The Symposium aims to foster interaction among all concerned academicians, practitioners, and researchers from different disciplines working on underwater science and research
The murky system of registering vessels to countries offering flags of convenience (FOC) is fuelling pirate fishing in the world's oceans and risking potentially catastrophic security and safety...
New evidence that chemical contaminants are finding their way into the deep-sea food web has been found in deep-sea squids and octopods, including the strange-looking "vampire squid"
A recent report published in Science magazine, entitled 'A Global Map of Human Impact on Marine Ecosystems', has shown that not only are more than 40 per cent of the world's waters 'heavily...
One cigarette lighter, a toothbrush, a toy robot and a tampon applicator. The list of plastic items recovered from the stomach of a Laysan albatross chick that died on a remote Pacific island reads...
Young Puget Sound orcas have more potentially toxic flame-retardant chemicals in their bodies than their elders, adding to evidence that the controversial chemicals could be hurting the endangered...
With the official launch of the International Polar Year today, WWF is looking to stop unsustainable fishing, marine pollution and climate change in the Southern Ocean.
In particular, the global...
The United Nations has officially declared 2007 the Year of the Dolphin to help raise awareness about the plight of the mammal around the world. The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) said...
China's ocean environment, especially the shallow waters just off the coast, has been severely polluted by an increasing run-off of contaminants into the sea. A report released by China's State...
EFFORTS by Barbados and other Caribbean destinations to cash in further on the billion dollar dive tourism industry is under serious threat.
The twin culprits are coastal and marine pollution,...
