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Wednesday 04 April 2012

New report on the state of polar regions
ScienceDaily.com | 04 Apr 2012
A new synthesis of reports from thousands of scientists in 60 countries who took part in the International Polar Year (IPY) 2007-08, is the first in over 50 years to offer a benchmark for environmental conditions and new discoveries in the polar regions.

Amount of coldest Antarctic water near ocean floor decreasing for decades
ScienceDaily.com | 04 Apr 2012
Scientists have found a large reduction in the amount of the coldest deep ocean water, called Antarctic Bottom Water, all around the Southern Ocean using data collected from 1980 to 2011.

Southern Ocean | Deep Sea | Ocean Currents | Polar Region

Coral links ice sheet collapse to ancient 'mega flood'
ScienceDaily.com | 04 Apr 2012
Coral off Tahiti has linked the collapse of massive ice sheets 14,600 years ago to a dramatic and rapid rise in global sea-levels of around 14 meters.

Climate Change | Coral | Sea Level Rise

Celtic Sea herring fleet MSC certified
World Fishing | 04 Apr 2012
The Celtic Sea herring fishery has been certified to the Marine Stewardship Council Standard as a sustainable and well-managed fishery.

Atlantic Ocean | Fisheries | Seafood Certification

Experts to assess Total gas leak as weather improves
Reuters | 04 Apr 2012
ABERDEEN/LONDON (Reuters) - Weather conditions are forecast to improve later on Wednesday, allowing French energy company Total to fly experts to its North Sea Elgin oil and gas platform to assess the steps needed to stop a large and potentially explosive gas leak.

Atlantic Ocean | Accidents and Spills

Endangered right whale protection goes high-tech
Reuters | 04 Apr 2012
BOSTON (Reuters) - Efforts to protect the North Atlantic right whale have gone high-tech with the creation of an iPad/iPhone application that can warn mariners when they approach an area where the highly endangered mammals are congregating.

Atlantic Ocean | Conservation | Marine Mammals | Sea Transport

Tuna ban in Pacific partially lifted
Guardian Unlimited | 04 Apr 2012
Pacific nations have reopened the Pacific high seas to commercial tuna fishing after a two-year ban imposed to preserve declining bigeye tuna stocks. In a meeting in Guam last week, member countries of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) lifted the fishing ban on pockets 1 and 2 of the Pacific Ocean.

Pacific Ocean | Conservation | Fisheries

Ship leaks oil as wild weather returns
The Independent UK | 04 Apr 2012
Treacherous weather conditions were last night hampering efforts to drain 40,000 litres of oil from a cargo ship which ran aground in an environmental protection area in north Wales, as high winds and snow caused havoc across the UK.

Atlantic Ocean | Accidents and Spills

New iPad, iPhone app helps mariners avoid endangered right whales
NOAA | 04 Apr 2012
Mariners along the U.S. east coast can now download a new iPad and iPhone application that warns them when they enter areas of high risk of collision with critically endangered North Atlantic right whales.

Atlantic Ocean | Conservation | Marine Mammals | Sea Transport

New measures for Gulf of Maine cod
World Fishing | 04 Apr 2012
NOAA has announced that fishermen will be allowed to catch up to 6,700mt of Gulf of Maine cod in 2012.

Atlantic Ocean | Fish | Fisheries

Shark protection measures an EU first
World Fishing | 04 Apr 2012
Changes introduced by the Scottish Government mean vulnerable species of sharks, skates and rays now have greater protection, over and above EU legislation.

Atlantic Ocean | Fish | Fisheries | Policy

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