Tag: marine environment

NOAA explains that marine snow is a shower of organic material falling from upper waters to the deep ocean. Biological debris that falls from higher in the water column is also known as marine snow. Some flakes fall for weeks before finally reaching the ocean floor.

The environmental organization Plastic Oceans has released a Christmas video to urge people to recycle packaging this Christmas to help protect the oceans.

Indonesia is working towards establishing its first particularly sensitive sea area (PSSA), with assistance from the IMO-Norwegian Development Cooperation Agency (Norad) marine environment project on PSSAs in South East Asia.

EU-funded researchers are working on cost-effective anti-fouling coatings for boats and marine infrastructure that are better for the environment. The four-year SEAFRONT project, launched in 2014, has trialled new processes and methods designed to increase scientific understanding of exactly how biofouling occurs and how this problem can best be addressed. This initial work will help in the development of a new generation of anti-biofouling technologies, which will be able to effectively minimise biofouling on marine infrastructure and tools without damaging the ecosystem.

The US Coast Guard has published a Final Rule increasing the liability limits for vessels, deepwater ports and onshore facilities under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA 90).

Address navigational hazards and marine pollution problems are among the recommendations considered by a working group on Illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.

NOAA and Cuba have signed an agreement to cooperate on the conservation and management of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)

The Federal Court has fined Japanese whaling company Kyodo $1 million for hunting whales within an Australian whale sanctuary

A new study published identifies a set of features common to all ocean ecosystems that provide a visual diagnosis of the health of the oceans