be banned near the Atlantic islet of Rockall after a rare methane gas vent in the seabed and two new shellfish species were discovered by British scientists. The methane, which leaks through a so-called "cold seep" vent in ...
14 Jun 2013 | www.guardian.co.uk
Chemical pollution at Scottish salmon farmsNearly one in five Scottish salmon farms are breaching Environmental Quality Standards for residues of seal lice treatments, which are toxic to lobster, crabs and prawns.
14 Jun 2013 | www.worldfishing.net
Scottish shellfish industry has a bright future, says award-winning MDThe dedication and inspiring enthusiasm of those working in the Scottish shellfish industry will ensure a bright future for the sector, according to Stephen Cameron, managing director of the Scottish Shellfish Marketing Group (SSMG), speaking jus ...
14 Jun 2013 | feedproxy.google.com
Wellington City Council tracks 'phantom dumper'The Wellington City Council and a water company are tracking a "phantom dumper" who has been disposing potentially dangerous material into Karori's drainage system.
13 Jun 2013 | www.nzherald.co.nz