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Environmental Group Applauds Maldives Indian Ocean Shark Sanctuary; 'A Bold And Farsighted Move'
Washington, D.C. - Mar 9, 2010 18:10 EST
In a move lauded by the Pew Environment Group, the Maldives today declared its exclusive economic zone (EEZ), 90,000 square kilometers of the Indian Ocean, as a shark sanctuary free from all shark fishing and also banned all imports and...
 
Research: Barnacles Prefer Upwelling Currents, Enriching Food Chains In The Galapagos
Providence, Rhode Island - Mar 6, 2010 18:15 EST
There's been a rich debate in marine ecological circles about what happens to a key food source along rocky coastlines dominated by upwelling. The literature is filled with studies suggesting that the larvae of simple prey organisms such as barnacles...
 
Chagos: UK Poised To Designate World's Largest Marine Reserve; 'A Conservation Legacy Almost Unrivaled In Scale'
Washington, D.C. - Mar 5, 2010 18:11 EST
Today, the Pew Environment Group praised the United Kingdom (U.K.) for taking one further step towards designating the world's largest marine reserve. The proposed marine reserve would protect a group of 55 islands located in the middle of the Indian...
 
Florida Busts Black-Market Shrimp Dealer; 'This Product Was Not Stored Or Handled According To State Law'
Tallahassee, Florida - Mar 5, 2010 17:45 EST
The black-market connection to the sale of stolen shrimp in Lee County got a little smaller Thursday, thanks to an undercover bust by Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) investigators. Shortly after noon, John Anthony Staniewicz Jr. (DOB ...
 
Editorial: Did Hollywood Kill The Sharks? 'One Of The Most Important Creatures On Earth' Annihilated
Los Angeles, California - Mar 4, 2010 15:32 EST
The following is an editorial by Patty Civalleri, Exec VP, Iemanya Oceanica: Hollywood and the media's depiction of sharks over the past decades has made people turn away when the topic of shark extinction is broached. General fear and apathy...
 
Hurricanes' Effects On Ocean Temperature Revisited; Previous Studies Overestimated Ocean Heating, Ignored Seasonal Influence
Cambridge, Massachusetts - Mar 4, 2010 14:50 EST
The role of hurricanes in the global climate system has gained interest ever since scientists suggested that strong hurricanes have become more frequent in recent decades and might continue to do so as the planet warms. Because hurricanes are known...
 
Research: Squid'S Glowing Relationship With Bacteria Highlights Immune System Function
Mansfield, Connecticut - Mar 3, 2010 16:15 EST
Bacteria generally have a bad reputation – they’re good only for causing disease, and are best avoided. But Spencer Nyholm of the molecular and cell biology department in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences sees things differently. “More than 90 percent...
 
Scientists Locate Apparent Hydrothermal Vents Off Antarctica; Helium Plume Keys Search
New York, New York - Mar 3, 2010 15:55 EST
Scientists at Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory have found evidence of hydrothermal vents on the seafloor near Antarctica, formerly a blank spot on the map for researchers wanting to learn more about seafloor formation and the bizarre life forms drawn...
 
Study: Popular Nanoparticle Causes Toxicity In Fish; 'There Is Reason To Be Concerned'
West Lafayette, Indiana - Mar 2, 2010 17:10 EST
A nanoparticle growing in popularity as a bactericidal agent has been shown to be toxic to fish, according to a Purdue University study. Tested on fathead minnows – an organism often used to test the effects of toxicity on aquatic life...
 
Dolphin Calf Freed Of Plastic Entanglement Off Florida Coast; 'The Plastic Was Not Going To Come Off On Its Own'
Sarasota, Florida - Mar 1, 2010 17:32 EST
On Monday (3-1-10), a team of researchers and veterinarians successfully freed a 9-month-old Sarasota Bay dolphin calf from plastic that was wound tightly around her body and beginning to cause deep abrasions to her skin. Led by the Sarasota Dolphin Research...
 
Report: Shark Attacks Suffer During Recesion; Sharp Declines In Florida And The United States Last Year
Gainsville, Florida - Mar 1, 2010 16:17 EST
Despite last month’s fatality off the Florida coast, the number of shark attacks in the United States continued its downward trend by taking a plunge in the latest recorded year, according to a new report from the University of Florida. There...
 
Research: Farmed Tuna Has Less Heavy Metals Than Wild; Feed 'Low In Mercury'
Adelaide, Australia - Feb 28, 2010 18:58 EST
New research is showing that in terms of heavy metals, farmed tuna are healthier to eat than wild ones. A project by a Flinders environmental health PhD student Sita Balshaw has demonstrated that levels of mercury in southern bluefin tuna (SBT)...
 
Field Study Exposes How Sea Turtle Hatchlings Use Their Flippers To Move Quickly On Sand
Atlanta, Georgia - Feb 25, 2010 17:30 EST
Life can be scary for endangered loggerhead sea turtles immediately after they hatch. After climbing out of their underground nest, the baby turtles must quickly traverse a variety of terrains for several hundred feet to reach the ocean. While these turtles'...
 
