ICES and PICES experts have gathered this week in St Petersburg, Russia, to study the spatial distribution of fish stocks and fisheries and projected responses to climate changes.

The publication of a scientific article by Marine Scotland on the environmental factors affecting a key fishery in the North Sea for prawns (langoustines) highlights the dynamic nature of the marine environment and the need for greater understanding of such natural fluxes, says the Scottish Fishermen's Federation (SFF).

How do you tell how old a fish is, or how many prawns there are in the Irish Sea? What lives under the waves around the coasts?

A new DNA test has been developed to detect low levels of the Bluff oyster-killer bonamia. National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (Niwa) and molecular diagnostic company dnature have developed a DNA test that is more sensitive, and can detect lower levels of infection, than using a microscope.

Antall personer som er utsatt for støy i Norge, har økt med 225 000 siden 1999. Det er fordi støyen fra veitrafikk øker samtidig som befolkningen vokser. Ser man bare på de boligene som var støyutsatt i 1999, har støyplagene derimot gått ned med fire prosent på grunn av en rekke støytiltak.

I 2009 anmeldte Klif en eksportør av kasserte elektriske og elektroniske produkter for ulovlig avfallseksport. Eksportøren er nå dømt til 150 timer samfunnsstraff i Oslo tingrett.

(University of Hawaii ? SOEST) Researchers from the University of Hawaii, Manoa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology developed species distribution models of the six dominant Hawaiian coral species around the main Hawaiian Islands, including two species currently under consideration as threatened or endangered.

Fifty five beaches in England meet tough new EU standards on water quality to achieve Blue Flag awards.

Study of a right whale named Eg 3911 reveals how entanglement can cause a slow, invisible death

Commercial fishermen have been praised for looking after an orca stranded in the Kaipara Harbour until rescuers arrived.