Tag: Deep Sea

Deep sea microbes can provide clues to the evolution of life on Earth, according to a recent paper in The ISME Journal. Researchers used molecular methods to study these microbes, which thrive in the hot, oxygen-free fluids that flow through Earth’s crust. The researchers will build upon this discovery to continue investigating the extreme microbes thriving below the seafloor.

The proposal considers the obligation for fishermen to bring to land all catches as of 1st January 2019. It also reduces the catch limits in seven fish management areas compared to 2017-2018 levels, including for alfonsinos and black scabbardfish. Fishing for orange roughy will remain prohibited.

A fisheries biologist and acoustics researcher at the Northeast Fisheries Science Center laboratory in Woods Hole, Mass., Mike Jech is collaborating with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution on a new instrument platform called Deep-See. This instrument will send high resolution real-time images and data.

The UN will take steps to protect the high seas. In two years time, government representatives will attempt to conclude in a binding agreement to protect these areas from over-exploitation. Nevertheless, many nations, including the US, are reluctant to support the treaty.

Luxembourg-based dredging company Jan De Nul Group signed a Joint Venture Company agreement with its partner Payra Port Authority for the Payra Deep-sea Port EUR 550 million dredging project. Payra Deep-sea Port is considered vital for efficient development of Bangladesh’s infrastructure, trade and commerce.

Engineers from thyssenkrupp are planning to develop a new type of unmanned underwater vehicle in cooperation with Berlin Technical University, the University of Rostock, Atlas Elektronik and EvoLogics, called Large Modifiable Underwater Mothership.

In 2004, researchers at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) discovered a lost shipping container almost 1,300 meters (4,200 feet) below the surface of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.

r. In 2004, scientists at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) discovered a lost shipping container almost 1,300 meters (4,200 feet) below the surface of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.

Study: Deep-ocean microbes absorb carbon

Biologists Record Increasing Amounts of Plastic Litter in the Arctic Deep Sea