PETA Issues Statement On Seaworld Killer Whale Attack; 'It's Not Surprising'
Washington, D.C. - Feb 25, 2010 14:46 EST
The following is a statement sent issue by David W. Perle, Senior Communications Coordinator People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). Good afternoon, The death of the SeaWorld trainer following the attack by Telly the whale is a tragedy...
 
Conservation Group Troubled By Commercial Netters In Bahamas; 'It Could Have A Devastating Effect'
Fort Lauderdale, Florida - Feb 23, 2010 21:51 EST
A commercial Bahamian purse seine netting operation is attempting to obtain permits to begin operating in the islands of the Bahamas for yellowfin tuna, much to the frustration of conservation groups and sports fishing interests. “If the Bahamian government authorizes...
 
New Insights Into Helping Marine Species Cope With Climate Change; 'They Have To Adapt'
Palo Alto, California - Feb 22, 2010 21:01 EST
Move, adapt or die. Those are the options marine plants and animals have in the face of climate change, said Stanford biologist Steve Palumbi, who has been exploring how to help them go with the first two options, rather than...
 
Professor Presents Case For Dolphins As Nonhuman Persons; 'They Have A Sense Of Choice And Will'
Los Angeles, California - Feb 22, 2010 20:57 EST
Are dolphins nonhuman persons? Loyola Marymount University professor Thomas White insists they are. He presented his research at the American Association for the Advancement of Science conference in San Diego on Sunday. White, the author of "In Defense of Dolphins: The...
 
Seamount Scientists Offer New Comprehensive View Of Deep-Sea Mountains; 'Amazing New Research'
San Diego, California - Feb 22, 2010 20:48 EST
Lying beneath the ocean is spectacular terrain ranging from endless chains of mountains and isolated peaks to fiery volcanoes and black smokers exploding with magma and other minerals from below Earth's surface. This mountainous landscape, some of which surpasses Mt....
 
Researcher: Damage To Threatened Gulf Of California Habitats Can Be Reversed With 'Reduced Fishing Activity'
San Diego, California - Feb 21, 2010 16:07 EST
Once described by Jacques Cousteau as the "world's aquarium," the marine ecosystems of the Gulf of California are under threat. Destructive new fishing methods are depleting the sea's habitats, creating areas that are ghosts of their former existences (see Scripps...
 
Florida Bans All Recreational And Commercial Harvesting Of Lemon Sharks; 'Susceptible To Overharvest'
Tallahassee, Florida - Feb 18, 2010 18:02 EST
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) approved a rule Thursday to prohibit all recreational and commercial harvest of lemon sharks from Florida waters. The FWC took this action to protect lemon sharks, because they have a high potential...
 
Research: Dolphins' Health Shed Light On Human And Ocean Health; An Important 'Sentinel Species'
Washington, D.C. - Feb 18, 2010 17:55 EST
A panel of governmental, academic and non-profit scientists speaking today at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) unveiled research suggesting that diseases found in dolphins are similar to human diseases and can provide...
 
Research: Dolphins’ Health Shed Light On Human And Ocean Health; An Important ‘sentinel Species’
Washington, D.C. - Feb 18, 2010 17:55 EST
A panel of governmental, academic and non-profit scientists speaking today at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) unveiled research suggesting that diseases found in dolphins are similar to human diseases and can provide...
 
Study: Coral Loss Slowed, Reversed By Marine Protected Areas; 'Cumulative Effects Could Be Substantial'
Chapel Hill, North Carolina - Feb 16, 2010 21:41 EST
A new worldwide study shows marine protected areas (MPAs), underwater parks where fishing and other potentially harmful activities are regulated, provide an added bonus – helping coral reef ecosystems ward off and recover from threats to their health. Researchers also found...
 
NOAA To Review Status Of 82 Species Of Threatened Coral 'All Linked To Human-caused Greenhouse Gas Emissions'
Washington, D.C. - Feb 12, 2010 17:30 EST
NOAA’s Fisheries Service today announced the agency will evaluate the status of 82 species of stony coral that the Center for Biological Diversity has asked to be listed as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act. The center said that...
 
Research: Antarctic Ice Shelf Collapse Possibly Triggered By Ocean Waves Thousands Of Miles Away
San Diego, California - Feb 12, 2010 17:27 EST
Depicting a cause-and-effect scenario that spans thousands of miles, a scientist at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California - San Diego and his collaborators discovered that ocean waves originating along the Pacific coasts of North and South...
 
San Francisco Conservation Groups Collaborate And Hold Events To Save Sharks
San Francisco, California - Feb 7, 2010 18:04 EST
The Center for Oceanic Awareness, Research, and Education, known more commonly by its acronym "COARE", announced today, along with partner organizations Sea Stewards and WildAid, that two new shark conservation efforts would be launched at events this weekend. As part of...
 
Shark Attack Study Announced: Politics Of Bite Incidents Under Review
Washington, D.C. - Feb 7, 2010 17:56 EST
Washington, D.C. lobbyist Christopher Neff will commence a doctoral program in Sydney, Australia on March 1st to study the politics of shark attacks. The first of its kind doctoral study will look at the impact of shark attacks on the...
 
