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Fisheries Archive
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Do fish bay at the moon? Can songs unmask mystery fish? Eavesdropping scientists create ocean soundscapes
Posted on April 26, 2023 | No CommentsThe Rockefeller University, Programme for the Human Environment, New York Using hydrophones to eavesdrop on a reef off the coast of Goa, India, researchers have helped advance a new low-cost […] -
CEC Secretariat recommends factual record on vaquita porpoise
Posted on April 30, 2022 | No CommentsCommission for Environmental Cooperation, Montreal The Secretariat of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) has recommended developing a factual record to explore factors contributing to the near-extinction the vaquita porpoise – the […] -
Global Library of Underwater Biological Sounds, “GLUBS,” will help monitor marine life
Posted on February 17, 2022 | No CommentsThe Rockefeller University Programme for the Human Environment, International Quiet Ocean Experiment By assembling and expanding first-ever global audio collection of aquatic life, scientists aim to unveil unidentified swimming objects, […] -
A Clean Ocean by 2030: United Nations Panel of Experts Charts the Most Direct Course
Posted on November 17, 2021 | No CommentsClean Ocean Int’l Expert Group, New York Reducing marine debris by 50-90% and a globe circling, high-tech system of monitors are two essential aims among several championed today by nine […] -
More harmful algal bloom impacts emerge amid rising seafood demand, coastal development
Posted on June 8, 2021 | No CommentsUNESCO, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, Paris An unprecedented analysis of almost 10,000 Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) events worldwide over the past 33 years was launched today by UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission. […] -
Emerging listening network will study seas uniquely quieted by COVID
Posted on April 8, 2021 | No CommentsThe Rockefeller University, NY Amid COVID pause in marine activities, growing network aims to monitor soundscapes, assess changes in behavior of marine life; More than 200 widely-distributed non-military hydrophones already […] -
Nature: Humanity at a crossroads, UN warns in new Global Biodiversity Outlook report
Posted on September 15, 2020 | No CommentsUN Convention on Biodiversity, Montreal Global Biodiversity Outlook 5 report outlines 8 major transitions needed to slow, then halt nature’s accelerating decline Final report card on Aichi Biodiversity Targets, set […] -
Exploring vast ‘submerged America,’ marine scientists discover 500 bubbling methane vents
Posted on October 19, 2016 | No CommentsNat’l Ocean Exploration Forum – New York 19 Oct 2016 Portable observatories and new marine vehicles: The hinge of historic change in deep sea exploration Yet to be found worldwide: A […] -
Over 1,000 new ocean fish species identified in past eight years, including 122 sharks, rays
Posted on March 12, 2015 | No CommentsWorld Register of Marine Species, Belgium 12-Mar-15 World registry, nearing completion, confirms 228,450 known marine species; consolidation relegates 190,400 other “species” as duplicate identities Champion of taxonomic redundancy: “Rough Periwinkle” […] -
Human health, wealth require expanded marine science, experts say
Posted on October 9, 2014 | No CommentsEuropean Marine Board, Oostende, Belgium 9-Oct-2014 Some 340 European scientists, policy-makers and other experts representing 143 organizations from 31 countries spoke with one voice today, publishing a common vision of today’s […] -
Zone tropical coastal oceans; manage them more like land resources: Scientists
Posted on July 2, 2014 | No CommentsUnited Nations University – Institute for Water, Environment and Health 2-Jul-2014 Business-as-usual management policies risks well-being of 2 billion+ people Leading international environmental and marine scientists today published a joint […] -
State of the Planet: Scientists describe humanity’s global impact as ‘The Great Acceleration’ and offer ominous outlook: An uncertain future on a much hotter world
Posted on March 26, 2012 | No CommentsEarth System Science Partnership, Paris 26-Mar-2012 Time is running out to minimize the risk of setting in motion irreversible and long-term climate change and other dramatic changes to Earth’s life […] -
Environmental troubles growing in Mid-East Gulf region due to rapid coastal development
Posted on November 16, 2011 | No CommentsUnited Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health, Hamilton, Canada 16-Nov-2011 Sustainable coastal management, regional coordination and long-term, holistic viewpoint needed to protect fragile ecosystems The rapid, large scale […] -
Major threats foreseen due to Europe’s changing marine environments
Posted on September 15, 2011 | No CommentsProject CLAMER (Flanders Marine Institute, (VLIZ) Oostende, Belgium, and Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), Texel, Netherlands) 13 September 2011 Sea levels, erosion top public […] -
Ongoing global biodiversity loss unstoppable with protected areas alone: Study
Posted on July 28, 2011 | No CommentsUnited Nations University – Institute for Water, Environment and Health, Hamilton, Canada 28 Jul 11 Continued reliance on a strategy of setting aside land and marine territories as “protected areas” […] -
Data revealing migrations of larval reef fish vital for designing networks of marine protected areas
