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Ghost story
The problem of abandoned fishing gear and its effects on marine life deserve greater attention.
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Cuba forges links with United States to save sharks
Improved diplomatic relations feed a budding environmental partnership.
- Jeff Tollefson
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Corals worldwide hit by bleaching
Warm ocean waters combine with El Niño to turn reefs a stark white.
- Alexandra Witze
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South African scientists trial humane shark deterrents
Orca-patterned wetsuits and shark-friendly nets among proliferation of research trials.
- Linda Nordling
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News Q&A |
Marine life needs protection from noise pollution
Conservationists call for international regulations to limit noise from shipping and seismic surveys.
- Emma Brown
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Research Highlights |
Finding a limit for deep-sea fishing
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Evidence supports trawling depth limit
Analysis reveals ecosystem damage and diminishing economic returns below 600 metres.
- Mark Schrope
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North Pacific ‘blob’ stirs up fisheries management
Unusually warm ocean strengthens calls to consider ecosystem variables in setting catch limits.
- Virginia Gewin
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How BP’s $18.7-billion oil-spill settlement could help the Gulf of Mexico
Marine scientist Don Boesch on the fight to restore ecosystems damaged by the Deepwater Horizon disaster.
- Richard Monastersky
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Research Highlights |
Farming footprint is rapidly growing
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Letter |
Interaction and signalling between a cosmopolitan phytoplankton and associated bacteria
Molecular characterization of interactions between a globally distributed marine diatom and its bacterial consortium.
- S. A. Amin
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Oceans are 'worth US$24 trillion'
Marine scientist Ove Hoegh-Guldberg explains the rationale behind pricing the ocean.
- Daniel Cressey
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Research Highlights |
Fishing drives population decline
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Fisheries: Eyes on the ocean
Daniel Pauly is sounding the alarm over global fish harvests, but others think he is making too much noise.
- Daniel Cressey
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World’s whaling slaughter tallied
Commercial hunting wiped out almost three million animals last century.
- Daniel Cressey
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Correspondence |
Biodiversity: Sharks and rays in peril too
- Peter M. Kyne
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US ocean sciences told to steer a new course
Major report calls for cuts to infrastructure, including fledgling Ocean Observatories Initiative, to increase spending on science.
- Alexandra Witze
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Ocean biology: Marine dreams
Scientists in a glamour field offer tips — and reality checks — for the next generation of marine biologists.
- Chris Woolston
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First clues found in mysterious sea star die-off
DNA analyses link outbreak along North America's Pacific Coast to a densovirus.
- Danielle Venton
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Green List promotes best conservation areas
Project puts spotlight on protected reserves that boost biodiversity.
- Natasha Gilbert
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African penguins put researchers in a flap
Controlled fishing experiment raises controversy over cause of birds’ decline on Robben Island.
- Michael Cherry
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Correspondence |
Social change affects Antarctic priorities
- Nick Gales
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Invasive-species control: Bounty hunters
Destructive lionfish are invading coral reefs in the Americas, but fishing competitions can help to keep the problem species in check.
- Hannah Hoag
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US Arctic research ship ready to cast off
Long-awaited vessel Sikuliaq joins an ageing fleet.
- Alexandra Witze
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Research Highlights |
Longlines better for deep seas
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Illegal fishing hooks online attention
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Mapping pinpoints turtles' danger zones
Satellite and fisheries data show areas in Atlantic Ocean where leatherback turtles and fishermen clash.
- Virginia Gewin
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Use of ‘fish aggregating devices’ could be unsustainable
Scientists are beginning to assess impact on fisheries.
- Daniel Cressey
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Cash wanted to help monitor Fukushima ocean radioactivity
Scientist launches crowd-funded survey of US west coast but says health concerns are overblown.
- Daniel Cressey
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EU fishing vote foments anger
Failure to impose a ban on deep-sea fishing jeopardizes the future of vulnerable ecosystems, say researchers.
- Daniel Cressey
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Australian shark-cull plan draws scientists' ire
Baited hooks in Western Australia could damage vulnerable white shark populations.
- Daniel Cressey
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Humans are becoming more carnivorous
Study reveals global shift towards animal-based diet — a bad omen for the environment.
- Hannah Hoag
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Changes to Canada's fisheries law alarm biologists
Revisions that take effect today remove protections for 80% of endangered freshwater species.
- Anne Casselman
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Third time unlucky for Antarctic protection bid
Failure to create marine reserve in Ross Sea raises questions over polar conservation.
- Daniel Cressey
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Oarfish’s misfortune is scientists’ boon
Beached giant fish make for unusually fresh specimens of poorly studied deep-sea creature.
- Daniel Cressey
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Europe debates fisheries funding
Campaigners want subsidies to be focused on conservation.
- Daniel Cressey
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New measure shifts biodiversity focus
Some temperate waters rival tropical reefs in new analysis.
- Daniel Cressey
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World View |
Deep-sea trawling must be banned
Industry interests should not be allowed to derail a European Union vote on whether to prohibit a destructive fishing technique, says Les Watling.
- Les Watling
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Author defends controversial seal-hunting report
Animal-welfare researcher tells critics his report was based on a wide-range of evidence.
- Daniel Cressey
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Letter |
Gene expression in the deep biosphere
Gene expression of microbes in anaerobic sediment from the Peru Margin at depths up to 159 metres below the sea floor is analysed: anaerobic metabolism of amino acids, carbohydrates and lipids are seen to be the dominant metabolic processes, and genes associated with cell division are found to be correlated with microbial cell concentration, suggesting that ongoing cell division contributes to biomass turnover.
- William D. Orsi
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Turning point: Jörg Wiedenmann
The training fast track helps an ecologist to get a major grant for coral research.
- Virginia Gewin
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How life emerged from deep-sea rocks
The origin of ion-pumping proteins could explain how life began in, and escaped from, undersea thermal vents.
- Ed Yong
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Research Highlights |
Scarce cetaceans catalogued
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Ancient fungi found in deep-sea mud
Discovery raises hopes that sea floor could yield previously unknown antibiotics.
- Richard Monastersky
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Pacific fisheries meet 'fails to end tuna overfishing'
Conservation body accused of failing to take responsibilities seriously.
- Prime Sarmiento