Stark warning on ocean health
A new study draws on six decades of data shows that plankton abundance is declining across vast swathes of the North East Atlantic – a region covering the Atlantic Ocean…
Climate Committee warns catches will fall
An expert committee in Norway on climate adaptation warns of reduced catches in the future, as a result of climate change. The committee has submitted its report to the Minister…
Policy must keep pace as climate change reshapes fisheries
The EU Long Distance Fleet Advisory Council (LDAC) has adopted at its plenary meeting in Brussels new advice calling for stronger integration of impacts of climate change into EU external…
Oyster power
Five thousand native oysters have been returned to the waters of Chichester Harbour, marking a significant step in restoring this stock, secured in cages under the Chichester Harbour Conservancy public…
Fisheries play crucial role in combating climate change, says ICFA
A reminder that fisheries are a key aspect of both climate mitigation and adaption has been issued to COP30 negotiators. The International Coalition of Fisheries Associations (ICFA) stressses the fisheries…
An extensive field of ferromanganese nodules, often interspersed with wide patches of ripple-ornamented sediment, formed the bulk of the hard seafloor substrate for much of Dive 17 of the 2021 North Atlantic Stepping Stones expedition.
Norway rethinks seabed mineral extraction
The Norwegian government’s 2025 state budget has been announced, and this includes putting the brakes in seabed mineral extraction as under the budget no provision is made for companies to…
Responding to climate change with alternative fisheries management scenarios
Scientists at the NOAA Fisheries Alaska Fisheries Science Center are collaborating with communities, managers, and other government and academic scientists in the Bering Sea region. They have authored a new…
Decarbonising Thai shrimp supply chain
Thai Union Group has launched a programme to significantly reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions within the shrimp supply chain. The Shrimp Decarbonization initiative, developed in collaboration with The Nature Conservancy…
Facing an environmental triple crisis
UNEP executive director Inger Andersen didn’t mince her words in her opening statement to the sixth UN Environment Assembly –UNEA-6 – currently taking place in Nairobi. She commented that the…
Marine Sand Watch reveals six billion tonne annual extraction
The first-ever global data platform on sand and other sediment extraction in the marine environment finds that the marine dredging industry is digging up six billion tonnes per year –…
