While aquaculture has the potential to relieve pressure on wild stocks, “it still relies heavily on wild-caught forage fish such as anchovies, sardines and mackerel to feed carnivorous species like ...

The decades-long overexploitation of the marine fisheries resources of most West African countries is one of the top drivers ...

Oyster beds are critical to a healthy ocean, because they filter water, prevent erosion and provide a home for an estimated ...

Oyster beds are critical to a healthy ocean, because they filter water, prevent erosion and provide a home for an estimated ...

Mexico’s Cabo Pulmo is buzzing with sea life. Sharks, rays, sea turtles and humpback whales are just some of the species that rely on its vibrant coral reefs. It wasn’t always like this. In the 1990s, ...

Agencies such as national navies and coast guards no longer need to rely solely on costly physical patrols over huge areas. With tools such as the Global Fishing Watch map, which makes vessel tracking ...

If you were to hear that by 2050 there will be more plastic in our oceans (by weight) than there will be fish, would you be alarmed? I definitely was alarmed when I read white paper about the plastic ...

Halting menhaden fishing in the Chesapeake Bay would harm Virginia workers and undermine marine science, menhaden captain ...

Ambassador Gustavo Lunazzi presented Argentina’s instrument of acceptance to WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala in ...

The ocean needs help – overfishing, pollution and climate change are serious problems. Individuals can take action to help.

What methods can be used to identify subsurface oceans on the five largest moons of Uranus: Ariel, Umbriel, Titania and Oberon, and Miranda? This is what a recent study presented at the 56th Lunar ...

Caroline Collatos is a PhD candidate at UMass Boston working with the New England Aquarium. She spends her days on the island ...