Deep-sea Conservation for the UK

Corals of the Deep PBS special

Andrew Davies — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 11:08:27 +0000

Have a look at this US video focussing on cold-coral exploration by Dr John Reed of HBOI. Touches on exploration, trawling, using autonomous underwater vehicles and so on! Well worth watching!

Video here

EuroTRACES call for proposals launched

anjd — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:18:43 +0000

January 2010

The European Science Foundation have launched a call for proposals for ‘EuroTRACES’, part of the Trans-Atlantic Coral Ecosystem Study.

For more information see the Call for Proposals.

Deadline for submission : 26 March 2010

Cold-water coral expedition sets sail off North Carolina

anjd — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:03:47 +0000

1 December 2009

An international team of scientists has set sail aboard the Duke University vessel ‘Cape Hatteras’ to study the giant cold-water coral mounds off North Carolina.

Read daily updates from the cruise at:

http://fl.biology.usgs.gov/DISCOVRE/discovre_2009/discovre_09_cruise_4.html

Protection for cold-water corals off SE United States

anjd — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 21:13:22 +0000

CHARLESTON, South Carolina, September 28, 2009 (ENS) - Protection for over 23,000 square miles of complex deepwater corals located off the coasts of the Carolinas, Georgia, and eastern Florida was advanced last week by a unanimous vote of the members of the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, SAFMC, a federal government advisory body.

For more information see:

http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/sep2009/2009-09-28-092.asp

Scientists call for action to stop ocean acidification

anjd — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 16:52:25 +0000

More than 150 leading marine scientists from 26 countries are calling for immediate action by policymakers to reduce CO2 emissions sharply so as to avoid widespread and severe damage to marine ecosystems from ocean acidification. They issued this warning in the Monaco Declaration, released on 30 January 2009.