The Sea Around Us is a research initiative at the University of British Columbia and the University of Western Australia. The program assesses the impact of fisheries on the marine ecosystems of the world and offers mitigating solutions to a range of stakeholders.
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Egyptian fisheries must be better managed to secure the overall health of the Mediterranean Sea's marine living resources, new research has found.
Plants & Animals
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Pelagic-oceanic fish commonly caught in warmer waters, such as skipjack tuna and blue mackerel, have been increasing in New Zealand's waters since the 1950s, while cold-water species such as southern bluefin tuna display ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 21, 2023
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Climate change-induced droughts and fish kills affect larger fish more severely than they affect smaller individuals, according to new research.
Plants & Animals
Jul 18, 2023
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Warmer water than that to which a fish is accustomed becomes an aggressor of sorts that impacts internal biochemical processes and forces the fish to stop growing at a smaller size than it would normally do in optimal habitat ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 28, 2023
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A new Paper Park Index (PPI) developed by researchers at the University of British Columbia's Sea Around Us initiative helped identify 55 marine protected areas (MPAs) across the world where enough fishing takes place to ...
Ecology
Mar 24, 2023
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Knowledge provided by local stakeholders such as non-governmental organizations, academics, civil servants, journalists, and fishers can be valuable for evaluating the effectiveness of countries' marine protected areas (MPAs).
Environment
Aug 9, 2022
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The inconspicuous sea sponges are Earth's oldest multicellular animals and have filtered the oceans for nearly 900 million years, long before the first plants appeared on land. New research appearing in the journal Fishery ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 30, 2022
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Conserving marine biodiversity, avoiding species extinction and maintaining food security from wild capture fisheries can all be achieved simultaneously if a global, non-regionalized approach to marine spatial management ...
Ecology
Mar 25, 2022
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Fisheries managers and researchers may now predict how early fish will spawn in response to warming waters due to climate change, both in the oceans and in freshwaters.
Plants & Animals
Feb 14, 2022
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A consistent metabolic ratio found across 133 Chinese marine and freshwater fish species provides new evidence in support of the idea that fish become sexually active—and spawn for the first time—in response to growth-induced ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 7, 2022
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