Posted on July 11, 2011 | No CommentsUnited Nations University – Institute for Water, Environment and Health, Hamilton, Canada 11 Jul 2011 Networks of biologically-connected marine protected areas need to be carefully planned, taking into account the […] -
Prodigal plankton species makes first known migration from Pacific to Atlantic via Pole
Posted on June 26, 2011 | No CommentsProject CLAMER (Flanders Marine Institute, (VLIZ) Oostende, Belgium, and Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), Texel, Netherlands) 26 Jun 11 Microscopic plant disappeared from North […] -
Icy meltwater pooling in Arctic Ocean: A wild card in climate change scenarios
Posted on April 5, 2011 | No CommentsProject CLAMER (Flanders Marine Institute, (VLIZ) Oostende, Belgium, and Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), Texel, Netherlands) 5-Apr-2011 Scientists inventory, synthesize 13 years of […] -
First Census Shows Life in Planet Ocean is Richer, More Connected, More Altered than Expected
Posted on October 5, 2010 | No CommentsCensus of Marine Life Washington DC, USA 4-Oct-2010 Culminating a 10-year exploration, 2,700 scientists from 80 nations report first Census of Marine Life, revealing what, where, and how much lives […] -
Report casts world’s rivers in ‘crisis state’
Posted on September 29, 2010 | No CommentsDIVERSITAS, Paris 29 Sep 2009 The world’s rivers are in a crisis of ominous proportions, according to a new global analysis to be published Sept. 30 in the journal Nature. The […] -
‘Arid aquaculture’ among livelihoods promoted to relieve worsening pressure on world’s drylands
Posted on November 11, 2008 | No CommentsUnited Nations University 11-Nov-2008 “Arid aquaculture” using ponds filled with salty, undrinkable water for fish production is one of several options experts have proven to be an effective potential alternative […] -
Economists: Reduce fish catch now for bigger net profits later
Posted on December 7, 2007 | No CommentsAustralian National University, Crawford School of Economics and Government 6-Dec-2007 A new and compelling argument for reducing fish harvests – the profit motive – could persuade world fishers to endure […] -
Creating a Window on ‘Oceans in Motion’: Academic, Science, Engineering Experts Illuminating Sea Life Conditions, Migrations
Posted on March 7, 2007 | No Comments26 June 06 Dalhousie University Ocean Tracking Network Scientists and resource managers could soon have a highly detailed picture of marine conditions and the migrations of fish and ocean animals […] -
Tsunami + 1 year: Reviving exhausted fisheries should trump replacing boats, gear, experts say
Posted on December 22, 2005 | No Comments22 Dec 05 WorldFish Centre One year after a tsunami devastated South Asian communities, global fisheries experts say habitat restoration, retraining and education programs are much needed to revive severely […] -
Crisis in African fish supplies looms, experts warn Africa leaders
Posted on August 21, 2005 | No Comments21 Aug 05 WorldFish Centre Calling fisheries critical for nourishing the poor and for helping Africa cope with the health, economic and social devastation of problems like HIV and AIDS, […] -
How many fish in the sea? Census of Marine Life launches first report
Posted on October 23, 2003 | No Comments23 Oct 03 Census of Marine Life An estimated 5,000 previously unknown ocean fish species and hundreds of thousands of other marine life forms are yet to be discovered, according […] -
Mountains of the Seas
Posted on August 21, 2003 | No Comments21 Aug 2003 Census of Marine Life International Experts Meet to Expand Study of Seamounts and Submarine Canyons As These Nurseries for New Species Become Subject to Commercial Harvest Amid […] -
UN Oceans Atlas Provides First Comprehensive Real-Time Tool To Observe State Of World’s Oceans
Posted on June 5, 2002 | No Comments5 June, 2002 United Nations Washington / Rome / Paris – The UN and leading international scientific agencies will launch on June 5 (World Environment Day) a pioneering Internet-based atlas […]
![Do fish bay at the moon? Can songs unmask mystery fish? Eavesdropping scientists create ocean soundscapes The Rockefeller University, Programme for the Human Environment, New York Using hydrophones to eavesdrop on a reef off the coast of Goa, India, researchers have helped advance a new low-cost […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Alpheus_cedrici_holotype_lateral_view_-_ZooKeys-183-001-g003B-115x115.jpeg)
![CEC Secretariat recommends factual record on vaquita porpoise Commission for Environmental Cooperation, Montreal The Secretariat of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) has recommended developing a factual record to explore factors contributing to the near-extinction the vaquita porpoise – the […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Image-2022-05-30-at-3.00-PM-115x115.jpeg)
![Global Library of Underwater Biological Sounds, “GLUBS,” will help monitor marine life The Rockefeller University Programme for the Human Environment, International Quiet Ocean Experiment By assembling and expanding first-ever global audio collection of aquatic life, scientists aim to unveil unidentified swimming objects, […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/plataforma-global-sons-marinhos-conexao-planeta-115x115.jpeg)
