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Mote Marine Lab's 'Sustainable' Caviar Now Available At Whole Foods; 'Our Missions Intertwine Nicely'
Sarasota, Florida - Nov 22, 2011 18:36 EST
Mote's melt-in-your mouth Siberian caviar has been getting rave reviews since the first exquisite batch was produced in eastern Sarasota County in 2006. Now, Florida connoisseurs have a new source for this undeniable delicacy: Whole Foods Market®. The caviar — being...
 
Robojelly Gets An Upgrade: Underwater Robot Learns To Swim More Like The Real Thing; 'The Flap Plays An Important Role'
Blacksburg, Virginia - Nov 21, 2011 20:49 EST
Engineers at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (VirginiaTech) have developed a robot that mimics the graceful motions of jellyfish so precisely that it has been named Robojelly. Developed for the Office of Naval Research in 2009, this vehicle was...
 
Oceana Applauds ICCAT Decision To Protect Vulnerable Silky Sharks; Frowns On 'Half-Hearted' Swordfish Protections
Istanbul, Turkey - Nov 19, 2011 19:03 EST
Oceana, the largest international advocacy group working solely to protect the world's oceans, applauded the 22nd Regular Meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) today for establishing new protections for silky sharks, the shark species...
 
Corals Can Sense What's Coming, Commit 'Cell Suicide' When Conditions Deteriorate
Cairns, Australia - Nov 19, 2011 17:00 EST
Australian scientists have thrown new light on the mechanism behind the mass death of corals worldwide as the Earth's climate warms. Coral bleaching, one of the most devastating events affecting coral reefs around the planet, is triggered by rising water temperatures....
 
Small 'Jumbo' Squid Mystery In Mexican Waters Unraveled By Biologist, College Students; 'The Squid Were Pretty Screwed Up'
Palo Alto, California - Nov 18, 2011 19:38 EST
While shorter days and colder weather move many of us to hunker under the covers, researchers who spent their summers in fieldwork are more likely to be hunched over microscopes and curled over keyboards, scrutinizing samples and crunching data from...
 
Decline In Dead Zones: Efforts To Heal Chesapeake Bay Are Working; Fertilizers, Animal Waste, Pollution Reduced
Baltimore, Maryland - Nov 18, 2011 19:19 EST
Efforts to reduce the flow of fertilizers, animal waste and other pollutants into the Chesapeake Bay appear to be giving a boost to the bay's health, a new study that analyzed 60 years of water quality data has concluded. The...
 
Greenpeace Releases Shocking Whistleblower Tuna Fish Footage; 'Obscene Waste Of Ocean Life'
Auckland, New Zealand - Nov 16, 2011 20:39 EST
Greenpeace today released shocking footage and images of whales and a marlin and ray dying at the hands of industrial tuna fishers in the Pacific Ocean. The footage was shot by a New Zealand helicopter pilot turned whistleblower, who undertook aerial...
 
Tasmania: Last Whale Dies After West Coast Mass Stranding; 'We Did Everything Possible'
Hobart, Tasmania - Nov 16, 2011 20:24 EST
The last survivor of the weekend whale stranding on Tasmania's West Coast died at 7pm last night. Parks and Wildlife Service incident controller Chris Arthur said the 12-metre sperm whale died following attempts late in the day to return it to...
 
Florida Moves To Protect Tiger, Hammerhead Sharks In State Waters; 'Problems We Avoid' With Conservation
Tallahassee, Florida - Nov 16, 2011 19:59 EST
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) moved Nov. 16 to prohibit the harvest of tiger sharks and three species of hammerheads from state waters in an effort to further protect these top predators that rely on Florida waters...
 
Costa Rica: Tuna Farm Aquaculture Project Near Turtle Beaches Stopped
San Jose, Costa Rica - Nov 11, 2011 17:44 EST
On Monday November 7, 2011 Costa Rica's Environmental Secretariat (SETENA), via official document 2723-2011, stated it would no longer consider Granjas Atuneras de Golfito SA's petition to construct a yellow fin tuna aquaculture project, or tuna farm, at the...
 
