With physical and biological scientists increasingly working together, one new instrument combines an Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers and a biological echosounder.
YOUMARES – a conference run by, and dedicated to, budding and early-career marine scientists - is taking place in Germany this September. Simon Jungblut tells us more!
It’s time to celebrate sharks! Love them or fear them, or just don’t really know anything about them, sharks and their relatives ‘the rays’ are the among the most amazing creatures in our ocean. So amazing in fact that they get their very own festival in England!
In this weeks sea shorts, we take a look at a traditional fishing technique through this wonderful piece of art by Newfoundland-based artist Denis Abrard.
Take a glimpse of just a small part of the western Atlantic food web through the eyes and words of American author Isaac McLellan in his 1897 poem The Bluefish