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.
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 [...]
(This article was originally published on OceanLines on May 27, 2008.) Two marine species made the Arizona State University’s annual “Top 10″ list of lifeforms discovered or identified during the past year. The “ornate sleeper ray,” Electrolux addisoni, a new genus and species, is the largest known member of the electric ray family Narkidae. A [...]
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