Tag: "Coral"

Lophelia Pertusa - Photo credit:  S.Ross et al UNCW

June Vote Expected on Bottom Fishing Ban in Southeastern U.S. Waters

The US Government is considering the ban of bottom trawls, bottom longlines and other destructive fishing gear to protect a still untouched ecosystem in the south-eastern United States Atlantic waters.

anthomastis cascade discovered in Tasman Fracture Zone

ROV Jason Discovers New Deep-Water Species in Tasman Fracture Zone

Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) announced last week that a four-week expedition to explore the deep ocean southwest of Tasmania has revealed new species of animals and more evidence of impacts of increasing carbon dioxide on deep-sea corals.  The collaborative voyage of U.S. and Australian researchers was led by chief scientists Dr. Jess [...]

Map of Pacific Ocean

Coral Reef Health Worse Than Thought

(This article was originally published on OceanLines on August 4, 2008.) Half the coral reefs in the United States are categorized in “poor” or “fair” condition according to a new analysis published by NOAA.  The report, led by NOAA’s Center for Costal Monitoring and Assessment’s Biogeography Branch and supported by NOAA’s Coral Reef Conservation Program, [...]