The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) issued a press release 11 August about what the research ship Dr Fridtjof Nansen is finding in the southern Indian Ocean – and the news isn’t good – for life in the sea or for the human food supply chain. Share:FacebookTwitterEmail
Reef News
Can Aquariums Deliver Health Improvements?
People who spend time watching aquariums and fish tanks could see improvements in their physical and mental wellbeing, according to new research published recently in the academic journal Environment & Behavior. Share:FacebookTwitterEmail
Here Comes Dory
The Sustainable Aquarium Industry Association (SAIA) has launched an extensive campaign to protect the palette surgeonfish on the occasion of the release of Disney’s animated feature film Finding Dory on June 17th, 2016. Finding Dory features this species as the main character, and the Disney Corporation wants to build on its 2003 success with FindingRead More
What’s In(vertebrate) Your Tank?
Do you keep marine invertebrates? If so, then I want to hear from you! My name is Joanne Younger, I’m a postgraduate student at the University of Portsmouth, and I am truly passionate about securing a healthy future for the marine aquarium trade. One of the exciting areas of research currently being explored in marineRead More
UM Issue 1 :: Free PDF
When we published our 50th issue, we promised to make a PDF copy of UltraMarine Magazine Issue 1 available for download*, so here it is! It would make us very happy if you chose to post a link on Facebook, Tweet your followers, etc., but there are no catches – you don’t need to signRead More
Corals and Fish Avoid Bad Reefs
A team from the Georgia Institute of Technology led by Dr Danielle Dixson has found that both young corals and young fish can sense the difference between depleted and healthy coral reefs, and head for the “healthy” areas rather than over-fished areas that have been invaded by seaweed. This fascinating research, published in Science, featuresRead More
Jellyfish
There has been a story about jellyfish in the UK national press and television this week — and for once, it was not of the lurid “plague of jellyfish” variety. The Guardian newspaper and BBC television websites carried the story in some detail, and included some brilliant video footage of a giant barrel jelly, measuringRead More
Marine Protected Zones :: Doubling Reserves
The BBC reported 17 June that the United States is to create the largest marine protected area in the world in the middle of the Pacific. The report says an existing area known as the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument will be extended to create the new area, and “fishing and drilling would beRead More
Fish Updates from the Marine Conservation Society
The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) has re-launched its popular sustainable seafood website – www.fishonline.org to make it easier for fish buyers, restaurateurs and the public to ensure they are buying and serving fish from the most sustainable sources. MCS, the UK’s leading marine charity, has improved the functionality of the website which operates alongside updatedRead More
Get Behind the #HandsOffMyHobby Campaign!
A special #handsoffmyhobby campaign has been launched to get passionate marine and tropical aquarists to shout about what they love about keeping fish. The Ornamental Aquatic Trade Association (OATA) is warning that popular tropical marine and freshwater fish, corals and invertebrates could be under threat if a European lobbying group for animals is successful inRead More
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