By Henry Workman Marine Science Today Writer Species of jellyfish provide greater competition for more complex organisms than previously thought. Recent research published in Science reveals that in areas where plankton-feeding fish populations have dropped off, mostly due to overfishing, jellyfish that occupy a similar ecological niche have taken their places. The jellyfish populations have [...]
Emily Tripp Senior Writer NOAA’s Fisheries Service, along with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Mexican environmental officials have released a new plan to protect the endangered Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle. The updated Bi-National Recovery Plan was signed on September 22. “We are working together with other U.S. and Mexican agencies on the recovery [...]
Emily Tripp Senior Writer A team of researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology is using the Aquarius underwater lab off the coast of Florida to study how the diversity of seaweed-eating fish affects endangered coral reefs in the Caribbean. The research team, led by Georgia Tech Professor Mark Hay, is living 50 feet below [...]
By Henry Workman Marine Science Today Writer The biological process of carbon fixation plays indispensable roles at the primary level of ecosystems and in the world’s carbonic cycle. Where there is sufficient sunlight to drive photosynthesis, the process by which plants convert CO2 into sugars and expel O2 as waste, energy passed through food [...]
Henry Workman Marine Science Today Writer Whaling, a longtime source of economic independence for the nation of Iceland, is at the center of an ongoing debate which puts economic policy in direct conflict with environmental concerns. Despite international efforts made to improve the status of endangered species such as the fin whale, Iceland’s commercial whale [...]
Editor’s note– This story was provided by Monica Woelfel, administrator of the Banana Slug String Band. The band provides educational entertainment about the environment, natural history and science through CDs, songbooks, activity guides, concerts and much more. Below, Monica introduces their latest CD. ——————– This January, the Ocean Literacy Campaign released an innovative learning tool: a children’s music [...]
The Obama Administration announced that June is National Ocean Month! The National Ocean Council is conducting a set of public listening sessions and NOAA is sponsoring four of these sessions. For more information, read the full story by NOAA. Copyright © 2011 by Marine Science Today, a publication of OceanLines LLC
NOAA will host a constituent briefing on it’s announcement that Atlantic Bluefin Tuna do not warrant species protection under the Endangered Species Act this afternoon at 2:00. When more information is available about the effects of the Deepwater Horizon BP oil spill and the new stock assessment from the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tuna [...]
NOAA Fisheries and the National Fish Habitat Board recently announced the release of Through a Fish’s Eye: The Status of Fish Habitats in the United States 2010. Through a Fish’s Eyes provides an important information on the challeneges and opportunities facing fish and their habitats. The report examines human effects on fish habitats throughout the United [...]
Today is the 35th anniversary of the Magnuson-Stevens Act! It began in 1976 as a way to provide for the conservation and sustainable management of fisheries. To read thoughts about this special day from Eric C. Schwaab, NOAA’s Assistant Administrator for Fisheries click here. To learn more about the act check out NOAA’s website. Copyright © 2011 by [...]
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