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Researchers are trying to figure out what the appearance of millions of bioluminescent pyrosomes off the United States’ northwest coast means for the food chain, fisheries and ocean health.
To date, only 5 percent of the sea floor has been mapped in detail, but an international consortium plans to map the rest over the next 13 years. The results could revolutionize our understanding of deep-sea biodiversity.
Abandoned fishing gear kills millions of marine animals every year. The Fishing for Energy program generates electricity from gear that’s been retrieved from the ocean.
Australian researchers collaborated with Microsoft cofounder Paul G. Allen’s Vulcan to create algorithms that crunch big data to detect suspicious fishing activity and alert local authorities.
A review of five years of research highlights the importance of the high seas to the global ecosystem and the peril they face from climate change, pollution and other human impacts.
Information on marine conditions is vital to ocean preservation efforts. A new study of five years of data collected by the Ocean Health Index reaches some surprising conclusions.
As waters warm, ocean oxygen levels are falling. Scientists say marine “dead zones” are already expanding, putting fisheries and the ecosystems they depend on in peril.
THE CONVERSATION: According to recent research, local seafood is not only crucial to coastal native communities’ health, but also sustains their societies and worldview.
New acoustic techniques that measure fish populations could potentially be used to help endangered species like the totoaba – and in turn the even rarer vaquita porpoise, which is on the brink of extinction.
South Pacific nations that control large areas of the ocean are creating huge marine reserves to combat illegal fishing, protect coral reefs and ensure the survival of ancient cultures.
Visited by millions of people, aquariums are in a unique position to help fight overfishing and plastic pollution, says Julie Packard, executive director of the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
The American eel plays an important role in ocean and freshwater ecosystems but populations are declining from overfishing. Now students are plunging into rivers to help the little-known fish.
Fish stocks are bouncing back thanks to an innovative program that establishes coastal marine reserves, managed by local residents, in the Philippines, Belize and elsewhere.
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