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Calm before the spawn: Climate change and coral spawning

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (4) | comments 2

What's the point of setting up marine reserves to protect coral reefs from pollution, ship groundings and overfishing if climate change could cause far more damage? A study published this week in London in Proceedings of ...


EU OKs tougher penalties for illegal fishing

Biology / Ecology

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- The European Union agreed Tuesday on tougher penalties to counter illegal fishing, considered a major cause of the depletion of fish stocks in European waters, particularly of prized cod and bluefin tuna.


West Coast fishermen embark on new wave of fishing (AP)

West Coast fishermen embark on new wave of fishing

Biology / Ecology

created Sep 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- The West Coast groundfish fleet has struggled to stay afloat during major cutbacks to reverse long-standing problems with overfishing and to protect the seafloor from damage caused by bottom trawling ...


Scientists map fish habitat and movements at Gray's Reef Marine Sanctuary

Biology / Ecology

created Sep 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Two related research expeditions by NOAA scientists to track the habitat preferences and movements of fish at Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary may help managers protect overfished species such as red snapper and grouper. ...


Scripps-led study shows ocean health  plays vital role in coral reef recovery

Ocean health plays vital role in coral reef recovery, study shows

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jul 22, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

The new research study led by scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego suggests that by improving overall ocean health, corals are better able to recover from bleaching events, which ...


Shellfish face an uncertain future in a high CO2 world

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 27, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Overfishing and disease have decimated shellfish populations in many of the world's temperate estuarine and coastal ecosystems. Smithsonian scientists, led by Whitman Miller, ecologist at the Smithsonian Environmental Research ...