Ocean News

The Pacific Ocean’s giant garbage patch (the North Pacific Subtropial Gyre) has led to an increase of surface space for sea striders to breed upon.
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Rare photographs capturing illegal shark finning and the fishing of other species were taken off the coast of Indonesia in a protected marine area.
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Infinitesimal pipehorse skeleton shape imprinted in fossil
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The Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) has agreed to adopt more sustainable tuna fishing practices—a decision that is long overdue as it comes a decade after most other world fishery management organizations have adopted these same measures.
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Rising levels of CO2 in the atmosphere have led to changes in the ocean’s chemistry and may pose an even greater risk to plankton populations than was previously believed.
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Researchers commissioned by the Scottish National Heritage (SNH) recently determined that the northern bottlenose dolphin population is stable or increasing.
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Scientists studying the recovery of the Atlantic cod species in the eastern Scotian Shelf previously believed that its delay was due to the presence of forage fish.
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Ned DeLoach, co-author of nine marine life field guides and co-founder of REEF, will be presenting one of his popular fish behavior talks as part of the Reef Environmental Education Foundation free Fishinar series. Ned’s talk, “Speed Dating Fishy Style: How Fish Spawn and When You’re Likely to Catch Them in the Act,” will be live online on May 9th at 8pm EDT.
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Early in the springtime, female gobies are often shy or reluctant when it comes to male advances. This changes, however, as the season progresses and the number of males dwindles.
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