Florida's Vandenberg Artificial Reef Wins Conservation Award; 'Attracts Tourists From Around The World'
Key West, Florida - Nov 11, 2011 17:35 EST
The Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg, an artificial reef located in the Florida Keys, was lauded with a Society of American Travel Writers' Phoenix Award. The honor was announced at the organization's annual convention being staged now in New Zealand. Created in...
 
Violent Passions -- Jealous Cleaner Shrimp Murder Their Rivals Until A Pair Remains
Tübingen, Germany - Nov 10, 2011 20:56 EST
The hermaphroditic cleaner shrimp Lysmata amboinensis usually live in monogamous pairs, but dark passions underlie their social structure. New research published in BioMed Central's open access journal Frontiers in Zoology shows that cleaner shrimp, in any group larger than two,...
 
Research: 'Fishy Lawnmowers' Help Save Pacific Corals; Parrotfish And Surgeonfish Key To New Reef Growth
Santa Barbara, California - Nov 10, 2011 20:08 EST
Can fish save coral reefs from dying? UC Santa Barbara researchers have found one case where fish have helped coral reefs to recover from cyclones and predators. Coral reefs worldwide are increasingly disturbed by environmental events that are causing their decline,...
 
For Deep-Sea Cephalopods, 'Switchable' Camouflage Saves The Day; 'Seeing Others Without Being Seen Yourself'
Cambridge, Massachusetts - Nov 10, 2011 19:06 EST
For animals living in the deep sea, it seems that there is no such thing as all-occasion camouflage. Under diffuse light conditions, it's generally best to be transparent. But in the deeper ocean, where predators are equipped with special organs...
 
UN Report: Aquaculture Has Potential To Cut Poverty, Combat Food Insecurity; 'The Greatest Potential To Produce More Fish'
New York, New YOrk - Nov 10, 2011 18:34 EST
More than 50 per cent of the world's food fish will come from aquaculture, making it a crucial method to reduce poverty and combat food insecurity, said a new United Nations report released, while calling for governments to step up...
 
Researchers: Some Coral Reefs Can Lower Ocean Acidity; 'Overall, CO2 Enrichment And Ocean Acidification Is Bad News'
Townsville, Australia - Nov 9, 2011 19:17 EST
Coral reefs can both positively and negatively influence the acidity of their surrounding seawater. That is the take-home message of two papers recently published in the international journal Global Change Biology, by a group of scientists from the Australian Institute...
 
Researchers: Fish Follow The Simple 'Rules Of Motion' To School
Uppsala, Sweden - Nov 7, 2011 20:28 EST
The rules of school are simple: it is all about watching the kid nearest to you and making sure you do what they do. Researchers at the mathematics department at Uppsala University, together with biologists at Sydney University have shown...
 
Into The Deep Unknown: Scientists On A Mission To Explore Underwater Mountains In The Indian Ocean
Cape Town, South Africa - Nov 7, 2011 19:59 EST
Top marine scientists from around the world are setting off on a six-week cruise on board the RRS James Cook today to explore underwater mountains – or seamounts – of the southwest Indian Ocean Ridge. Their main focus will be...
 
Florida Divers Capture 312 Invasive Lionfish During Lower Keys Derby
Stock Island, Florida Keys - Nov 7, 2011 18:32 EST
More than 50 divers collected 312 Indo-Pacific red lionfish Nov. 5 during the final 2011 diver derby to reduce the population of the invasive species in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. The Lower Keys Lionfish Derby attracted 14 teams that...
 
Researchers: Climate Change To Force Sea Life To Swim 'Farther And Faster' To Survive; Equator To Empty Out
Cairns, Australia - Nov 3, 2011 21:20 EST
Fish and other sea creatures will have to travel large distances to survive climate change, international marine scientists have warned. Sea life, particularly in the Indian Ocean, the Western and Eastern Pacific and the subarctic oceans will face growing pressures...
 
