Source: PhysOrg
Author: Cheryl Dybas, National Science Foundation
All life on Earth—from blue whales to microbes—uses carbon in one form or another. But all carbon is not created equal.
24 April, 2018
Mid-Atlantic
13 July, 2016
Source: NOAA Habitat Conservation
The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is pleased to announce the publication of the 2016 Report to Congress on the Deep Sea Coral Research and Technology Program. The Report highlights exciting scientific research conducted over the past two-year period and historic conservation measures that have been proposed and enacted based on our Program’s results.
Continue reading Deep Sea Coral Research & Technology Program 2016 Report to Congress
10 June, 2015
Source: New York Times
The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council voted Wednesday to protect deep sea corals from most bottom fishing over about 38,000 square miles of ocean, running from New York to Virginia.
Continue reading Vote Aids Deep Sea Corals in Much of Mid-Atlantic
3 June, 2015
Source: European Commission Maritime Forum
There is a strong imperative to maintain the functions and services of the marine ecosystems of the mid-Atlantic Ridge and Atlantic Basin during exploration and exploitation of deep-sea minerals. Here we propose to convene a workshop in Horta, Azores, 1-3 June 2015 in order to identify elements for a strategic Environmental Management Plan (EMP) for deep seabed mineral exploration and exploitation along the Atlantic in the international seabed Area (for now on called the Area). The workshop will bring together the main stakeholders, including representatives of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) and region-specific exploration contractors and prospectors together with scientists from different disciplines.
Continue reading Strategic environmental management plan for mining in the mid-Atlantic
10 December, 2014
Source: Yahoo News
Author: Ali Chase, NRDC
A hidden world thrives more than a mile and a half beneath the waves, in the inky blackness roughly 80 miles offshore the Atlantic’s coastline. There you can find corals in all colors of the rainbow and a menagerie of sea life with evocative names, such as the whiplash squid, dumbo octopus, sea butterfly (which is actually a snail), sea toad and tonguefish. See more images of the deep-see life in “Exotic Deep-Sea Canyon Life at Risk (Gallery ).”
Continue reading Coral Thrive Off U.S. Atlantic Coast, But Threatened
14 November, 2014
London, November 14, 2014 – The North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC) this week agreed to close six new areas totaling around 11,000 square kilometres to bottom fishing to protect vulnerable deep-sea species ecosystems and extended its prohibition on the catch of several shark species.
20 June, 2014
Source: WWF
Parties to the OSPAR Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic should take measures to control human impacts in marine protected areas. Action is being urged in advance of the upcoming OSPAR meeting in Cascais, Portugal, beginning June 23.
Continue reading WWF urges new measures as protected areas fail high seas wildlife
1 November, 2011
Source: Seafood Source
Washington, D.C.-based environmental organization Oceana is suing the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Fisheries Service for failing to set catch limits for non-target fish species in the Mid-Atlantic region.
Continue reading U.S. sued over Mid-Atlantic fisheries management