Tuesday 06 March 2012
The future of Arctic enterprise: Long-term outlook and implicationsIUCN | 06 Mar 2012Over the next 20 years, shipping, oil and gas, mining, tourism and aquaculture will be the key sectors of economic activity in the Arctic marine environment. A new report The future of Arctic enterprise: Long-term outlook and implications focuses on the outlook for the development of existing and new economic activity in the Arctic marine region.
Arctic Ocean | Polar Region A balanced kettle of fish - IUCN suggests a novel approach to fishingIUCN | 06 Mar 2012An IUCN study published in the journal Science suggests major rethinking of fisheries management that could increase food security and minimize the negative impacts of fishing on the environment. The new approach proposed by IUCN, called balanced harvesting, involves targeting all edible components of the marine environment, in proportion to their productivity.
Fisheries | Marine Management Running hot and cold in the deep sea: Scientists explore rare environmentEurekAlert | 06 Mar 2012It's extremely rare to find hot hydrothermal vents and cold methane seeps intersecting in one place, but that's what researchers found and explored during an expedition in 2010. A description of the scientists' findings, including a large number of mysterious, undescribed species, is published in a study led by Lisa Levin of Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego in the March 7 issue of the Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
Deep Sea | Seabed
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