19 Aug 2019
The high seas and their resources are the last major frontier in our attempts to manage the ocean. The process of formulating a High Seas Treaty continues at the UN in New York and this is prompting commentary and reports. These four articles gives you some sense of this. 1.Guardian: Gillian Anderson Overview Today, governments […]
07 Jul 2019
IUCN Briefing on Deep Sea Mining https://www.iucn.org/resources/issues-briefs/deep-sea-mining The National Oceanography Centre has produced a report outlining the impacts of deep sea mining Eco-Magazine ‘A new study shows that the impacts of seabed mining on deep-sea ecosystems can persist for decades. Scientists at the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) revisited a site exposed to simulated deep-sea mining […]
14 Jan 2019
Cutlass fish – Schmidt Ocean @SchmidtOcean 09/01/2019, 22:21 Click here to view the video pic.twitter.com/tLKnqPCcHI Take a moment and just float with us ~ enjoy the absolute beauty of these cutlass fish, schooling and vertically feeding. From #ROV #SuBastian‘s livestream at the Quepos Slide off the coast of Costa Rica, down to 400m deep. 5th […]
19 Nov 2018
The following JNCC Reports have been published: JNCC/Cefas Partnership Report Series No. 21: CEND0917 Cruise Report: North-West of Jones Bank and The Canyons Marine Conservation Zones’ Monitoring Survey JNCC Report No. 625 A review of the distribution and ecological importance of seabed communities in the deep waters surrounding Scotland JNCC Report No. 624 UK Marine […]
05 Jun 2017
Two articles: 1. ATLAS Project: ‘EU-funded research is shedding more light on the depths of the North Atlantic maritime region – a better understanding of deep-sea habitats will inform the sustainable management of this vital resource. What happens in the depths of oceans has a profound effect on our environment and climate – currently a […]
14 Nov 2016
Fishing Focus The last Fishing Focus came out in May before the EU referendum. Reading this you might be forgiven for wondering whether it took place at all. It is well worth going through this Fishing Focus in detail because it highlights a range of items from the UK’s position on deep sea fishing to […]
22 Aug 2016
With ocean mining flagged as one of the issues to be addressed by the Foresight Marine review this article is a mine of useful reference information. Adam Minter is a Bloomberg View columnist. He is the author of “Junkyard Planet: Travels in the Billion-Dollar Trash Trade.” Is Ocean Mining a good idea? While commodities traders […]
15 Aug 2016
Plymouth Marine Institute: ‘The first-ever footage of marine life colonising the UK’s tallest underwater mountains has been obtained by scientists using advanced robotic technology. Beautiful coral, predatory monkfish and an array of crustaceans are among the many species captured in high definition video living on four seamounts in the North East Atlantic Ocean, between 200 […]
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