Tag: marine biology

• Wednesday, October 2nd 2019 - 09:08 UTC

  INIDEP launches “Marine and Fisheries Sciences” publication in English and Spanish

  

  The Argentine Fisheries Research and Development Institute, INIDEP, based in Mar del Plata has re-launched a historic scientific magazine, now re-baptized “Marine and Fisheries Sciences” with the purpose of circulating the work and papers from the institute.

• Thursday, November 3rd 2011 - 01:35 UTC

  UN publishes blueprint for ocean and coastal sustainability

  

  Four United Nations organizations presented a project to preserve oceans and coastal areas threatened with environmental degradation. The document, released during the XXXVI UNESCO General Conference, warns of the danger faced by large aquifers, which play the role of climate regulators and are food sources and support for the economy of millions of people.

• Friday, April 23rd 2010 - 02:55 UTC

  China interested in krill fisheries to cut foreign dependence

  

  China has sent its ocean-going fishing vessels Kai li and An Xin Hai to the Antarctic for the 2010 krill fishing season. During a 23 day exploratory fishing they caught 2.000 tons of krill, with a daily output of 100 tons, three times than originally expected.

• Thursday, April 22nd 2010 - 01:11 UTC

  One meter giant deep-sea crab caught off the Isles of Scilly

  

  A giant deep-sea crab has been caught in a fisherman's nets off the Isles of Scilly. The one meter box crab, which has been named Spud, has a missing claw and is being cared for at Newquay's Blue Reef Aquarium. The species can grow up to 2m and is normally found at depths of 2.3km.