Treaty for sharks, et al

Loopholes in the net

Bytes

(De)baiting fishfood

Commercial fishermen are now harvesting "food" fishes, severely affecting the marine food web

Getting tough

For the first time, an attempt has been made to manage marine ecosystems

VIETNAM

In a spot

Going under

Corals in trouble

Massive coral bleaching strikes Great Barrier Reef

Taste of waste

How to make plants yield salt

Reconciliation

Lessons from marine ecology

Indian-American’s start-up could revolutionise the fight against marine litter

Based in Los Angeles, ‘Moral Fiber’ has developed a three-step chemical process that can extract polyester from mixed blend materials …

Why unbridled aquaculture in East Godavari district needs to be monitored

Impacts of aquaculture need to be assessed from a more comprehensive value-chain perspective instead of a narrow production focus

Under the moonlight: A little light and shade helps larval fish to grow at night

Their growth appears to be maximised when the first half of the night is dark and the second half of the night is bright  

Microplastics again: Report flags threat to marine environment along Kanyakumari coast

Pollutants dog remote beaches, marine ports apart from touristy destinations: Bharatidasan University study

Dolphin population declines in India’s only dolphin sanctuary

Dredging, freight transport, pollution, and a lack of management plan leaves India’s only dolphin sanctuary under threat, and a drop in …

Explaining the chemistry of an oil spill

Oil tanker spills compound the danger to the marine food chain by crude released into the sea in normal operations and seepage from the earth. …

World Bank hears Mundra fishers

Complainants say coal power plant in Gujarat will harm environment and affect catch

Offshore windfarms could offer new habitats for lobsters – new research

Increasing scour rocks might help to increase ecological value and maximise fishing opportunities within these sites

Underwater ship graves

Seventy years after the largest seaborne invasion in history, World War II shipwrecks still pose environmental risks

Fossil-sorting robot to make it easier to study oceans, climate

New tech can automate sorting, manipulating and identifying microscopic marine fossils

Does a new era of bleaching beckon for Indian Ocean coral reefs?

The British overseas territory faces an environmental crisis

More than half of world’s coral reefs threatened by local activities

Alarming figures revealed by UNESCO body

UNITED NATIONS

Spilling the beans

Oil spills can cause more long-term environmental damage than previously thought of