![More harmful algal bloom impacts emerge amid rising seafood demand, coastal development UNESCO, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, Paris An unprecedented analysis of almost 10,000 Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) events worldwide over the past 33 years was launched today by UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission. […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Algal-bloom-captured-by-the-Copernicus-Sentinel-3-mission-takes-us-over-the-green-algae-blooms-swirling-around-the-Baltic-Sea-115x115.jpg)
![Emerging listening network will study seas uniquely quieted by COVID The Rockefeller University, NY Amid COVID pause in marine activities, growing network aims to monitor soundscapes, assess changes in behavior of marine life; More than 200 widely-distributed non-military hydrophones already […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/scuba-diving-79606_640-115x115.jpg)
![Study proves bits of DNA in seawater correlate to the weight of netted fish The Rockefeller University, NY / Monmouth University, NJ New tool will help census oceans, monitor fish, track shifting marine life; “eDNA makes the ocean a sea of biological information” DNA […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/250082_web-115x115.jpg)
![Nature: Humanity at a crossroads, UN warns in new Global Biodiversity Outlook report UN Convention on Biodiversity, Montreal Global Biodiversity Outlook 5 report outlines 8 major transitions needed to slow, then halt nature’s accelerating decline Final report card on Aichi Biodiversity Targets, set […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/09_Pongo-abelii-Joel-Sartore-National-Geographic-Photo-Ark_2749735-115x115.jpg)
![Found Nemo, Dory with DNA in the seas; Experts prescribe way ahead for new ocean science The Rockefeller University, Program for the Human Environment, New York Organizers of 1st National Conference on Marine Environmental DNA call for official US Government marine eDNA program; investments to speed sampling […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Cover-115x115.jpg)
![Marine species quickly revealed by new ‘Go Fish’ tool, highlights potential of emerging eDNA science Rockefeller University, New York, Program for the Human Environment Experts convene for 1st US National Conference on Marine Environmental DNA, a far-reaching, potent complement to traditional monitoring systems; initiates coordinated […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/eDNA-115x115.jpg)
![Scientists track fish migration using DNA in water samples Rockefeller University, Program for the Human Environment, NY Naked DNA in water tells if fish have arrived Scientists demonstrate harmless, economical new way to log fish migration; Environmental DNA researchers […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/AFP-pic-115x115.jpg)
![Exploring vast ‘submerged America,’ marine scientists discover 500 bubbling methane vents Nat’l Ocean Exploration Forum – New York 19 Oct 2016 Portable observatories and new marine vehicles: The hinge of historic change in deep sea exploration Yet to be found worldwide: A […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Purple-orb-115x115.png)
![Over 1,000 new ocean fish species identified in past eight years, including 122 sharks, rays World Register of Marine Species, Belgium 12-Mar-15 World registry, nearing completion, confirms 228,450 known marine species; consolidation relegates 190,400 other “species” as duplicate identities Champion of taxonomic redundancy: “Rough Periwinkle” […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Mysidopsis_A-115x115.jpg)
![Human health, wealth require expanded marine science, experts say European Marine Board, Oostende, Belgium 9-Oct-2014 Some 340 European scientists, policy-makers and other experts representing 143 organizations from 31 countries spoke with one voice today, publishing a common vision of today’s […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/North-Sea-Trawler-115x115.jpg)
![Zone tropical coastal oceans; manage them more like land resources: Scientists United Nations University – Institute for Water, Environment and Health 2-Jul-2014 Business-as-usual management policies risks well-being of 2 billion+ people Leading international environmental and marine scientists today published a joint […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Satellite-Images-Depict-the-Growth-of-Manila-between-1989-and-2012-115x115.jpg)
![State of the Planet: Scientists describe humanity’s global impact as ‘The Great Acceleration’ and offer ominous outlook: An uncertain future on a much hotter world Earth System Science Partnership, Paris 26-Mar-2012 Time is running out to minimize the risk of setting in motion irreversible and long-term climate change and other dramatic changes to Earth’s life […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/image-jpeg-115x115.jpg)
![Environmental troubles growing in Mid-East Gulf region due to rapid coastal development United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health, Hamilton, Canada 16-Nov-2011 Sustainable coastal management, regional coordination and long-term, holistic viewpoint needed to protect fragile ecosystems The rapid, large scale […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/photo-115x115.jpg)
![Major threats foreseen due to Europe’s changing marine environments Project CLAMER (Flanders Marine Institute, (VLIZ) Oostende, Belgium, and Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), Texel, Netherlands) 13 September 2011 Sea levels, erosion top public […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/581490519-115x115.jpg)
