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Wednesday 01 August 2012

MMO announces second English area for marine planning
fishupdate.com | 01 Aug 2012
The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has today (1 August) announced that the coast and seas from Dover to the River Dart in Devon will be the second area in England to benefit from marine planning.

Iceland claim their mackerel has different genetic footprint
fishupdate.com | 01 Aug 2012
Iceland is claiming that some of the mackerel caught around its shores has a different genetic footprint to the general European stock which is at the centre of a major dispute with the European Union and Norway.

Atlantic Ocean | Fish | Fisheries | Marine Management

Future of fish depends on sound science
fishupdate.com | 01 Aug 2012
Management of British fish stocks must be based on sound scientific advice, says IFM.

Atlantic Ocean | Fisheries | Marine Management | Research

Govt's EEZ regime too weak - commissioner
New Zealand Herald | 01 Aug 2012
The parliament's independent environmental watchdog says the Government's proposed law governing the vast ocean resources covered by New Zealand's Exclusive Economic Zone are too weak.

Pacific Ocean | Governance | Non-Living Resources | Policy

Mangrove CO2 storage 'economic'
BBC | 01 Aug 2012
Protecting mangroves to lock carbon away in trees may be an economic way to curb climate change, research suggests.

Blue Carbon | Climate Change | Economy

UK sub surveys deep ocean floor
BBC | 01 Aug 2012
A British robotic sub has photographed a vast tract of deep ocean floor some 560km southwest of Lands End in great detail.

Atlantic Ocean | Deep Sea | Research | Seabed

Dead humpback whale washes up in Sydney
Telegraph | 01 Aug 2012
Dead humpback surprises morning swimmers and causes major headache for rescuers who must now remove it.

Pacific Ocean | Marine Mammals

Réunion Island revokes order to hunt sharks
Guardian Unlimited | 01 Aug 2012
The mayor of a town on Réunion Island has been forced to back down from a decision to pay fishermen to hunt and kill sharks because it contravenes French conservation law.

Indian Ocean | Conservation | Fish

Sea turtles released into Gulf of Thailand - video
Guardian Unlimited | 01 Aug 2012
Nearly 1,000 endangered sea turtles are released into the Gulf of Thailand as part of the Thai navy's campaign to protect them from extinction

Pacific Ocean | Biodiversity | Conservation

US weather drags lobster prices down as it threatens to drive cattle costs up
Guardian Unlimited | 01 Aug 2012
If you're ordering surf'n'turf, it may just about work out even for you. The fortunes of two of America's most popular menu picks are heading in opposite directions, with a sharp fall in the price of lobster to be offset by a jump in cost of dining on steak.

Atlantic Ocean | Economy | Fisheries

Sustainable fish on Olympic menu
World Fishing | 01 Aug 2012
During the Olympic and Paralympic games, it is estimated that 82 tonnes of seafood will be served, and organisers have chosen to only use sustainable fish, showing it can be affordable, achievable and delicious.

Fish | Seafood Certification

Fourth Mexican fishery MSC certified
World Fishing | 01 Aug 2012
Lobsters from the small-scale, artisanal fishery within the Sian Ka'an and Banco Chinchorro Biosphere Reserves, in the Mexican portion of the Mesoamerican Reef, have been MSC certified.

Atlantic Ocean | Fisheries | Seafood Certification

Spring Bay blue mussels confirmed Friend of the Sea
World Fishing | 01 Aug 2012
Spring Bay Seafoods, producer of Australian Blue Mussels, has once again passed its Friend of the Sea renewal audit with a high score.

Pacific Ocean | Aquaculture | Seafood Certification

South Coast next marine planning area
World Fishing | 01 Aug 2012
The coast and seas from Dover to the River Dart in Devon has been announced as the second area in England for marine planning.

Atlantic Ocean | Fisheries | Marine Management | Marine Spatial Planning

Earth's oceans and ecosystems still absorbing about half the greenhouse gases emitted by people
NOAA | 01 Aug 2012
Earth's oceans, forests and other ecosystems continue to soak up about half the carbon dioxide emitted into the atmosphere by human activities, even as those emissions have increased, according to a study by University of Colorado and NOAA scientists published today in the journal Nature.

Climate Change

Cormorant's high-speed dive filmed
BBC | 01 Aug 2012
The deep dive of Argentina's imperial cormorant to catch fish is captured on video by researchers.

Atlantic Ocean | Research | Seabirds

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