A new study of the impact on marine life of seismic air guns, used in geological surveys of the seafloor, has found that the sensory organs and righting reflexes of rock lobster can be damaged by exposure to air gun signals.

Last week, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) released the Status of U.S. Fisheries Annual Report to Congress, which details the status of 479 federally-managed stocks or stock complexes in the U.S. to identify which stocks are subject to overfishing, are overfished, or are rebuilt to sustainable levels.

An autonomous ‘SharkCam’ has been used in the UK for the first time to observe the behavior of basking sharks in the Inner Hebrides.

When making choices, people tend either to go with what they know or try something new. We experience this trade-off every day, whether choosing a route to work or buying breakfast cereal. But does one strategy have an advantage over another? Researchers decided to examine this question by looking at fishing boat captains, who face this choice again and again when deciding where to fish.

Orbital Marine Power Ltd (Orbital), developer of floating tidal stream turbines, have awarded the main manufacturing contract for the company’s first commercial O2 tidal turbine to Scottish based TEXO Group who will carry out the work at their quayside facilities in Dundee, Scotland, UK.

To Brennan Phillips, University of Rhode Island assistant professor of ocean engineering, it was an unparalleled sight.

In June 2019, the Kingdom of Bahrain revealed its plans to ban plastic bags. The move took many by surprise.