![Ongoing global biodiversity loss unstoppable with protected areas alone: Study United Nations University – Institute for Water, Environment and Health, Hamilton, Canada 28 Jul 11 Continued reliance on a strategy of setting aside land and marine territories as “protected areas” […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/protected-area-115x115.jpg)
![Data revealing migrations of larval reef fish vital for designing networks of marine protected areas United Nations University – Institute for Water, Environment and Health, Hamilton, Canada 11 Jul 2011 Networks of biologically-connected marine protected areas need to be carefully planned, taking into account the […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Marine_Protected_Area-115x115.jpg)
![Prodigal plankton species makes first known migration from Pacific to Atlantic via Pole Project CLAMER (Flanders Marine Institute, (VLIZ) Oostende, Belgium, and Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), Texel, Netherlands) 26 Jun 11 Microscopic plant disappeared from North […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Arctic-115x115.jpg)
![Teeming with life, Pacific’s California current likened to Africa’s Serengeti Plain Census of Marine Life, Washington DC / Tagging of Pacific Palagics project, Pacific Grove, CA 22 June 2011 Decade of electronic tagging, tracking of 23 top Pacific Ocean predators reveals remarkable […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/TOPP-115x115.jpg)
![Icy meltwater pooling in Arctic Ocean: A wild card in climate change scenarios Project CLAMER (Flanders Marine Institute, (VLIZ) Oostende, Belgium, and Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), Texel, Netherlands) 5-Apr-2011 Scientists inventory, synthesize 13 years of […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Icebergs-115x115.jpg)
![First Census Shows Life in Planet Ocean is Richer, More Connected, More Altered than Expected Census of Marine Life Washington DC, USA 4-Oct-2010 Culminating a 10-year exploration, 2,700 scientists from 80 nations report first Census of Marine Life, revealing what, where, and how much lives […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/firstcensusshows-115x115.jpg)
![Report casts world’s rivers in ‘crisis state’ DIVERSITAS, Paris 29 Sep 2009 The world’s rivers are in a crisis of ominous proportions, according to a new global analysis to be published Sept. 30 in the journal Nature. The […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/download-115x115.jpeg)
![‘Arid aquaculture’ among livelihoods promoted to relieve worsening pressure on world’s drylands United Nations University 11-Nov-2008 “Arid aquaculture” using ponds filled with salty, undrinkable water for fish production is one of several options experts have proven to be an effective potential alternative […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/130327_UNCCDScC-115x115.jpg)
![Economists: Reduce fish catch now for bigger net profits later Australian National University, Crawford School of Economics and Government 6-Dec-2007 A new and compelling argument for reducing fish harvests – the profit motive – could persuade world fishers to endure […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/706852-3x2-340x227-115x115.jpg)
![Creating a Window on ‘Oceans in Motion’: Academic, Science, Engineering Experts Illuminating Sea Life Conditions, Migrations 26 June 06 Dalhousie University Ocean Tracking Network Scientists and resource managers could soon have a highly detailed picture of marine conditions and the migrations of fish and ocean animals […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/Ron-ODor-115x115.jpg)
![Tsunami + 1 year: Reviving exhausted fisheries should trump replacing boats, gear, experts say 22 Dec 05 WorldFish Centre One year after a tsunami devastated South Asian communities, global fisheries experts say habitat restoration, retraining and education programs are much needed to revive severely […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2005/12/p4aceh-115x115.jpg)
![Crisis in African fish supplies looms, experts warn Africa leaders 21 Aug 05 WorldFish Centre Calling fisheries critical for nourishing the poor and for helping Africa cope with the health, economic and social devastation of problems like HIV and AIDS, […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2005/08/fishworld081505_3-115x115.jpg)
![How many fish in the sea? Census of Marine Life launches first report 23 Oct 03 Census of Marine Life An estimated 5,000 previously unknown ocean fish species and hundreds of thousands of other marine life forms are yet to be discovered, according […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2003/10/emb1-115x115.jpg)
![Mountains of the Seas 21 Aug 2003 Census of Marine Life International Experts Meet to Expand Study of Seamounts and Submarine Canyons As These Nurseries for New Species Become Subject to Commercial Harvest Amid […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/seamounts2-115x115.jpg)
![UN Oceans Atlas Provides First Comprehensive Real-Time Tool To Observe State Of World’s Oceans 5 June, 2002 United Nations Washington / Rome / Paris – The UN and leading international scientific agencies will launch on June 5 (World Environment Day) a pioneering Internet-based atlas […]](https://www.terrycollinsassociates.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/38055405_oceanmm300-115x115.jpg)