Researchers: Coral Population Stable And Sea Urchins Are On The Rise In Florida Keys
Wilmington, North Carolina - Nov 3, 2011 21:08 EST
Over the past decade, the populations of staghorn and elkhorn corals in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary have remained steady after dramatic declines in the last century. Long-term monitoring conducted by researchers from the University of North Carolina Wilmington...
 
Study: Arabian Sea Tropical Cyclones Are Intensified By Air Pollution; 'There Has Been A Real Uptick'
Charlottesville, Virginia - Nov 2, 2011 21:28 EST
A recent increase in the intensity of tropical cyclones in the Arabian Sea may be a side effect of increasing air pollution over the Indian sub-continent, a new multi-institutional study has found. Traditionally, prevailing wind-shear patterns prevent cyclones in the Arabian...
 
RIP: Monterey Bay Aquarium Great White Shark Dies Minutes After Being Returned to Ocean; Staff 'Surprised And Saddened', 'Distressed and Puzzled'
Monterey, California - Nov 2, 2011 20:16 EST
The Monterey Bay Aquarium is deeply saddened to announce the death of the young great white shark released nine days ago off the coast of southern California. "This is a very difficult day for all of us, and for everyone who...
 
Hey, Bacteria, Get Off Of My Boat! Scientists Eye Stimuli-Responsive Surfaces To Combat Biofouling
Nashville, Tennessee - Nov 1, 2011 19:18 EST
Submerge it and they will come. Opportunistic seaweed, barnacles, and bacterial films can quickly befoul almost any underwater surface, but researchers are now using advances in nanotechnology and materials science to design environmentally friendly underwater coatings that repel these biological...
 
Bonnier's Scuba Diving Honors Shark Conservationist Shawn Heinrichs With Sea Hero Of Year Award
Winter Park, Florida - Nov 1, 2011 19:10 EST
Bonnier's Scuba Diving magazine has awarded its top honor of the year to Shawn Heinrichs, a shark conservationist who for years has been dedicated to the fight against shark finning. Scuba Diving, along with title sponsor Oris Watches, will present...
 
Researchers: Human Noise May Be Hindering Dolphin Echolocation
College Park, Maryland - Oct 31, 2011 19:21 EST
On land, the sound of jackhammers or passing semis might make it difficult for humans to hear, but not much is known about how anthropogenic noises in the ocean – from ship's sonar, pier pile drivers, or oil well operations,...
 
Commentary: Sea Shepherd Strongly Opposes Western Australia Government's Call For A Shark Cull
Fitzroy, Victoria - Oct 29, 2011 20:02 EST
The Western Australian (WA) Government has unfortunately given a green light to hunt for a shark that killed a man in the waters off of Rottnest Island on October 22, 2011. The 32-year-old American man was diving and spear fishing,...
 
Professor Trains Goldfish To Recognize Objects; 'A Researcher's Dream Project'
Rochester, New York - Oct 28, 2011 17:42 EST
The fictitious storybook character Dr. Doolittle was known for talking with animals. Caroline DeLong, an assistant professor of psychology at Rochester Institute of Technology, is a real-life Doolittle whose research focuses on object discrimination in goldfish and echolocation in dolphins to...
 
Seaweed Records Show Impact Of Ocean Warming; 'Trees Of The Ocean' Heading Toward Extinction
Perth, Australia - Oct 28, 2011 17:00 EST
As the planet continues to warm, it appears that seaweeds may be in especially hot water. New findings reported online on October 27 in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication, based on herbarium records collected in Australia since the 1940s...
 
NOAA: Bacterial Infection As Cause Of Death For Five Northern Gulf Of Mexico Dolphins; Investigation Continues
Silver Spring, Maryland - Oct 27, 2011 17:20 EST
Pathology experts contracted by NOAA have identified the bacteria Brucella in five bottlenose dolphins that died in the northern Gulf of Mexico. These five are among the 580 dolphins in higher than expected strandings that began in February 2010 and...
 
