Articles related to "Marine Conservation"

Aquaculture can be used as a tool to protect resources and alleviate pressures on wild populations.

The Alaska Marine Advisory Service has published a guide for clean boating that is appropriate for boaters everywhere.

Three groups of mammals have lived in the oceans for millions of years.

Plastic debris pollutes our marine environment and harms wildlife that depend on clean surroundings to prosper. Boaters can do something about it.

Once MPAs are established, communities struggle with lack of funding and government support, financial stability, lack of facilities and weak enforcement of fishery laws.

Holidays taking pictures of coral reefs and the animals that live on them can help with marine conservation.

This Northwest Florida Gulf Coast marine park in Panama City Beach lets visitors see marine life, learn about marine conservation and swim with bottlenose dolphins.

North Pacific fisheries management is generally considered the standard for US waters, and is due in part to the use of Marine Protected Areas.

The Coalition on the Public Understanding of Science (COPUS) has declared 2009 to be the 'Year of Science'.

Plastic is man-made -- not easily broken down or reabsorbed by the environment. Clean-ups, consumer awareness, and alternative materials are needed.

Red gurnard growing in popularity with the British public, sells at premium prices at fish markets and from fishmongers. Here's the low down on red gurnard in Britain.

Cooks willing to prepare red gurnard, increasing in popularity as a conservationist's white fish, may like to cook up a seafood casserole using red gurnard with prawns.

White Sharks are the most notorious shark in the ocean. No thanks to movies that portray them as indiscriminate man eaters, and the ultimate prize to be won by fishermen.

Related to snails and other mollusks, the abalone populations around California are bouncing back from severe reduction from over-fishing.

Olives live on sandy beaches and can easily be collected by beachcombing. Distribution data is scientifically useful.

Kent has one of the longest coastlines in the UK, but it's at risk from erosion and pollution. A new scheme is trying to find out everything about the coastline.

New species are discovered regularly, often when their environment is already in danger. Saving them can save their habitats and entire ecosystems.

A recent study on the Great Barrier Reef shows that overfished populations can recover in a short time when protected by no-take zones.

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution is wrapping up the design of a new submersible that will replace the venerable ALVIN.

South Africa and Australia still use shark nets to protect swimmers. Changing tourism interests and conservation concerns may save ocean animals from being caught in them

Biotopers are urged to model their reef tank systems on habitats near Hoga Island.

Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge is located on the Fort Morgan peninsula of the Alabama coast, encompassing 7,000 acres of beach and maritime forest near Gulf Shores.

Gulf State Park is located along Alabama's coast in Gulf Shores. It contains 6,150 acres, including two miles of white sand beaches, a 900 acre lake, and scrub forest.

Belgium, though tiny, has conquered the world through her Master Chocolatiers and their pralines, seashells, pâtisseries, filled chocolate bars, spreads and other savours

Here is the information you need to make responsible and sustainable choices the next time you venture into the seafood department looking for salmon.

A group of research organizations have joined forces to produce an overview for marine areas of special interest. Information is presented on Google Earth and the web.

Cruise the beautiful Indian Ocean Islands, search for endangered species and support the work of the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust at the same time

Tributyltin antifoulants, oil spills and disease affect Oyster Culture at Arcachon.

Federal policies are not working to protect deep-sea essential fish habitat. Cold water corals need more attention drawn to them, just like tropical corals.

Advice about purchasing digital camera binoculars for whale watching.

Now that they are rarely hunted Gray Whales have become curious about humans and will often approach whale watchers.

Environmentalists have called for the amount of protected marine sanctuaries off Australia's southwest to be increased from one percent to twenty-five percent.

Female leatherback turtles return from their nesting site wearing satellite tags to track their progress as the world watches, learns and, hopefully, helps protect them.

Ecoventura has introduced the first green tour boat to be placed into service in the Galapagos, an environmentally sensitive World Heritage Site.

One lost or abandoned crab pot can kill an estimated 75 crabs a year, but biodegradable escape cords can prevent this unnecessary waste of life.

Historically, humans have valued the goods provided by marine ecosystems - yet failed to see the valuable planetary life support services those same ecosystems provide.

Fifteen species of sea snake live on Australia's Great Barrier Reef, and Aipysurus laevis is commonly encountered by divers.

Adoption of catch shares in commercial fishing is seen as one way to advert the economic and environmental disaster that will occur if overfishing continues.

Advice about buying whale watching equipment as presents for other people.

After a two-year complete overhaul, the National Museum of American History features high-tech displays, favorite collections and new exhibits.

Mangrove swamps in estuaries are cleared to provide lagoons to raise shrimps.

As communities become richer they can hunt for large reef fish more efficiently.

An amazing underwater aquarium with Europe's deepest viewing tunnel, The Deep is home to sharks, fish and now baby seahorses.

Clayoquot Sound UNESCO Biosphere Reserve has locations of outstanding interest for naturalists keen on the sea and coastal habitats.

Many people have learned that if sharks stop moving they will die. However this is not always true.

Training for a scuba diving certification is physically and mentally demanding. Students who complete a scuba diving course find it very rewarding despite the hard work.

Many people spend substantial amounts of money each year on bottled water because they believe that it is cleaner or safer than tap water.

Do we want to restore the environment or the industry?

Chumbe Island, Zanzibar, preserves one of the Indian Ocean's most spectacular shallow coral reefs, with 370 species of fish and corals found nowhere else in the world.

Amateur conchologists can build up collections without harming the environment.