(Phys.org) -- A new computer model developed in Switzerland shows that the pH of the ocean waters off the west coast of the US will fall over the next four decades faster than previously thought. The region ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Jun 15, 2012 3.7 / 5 (25) 23 |

A species of common skate is to become the first marine fish species to be driven to extinction by commercial fishing, due to an error of species classification 80 years ago, reveals research published today ...

Biology - Ecology

Nov 18, 2009 4.7 / 5 (6) 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Great Lakes are in the midst of a remarkable ecological transformation, driven largely by the blitzkrieg advance of two closely related species of non-native mussels.

Space & Earth - Environment

Jul 16, 2009 5 / 5 (5) 3

Years before an economic crisis taught everyone the risks of runaway growth, marine fishermen and fishery managers were already getting a crash course.

Biology - Ecology

Oct 12, 2009 5 / 5 (5) 0

Divers began opening an underwater pit Saturday at a remote site in northern Lake Michigan that they say could be the resting place of the Griffin, a ship commanded by the 17th century French explorer La ...

Other Sciences - Archaeology & Fossils

Jun 16, 2013 5 / 5 (5) 0

Scientists have for the first time estimated the physical footprint of human activities on the deep seafloor of the North East Atlantic. The findings published in the journal PLoS ONE reveal that the area d ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Sep 14, 2010 4 / 5 (6) 3

Federal fishery regulators Thursday approved an unprecedented plan to ban U.S. commercial fishing in the Arctic Ocean.

Space & Earth - Environment

Feb 06, 2009 3 / 5 (7) 0

(Phys.org)—Engineers at Stanford's Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics and the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute have developed autonomous underwater vehicles that can photograph regions of ...

Technology - Engineering

Nov 27, 2012 5 / 5 (4) 0 |

(AP)—A group of Hawaii fishermen is asking the federal government to take northern Pacific humpback whales off the endangered species list.

Biology - Ecology

May 03, 2013 4 / 5 (4) 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Marine biology graduate student Austin Gallagher has studied the dwindling shark population around the world—from the waters of the South Pacific to those off Southern California.

Biology - Ecology

Oct 02, 2009 5 / 5 (2) 0

The number of sea turtles inadvertently snared by commercial fishing gear over the past 20 years may reach into the millions, according to the first peer-reviewed study to compile sea turtle bycatch data from gillnet, trawl ...

Biology - Ecology

Apr 06, 2010 5 / 5 (2) 0 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new, less selective approach to commercial fishing is needed to ensure the ongoing productivity of marine ecosystems and to maintain biodiversity, according to a paper in the Proceedings ...

Biology - Ecology

Apr 29, 2010 5 / 5 (2) 1

Commercial fishing around the Chagos Archipelago has ended, making it the largest no-take marine protected area (MPA) in the world.

Biology - Ecology

Nov 01, 2010 5 / 5 (2) 0

Cod and other groundfish populations off the east coast of Canada are showing signs of recovery more than 20 years after the fisheries collapsed in the early 1990s, according to research published today in ...

Biology - Ecology

Jul 27, 2011 5 / 5 (2) 0

(Phys.org) -- Protected ocean areas known as marine reserves jumpstart the recovery of nearby commercial fishing areas after an environmental event, concludes a study of abalone by researchers from Stanford ...

Biology - Ecology

Jul 20, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 0 |