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In this month's newsletter you will find out about upcoming special events and news from around the world, from recent discoveries to information on the devastating floods and food security risks in Pakistan.
The Census of Marine Life, a partner of the UN Atlas of the Oceans, is an international science research programme running from 2000-2010. The Census unites 2700 researchers from more than 80 countries to assess and explain the diversity, distribution and abundance of marine life.
It will address three questions: What lived in the oceans? What lives in the oceans? What will live in the oceans?
To find out more, visit The Census of Marine Life 2010: A Decade of Discovery, to be released in London, UK 4-6 October 2010. We will cover the results in the October 2010 newsletter.
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- Marine Mammals : Welcome to the Marine Mammals section of the UN Atlas (Topic)
- Draft bill for sustainable fishing approved : Spain: The Council of Ministers have approved a Draft Sustainable Fisheries Act, which aims to achieve rational, responsible and sustainable fishing in accordance with local and international legislation as well as the FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries. (News)
- Coral Off Puerto Rico's Coast 'Ideal Case Study' for Gulf Oil Spill's Impact : Coral living off the coast of Puerto Rico may provide researchers valuable information about the potential impact of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. (News)
- Salmon Baby Food? Babies Need Omega-3s and a Taste for Fish, Scientist Says : A University of Illinois food science professor has two important reasons for including seafood in your young child's diet, reasons that have motivated her work in helping to develop a tasty, nutritious salmon baby food for toddlers. (News)
- How Corals Fight Back : Australian researchers are a step closer to understanding the rapid decline of our coral reefs, thanks to a breakthrough study linking coral immunity with its susceptibility to bleaching and disease. (News)
- Human Noise Pollution in Ocean Can Lead Fish Away from Good Habitats and Off to Their Death : The growing amount of human noise pollution in the ocean could lead fish away from good habitat and off to their death, according to new research from a UK-led team working on the Great Barrier Reef. (News)
- Ocean's Color Affects Hurricane Paths : A change in the color of ocean waters could have a drastic effect on the prevalence of hurricanes, new research indicates. (News)
- Widespread Floating Plastic Debris Found in the Western North Atlantic Ocean : Despite growing awareness of the problem of plastic pollution in the world's oceans, little solid scientific information existed to illustrate the nature and scope of the issue until a team of researchers from Sea Education Association (SEA), Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), and the University of Hawaii (UH) published a study of plastic marine debris in the latest issue of the journal Science. (News)
- FAO: Impact of rising feed ingredient prices on aquafeeds and aquaculture production : A new FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Technical Paper, "Impact of rising feed ingredient prices on aquafeeds and aquaculture production", investigates and evaluates the underlying reasons for the recent dramatic rise in prices of many of the commodities (e.g., soybean, corn, fishmeal, fish oil, rice and wheat) used in aquafeed production and its consequences for the aquafeed industry. (News)
- Limiting Ocean Acidification Under Global Change : Research on the likely response of ocean acidification to a range of carbon dioxide emission scenarios undertaken by the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton in the UK. (News)
- FAO: FishDev-Central Asia Programme opens up opportunities for Central Asian Countries : Central Asian countries will be participating in two major international aquaculture events later this month. Fourteen government officials from five Central Asian and Caucasus countries -- Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan -- will be present at the meetings to be held at Phuket, Thailand. (News)
- World Conference on Marine Biodiversity 2011 : The World Conference on Marine Biodiversity 2011 has the overall aim of bringing together scientists, practitioners and the public to discuss and advance our understanding of the issues surrounding the importance of biodiversity in the marine environment. Supported by the Census of Marine Life. More information and marine-biodiversity@abdn.ac.uk (Event)
- Census of Marine Life. A Decade of Discovery : The outcomes of the 2000-2010 Census of Marine Life (Website)
- Long-term shifts in abundance and distribution of a temperate fish fauna: a response to climate change and fishing practices : One fifth of the Tasmanian coastal fish fauna has undergone compositional shifts since the 1800s, a response to climate change and fishing practices. (Document)
- WHOI scientists confirm oil plume persists in Gulf of Mexico : Scientists at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) have detected a plume of hydrocarbons that is at least 22 miles long and more than 3,000 feet below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico, a residue of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill. (News)
- Open Science. Sharing Knowledge in the Global Century. : Using science communication to address the challenges of climate change, food crisis, environmental degradation, resource scarcity and disease. (Book)
- Seabirds work hard to ensure survival : A long-term study of some of the Indian Ocean's most iconic seabirds has uncovered alarming findings. There were 10,000 breeding pairs of red-footed booby birds on Christmas Island, Indian Ocean in 1989, but numbers appeared to have plummeted this year. In the past month, a survey team from Hamburg University has found just 24 nests in a coastal strip of jungle where there were 212 last year. (News)
- Coasts (TV series from the BBC UK) : Television series five of a journey around the coast of the United Kingdom, uncovering stories that have made us the island nation we are today. (Multimedia)
- FAO: CALL FOR EXPERTS-Certification and ecolabelling of capture fisheries : The FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department is compiling a roster of experts in the area of certification and ecolabelling of capture fisheries. If you would like to be included in the roster please send your CV to William Emerson copied to Alessandra Innelli preferably by 31 August 2010 and no later than 15 September 2010. (News)
- IAEA: International Symposium on Isotopes in Hydrology, Marine Ecosystems, and Climate Change Studies : The principal objective of the symposium will be to exchange recent research achievements in the use of isotopic techniques in hydrology, climate change studies, marine and terrestrial ecosystems. (Event)
- Federal Science Report Details Fate of Oil from BP Spill in the Gulf of Mexico : The vast majority of the oil from the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has either evaporated or been burned, skimmed, recovered from the wellhead or dispersed much of which is in the process of being degraded. A significant amount of this is the direct result of the robust federal response efforts. (News)
- What Lives in the Sea? : As part of the Census of Marine Life effort from 2000 to 2010, participating nations and regions generated new syntheses of marine biodiversity knowledge in their adjacent waters. Summaries of these findings are collected in The Public Library of Science's (PLoS) latest special collection, Marine Biodiversity and Biogeography — Regional Comparisons of Global Issues. (News)
- Nutrient-rich algae from Chad could help fight malnutrition : A nutrient-rich indigenous produce holds out the hope of a better life for the impoverished women who harvest it on the edges of Lake Chad, and may also one day make a contribution to fighting malnutrition. (News)