A Scientific Milestone: Mexico’s First Artificial Insemination Dolphin Birth
Nuevo Vallarta, Mexico - Feb 5, 2010 18:12 EST
One of the world’s rare sex-selected zoological species, a Pacific bottlenose dolphin, was born Dec 4th, 2009 at the Dolphin Adventure Center, Nuevo Vallarta, Mexico. The birth represents the first calf in Mexico to be born after using sperm sexing and...
 
A Sea Lion Goes Back To The Ocean: Happy Ending After Being Entangled In Fishing Line Then Rescued
Sausalito, California - Feb 5, 2010 17:07 EST
After nearly three weeks and 20 rescue attempts, an adult male California sea lion with a tight fishing line entanglement around his neck and mouth was released back to the ocean at Rodeo Beach north of San Francisco today by...
 
Research: Water Movements Can Shape Fish Evolution; 'We Had Never Simulated Anything Living Before'
Minneapolis, Minnesota - Feb 4, 2010 14:44 EST
Researchers from the University of Minnesota's Institute of Technology have found that the hydrodynamic environment of fish can shape their physical form and swimming style. The research, available on the Journal of Experimental Biology Web site, was sponsored by the...
 
Expert: Increasingly Acidic Oceans Reveal Further Impacts Of Climate Change; 'It Is Incontrovertible'
Birmingham, Alabama - Feb 4, 2010 14:21 EST
The increasing acidity of the world's oceans – and that acidity's growing threat to marine species – are definitive proof that the atmospheric carbon dioxide that is causing climate change is also negatively affecting the marine environment, says world-renowned Antarctic...
 
Research: Egg Disinfectant Shown To Prevent Transmission Of Devastating Viral Hemorrhagic Fish Disease
Reston, Virginia - Feb 3, 2010 19:07 EST
A disinfection solution presently used for salmon eggs also prevents transmission of the virus that causes viral hemorrhagic septicemia or VHS -- one of the most dangerous viral diseases of fish -- in other hatchery-reared fish eggs, according to new...
 
Pair Gets Prison For Illegal Lobster Harvesting In The Florida Keys
Miami, Florida - Feb 3, 2010 18:55 EST
A federal judge said two men will each spend a year and a day in prison for illegally harvesting lobsters in the Florida Keys. The Miami Herald said Wednesday in addition to the prison sentence, U.S. District Judge James Lawrence King...
 
UN Turns To Forensic Science To Help Combat Illegal Fishing; 'We Need To Push The Envelope'
Rome, Italy - Feb 1, 2010 21:38 EST
Forensic science, more often associated with solving murders in prime time television crime series, is now helping the United Nations fight illegal fishing, fraudulent product substitution and false documentation that not only cheat consumers but also endanger fish stocks and...
 
Rotting Fish Heads: Novel Studies Of Decomposition Shed New Light On Our Earliest Fossil Ancestry
Leicester, U.K. - Jan 31, 2010 19:28 EST
Decaying corpses are usually the domain of forensic scientists, but palaeontologists have discovered that studying rotting fish sheds new light on our earliest ancestry. The researchers, from the Department of Geology at the University of Leicester, devised a new method...
 
Beaches Closed As Florida Fishermen Reel In Nearly 10-foot Hammerhead Shark
Riviera Beach, Florida - Jan 29, 2010 18:44 EST
Two fisherman caught a 9-foot-9-inch hammerhead shark along a South Florida public beach. The fishermen, who were not identified, were fishing from shore, and they released the shark before it was weighed. Sharks have been gathering along the beach in the annual...
 
Conservation Groups Sue U.S. Navy To Halt Training Near Endangered Whales; 'Playing Russian Roulette'
Plymouth, Massachusetts - Jan 28, 2010 19:03 EST
WDCS, the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society, has teamed with US based conservation groups today challenged the U.S. Navy’s decision to build its $100 million Undersea Warfare Training Range next to the only known calving ground for the critically endangered...
 
Research: Seabirds' Movement Patterns Tied To What Fishermen Toss Away
Princeton, New Jersey - Jan 28, 2010 17:53 EST
Humans and human activities have clearly altered the Earth's landscape and oceans in countless ways, often to the detriment of other plants and animals. But a new report published online on January 28th in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication,...
 
Virulent Hemorrhagic Fish Virus Identified For First Time In Lake Superior
Reston, Virginia - Jan 28, 2010 17:09 EST
For the first time, the presence of an exceptionally virulent fish virus (viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus or VHSV) has been identified in fish from Lake Superior by researchers at the Cornell University’s College of Veterinary Medicine and confirmed by scientists...
 
Study: Maximum Height Of Extreme Waves Up Dramatically In Pacific Northwest; Re-evaluating '100-year Events'
Corvallis, Oregon - Jan 28, 2010 16:58 EST
A major increase in maximum ocean wave heights off the Pacific Northwest in recent decades has forced scientists to re-evaluate how high a "100-year event" might be, and the new findings raise special concerns for flooding, coastal erosion and structural...
 
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