Ultimate Survivor: Scientists Film Hagfish Deploying Anti-Shark Slime Weapon
Aukland, New Zeland - Oct 27, 2011 17:15 EST
The hagfish found in New Zealand's deepest waters is grotesque enough, thanks to its scary protruding teeth straight from a horror film. Now, scientists have witnessed the full power of its other gruesome feature – a built-in slime weapon...
 
Illegal Trade In Whale Meat From Iceland's International Airport Exposed; 'A Mockery Of International Law'
Washington, D.C. - Oct 26, 2011 22:30 EST
Defying a worldwide ban on trade in whale products, Iceland is openly selling whale meat packaged for export in the departure area at Keflavik airport to travelers who, if they make the purchase, risk stiff penalties on arrival at their...
 
U.S. Virgin Islands Company Receives Record Fine For Illegal Trade Of Black Coral; 'Sends A Clear Message'
Washington, D.C. - Oct 26, 2011 15:44 EST
A U.S. Virgin Islands company was sentenced Wednesday in federal court in St. Thomas, U.S.V.I., for knowingly trading in falsely-labeled, protected black coral that was shipped into the United States in violation of the Endangered Species Act and the Lacey...
 
PETA Sues SeaWorld For Violating Orcas' Constitutional Rights; 'Slavery Is Slavery'
Norfolk, Virginia - Oct 25, 2011 19:33 EST
In the first case of its kind, PETA, three marine-mammal experts, and two former orca trainers are filing a lawsuit asking a federal court to declare that five wild-caught orcas forced to perform at SeaWorld are being held as...
 
NOAA Administrator Dr. Jane Lubchenco Comments On Northeast Fishery Economics Report; Fishermen 'Generally Doing Marginally Better'
Silver Spring, Maryland - Oct 25, 2011 17:57 EST
The following is a statement released today from NOAA Administrator Dr. Jane Lubchenco on release of socioeconomic data on the New England groundfish industry: Today, NOAA Fisheries issued the latest in a series of broad-scale economic reports, examining the economic health...
 
Born Free: Monterey Aquarium Releases Great White Shark After 55 Days; Shark 'Navigating' Changes Cited
Monterey, California - Oct 25, 2011 17:36 EST
The sixth great white shark ever exhibited at the Monterey Bay Aquarium has been released back into the Pacific Ocean. The young male shark brought to Monterey on August 31 is being transported to ocean waters south of Point...
 
'Summer Of The Shark Hunt': Shark Attack Researcher Argues Shark Hunts Are Political, Not Practical
Sydney, Australia - Oct 23, 2011 18:26 EST
"This year may be remembered as the 'summer of the shark hunt'," stated Christopher Neff, University of Sydney doctoral research student studying the politics of shark attacks. Neff added, "Shark bites are terrible events and for a third time this...
 
Scientists: Home Washing Machines Source Of Potentially Harmful Ocean 'Microplastic' Pollution
Washington, D.C. - Oct 21, 2011 20:04 EST
Scientists are reporting that household washing machines seem to be a major source of so-called "microplastic" pollution — bits of polyester and acrylic smaller than the head of a pin — that they now have detected on ocean shorelines worldwide....
 
Researchers Identify Mysterious Life Forms In The Extreme Deep Sea; 'Fascinating Giants'
San Diego, California - Oct 21, 2011 19:36 EST
A summer research expedition organized by scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego has led to the identification of gigantic amoebas at one of the deepest locations on Earth. During a July 2011 voyage to the Pacific Ocean's...
 
Pressure: NOAA Releases Status On Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Marine Resources
Silver Spring, Maryland - Oct 21, 2011 19:26 EST
NOAA scientists have found that pressure from increasing coastal populations, ship and boat groundings, marine debris, poaching, and climate change are critically threatening the health of the Florida Keys ecosystem. Many historically abundant marine resources such as green sea turtles...
 


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