OSIL have announced a new addition to their Marine Snow Catcher / Microplastics Sampler family. These samplers can facilitate a greater understanding of the export processes of the oceanic organic carbon and nutrient cycles. This can help to predict how these processes may change in the future.
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ScubaCom has the only specimen seashell permit (EP0002) in South Australia which is closely managed by the SA Fisheries Department. Founder Steve Robinson says, “it is my aim to offer seashells to the world with a guarantee that all specimens have been responsibly collected ensuring species sustainability.
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Mission Blue organized an expedition to Malpelo Island, a Mission Blue Hope Spot. One of the goals of the trip was to study sharks and fish that use the area, to improve their conservation.
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WHOI is now accepting applicants for a research voyage to study humpback whales in the Antarctic Peninsula.
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ASL Environmental Sciences has chosen Dr. Laura Hobbs and Dr. Roland Proud as the winners of the fourth annual Acoustic Zooplankton Fish Profiler (AZFP) early-career scientist award contest. They are both Scotland-based marine ecologists, specializing in bioacoustics. Hobbs is associated with the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) and the University of Strathclyde, and Proud is with the University of St. Andrews. Together, they plan
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Microplastics and other man-made fibers have been found in a popular fish species on the Great Barrier Reef. A recent research study is the first to report the presence of microdebris in wild-caught commercial fish in the World Heritage Area. Researchers from the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) in Townsville, found 115 items of man-made debris in the gastro-intestinal
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