Gareth Morgan: Fishing for facts in the toothfish debate (opinion)
New Zealand Herald | 17 Apr 2012
Fishing for Antarctic Toothfish in the Ross Sea is estimated to earn New Zealand $20 million to $30 million each year. It is a highly controversial fishery and is currently the subject of a debate over marine protection.
 Southern Ocean | Fisheries | Marine Management | Marine Protected Area

Fishing coalition highlights wide UK differences on protection zones
fishupdate.com | 17 Apr 2012
THE UK Fishing Coalition set up to keep a close watch on the spread of marine protection areas (MPAs) around the coast has expressed its concern at the wide differences between Defra and the devolved areas in the way they are being administered.
 Atlantic Ocean | Fisheries | Marine Protected Area

Floating laboratory follows plankton around the world in 938 days
Guardian Unlimited | 17 Apr 2012
Last month a strange yacht with an aluminium hull returned to a warm welcome in the port of Lorient, after a two-and-a-half-year absence. During that time the Tara, a floating laboratory, had sailed round the world, covering some 115,000km as it crisscrossed the oceans tracking invisible marine micro-organisms.
 Plankton | Research

Local students deploy global ocean drifter off of Massachusetts
NOAA | 17 Apr 2012
Getting an early jump on Earth Day, students from several Boston-area schools helped ready and deploy a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) ocean drifter today, contributing to a global array that yields vital environmental data.
 Atlantic Ocean | Ocean Currents | Research | Sea Surface Temperature

DTU Aqua to host AQUABEST meeting
World Fishing | 17 Apr 2012
DTU Aqua in Hirtshals is hosting an international AQUABEST meeting on sustainable fish farming in the Baltic Sea region.
 Atlantic Ocean | Aquaculture | Fish Farming

MSC launches mobile app
World Fishing | 17 Apr 2012
The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) has launched its first mobile app to help shoppers search for certified sustainable seafood on the go.
 Fish | Seafood Certification