Hawaii Is Not an Evolutionary Dead End for Marine Life, Snail Study Finds

ScienceDaily, July 2, 2011

The question of why there are so many species in the sea and how new species form remains a central question in marine biology. Below the waterline, about 30% of Hawai'i's marine species are endemic -- being found only in Hawai'i and nowhere else on Earth -- one of the highest rates of endemism found worldwide. But where did this diversity of species come from?

Plastic Found in Nine Percent of 'Garbage Patch' Fishes: Tens of Thousands of Tons of Debris Annually Ingested

ScienceDaily, July 1, 2011

The first scientific results from an ambitious voyage led by a group of graduate students from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego offer a stark view of human pollution and its infiltration of an area of the ocean that has been labeled as the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch."

Why You Should Eat Fish? by: Jennifer McGuire

huffingtonpost, 29 June 2011

Just like the Meryl Streep commercial about alar horrified new moms away from apples in the late 1980s, fear-mongering messages about mercury in seafood contribute to the woefully low amount of seafood women eat today in the U.S.

Tracking Top Marine Predators in Dynamic Ocean

wood stanford, 22 June 2011

Like the vast African plains, two huge expanses of the North Pacific Ocean are major corridors of life, attracting an array of marine predators in predictable seasonal patterns, according to final results from the Census of Marine Life Tagging of Pacific Predators (TOPP) project published in the June 23 edition of the journal Nature.

NOAA Sets Fishing Quotas For Bluefin Tuna

The FishSite, 01 July 2011

NOAA has announced quotas and other measures for bluefin tuna that underscore the nation’s commitment to sustainable science-based management of this vital fish stock. The allocations divide the available 2011 US bluefin tuna quota of 957 metric tons among commercial and recreational fishing sectors for the fishing season that began on June 1.

EU Extends EU-Morocco Fishing Deal

TheFishSite, 01 July 2011

Four months after the conclusion of the negotiations between the EU and Morocco, member state representatives in the COREPER group of ambassadors decided on 29 June to provisionally apply a one-year extension of this widely criticised fisheries partnership agreement.