Saving endangered whales at no cost
By comparing the productivity of lobster fishing operations in American and Canadian waters of the Gulf of Maine, researchers have identified ways in which cost-saving alterations in fishing strategies can substantially reduce fishing-gear entanglements of the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale. view more (2007-01-09)
Antarctic animals are under threat from illegal fishing
Animals in the oceans surrounding Antarctica are under increasing threat. Fishery management organisations and governments need to do more to eliminate illegal fishing and regulate better legal fishing in Southern Ocean and adjacent areas according to Professor John Croxall speaking today (17 Feb) at a special symposium - Conserving Migratory... view more... (2003-02-07)
Fishing communities ravaged by HIV/AIDS
Fishing communities are the hidden victims of HIV/AIDS, according to new research carried out by the University of East Anglia. view more (2005-03-18)
Research shows loggerhead sea turtles threatened by small-scale fishing operations
Washington, DC. Ocean Conservancy Scientist, Wallace J. Nichols and University of California-Santa Cruz researcher Hoyt Peckham found surprising results in a recent peer-reviewed loggerhead sea turtle study that Nichols and Peckham conducted over the course of 10 years. The full study will be published on October 17 in the online, open-access... view more... (2007-10-17)
University research programme to uncover the genetic secrets of Asian bird of prey
A team of academics and research students from The University of Nottingham will travel to the forests of Cambodia to trap Asian fishing eagles (Ichthyophaga) and take measurements and blood samples, before releasing them back into their natural habitat. view more (2005-05-23)
Critically endangered porpoise is focus of new research report
An international research team, including biologists from NOAA's Fisheries Service, reported in the scientific journal Conservation Biology, that the estimated population of vaquita, a porpoise found in the Gulf of California, is likely two years away from reaching such low levels that their rate to extinction will increase and possibly be... view more... (2008-01-15)
Commercial fishing causes dangerous fluctuations in fish populations
Commercial fishing causes serious fluctuations in fish populations leaving them in danger of total collapse, says new research published today. view more (2006-10-19)
Danger At Sea (p 503, 543)
A research letter in this week's issue of THE LANCET highlights how trawler fishing and other seafaring jobs are by far the most hazardous occupations in Great Britain. Stephen Roberts from the University of Oxford, UK, investigated the most hazardous of all occupations in Great Britain. The causes of all deaths in British merchant seafaring and... view more... (2002-08-14)
New Approach Needed if Fish Stocks are to Survive
A new approach to fisheries management, taking into account the full range of human impacts on the ecosystem, is needed if fish stocks are to survive, according to Professor Chris Frid of the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, speaking at the EurOCEAN European Conference on Marine Science and Ocean Technology in Galway today. "Fishing is... view more... (2004-05-11)
Fishing benefits from marine reserves
The creation of marine reserves in which fishing is banned can benefit fisheries in adjacent areas, according to Dr Callum Roberts of the Environment Department at the University of York. view more (2001-11-30)
A fishy tale - science aids conservation
University of Leicester biologist Dr Paul Hart has been carrying out a study to reveal the "Biological and Socio-economic Implications of a Limited Access Fishery Management System", detailing the arguments for and against keeping different methods of fishing apart. His aim is to discover a fishery... view more... (2003-02-18)
Reef Sharks Threatened by Overfishing
A study by Australian scientists has warned that coral reef shark populations on the Great Barrier Reef are in the midst of a catastrophic collapse. view more (2006-12-06)
Bleak Times For The Orange Roughy
A committee of high-level marine scientists are calling for an immediate drop in fishing effort on deep sea stocks such as the orange roughy. According to a report which is released by ICES today (11 June), most deep sea fish stocks are being overfished. Scientists are recommending that not only should existing fishing pressure be reduced but... view more... (2004-06-10)
Longest study finds reef fish need longer break
In the longest running study on how fish populations in coral reef systems recover from heavy exploitation, researchers from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and others have found that the fish can recover, but they need lots of time - decades in some cases. view more (2007-07-12)
5th annual Keys bonefish population census results announced
Results are in from last year's fifth annual Bonefish Population Census in the Florida Keys and the bonefish population has remained fairly steady from 2006, however, the number of volunteers participating in the annual event continues to grow. view more (2008-02-26)
Dolphin Population Stunted by Fishing Activities, Scripps/NOAA Study Finds
Despite broad "dolphin safe" practices, fishing activities have continued to restrict the growth of at least one Pacific Ocean dolphin population, a new report led by a researcher at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego has concluded. view more (2008-11-25)
Fishing kills Fijian coral reefs
Outbreaks of a coral-eating starfish have occurred in Fiji resulting from overexploitation of the predatory fishes that normally limit its numbers. The impacts of the starfish are dramatic, with previously pristine coral reefs being turned into dull algal mats. Worryingly, Dulvy, Freckleton and Polunin - the authors of a study in the May issue of... view more... (2004-05-04)
Human influences challenge penguin populations
The ecology of penguins makes these iconic swimming and diving seabirds of the Southern Hemisphere unusually susceptible to environmental changes. view more (2008-07-01)
Fisheries linked to decline in Galapagos waved albatross population
Fishermen caught and killed about 1 percent of the world's waved albatrosses in a year, according to a new study by Wake Forest University biologists. view more (2006-10-04)
Extinction threats grow as sea governance rules ignored
Those who rule the ocean waves are being named and shamed today for their role in failing to prevent the near extinction of the albatross. view more (2005-03-03)
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