Source: Environment Journal
Author: Martin Guttridge Hewitt
The first poll asking the British public what they think about divisive plans to extract minerals from deep sea areas speaks volumes.
Continue reading UK attitude towards ocean mining revealed in landmark survey
Source: BBC – Melissa Hogenboom
Off the north-west coast of Scotland, 3,300ft (1,000m) under the sea, life is thriving amidst an otherwise drab and muddy ocean floor.
Continue reading These Deep-sea Creatures Have Existed For 10,000 Years
Source: Daily Mail
Advanced robotic technology has allowed researchers to capture unprecedented footage of marine life surrounding the UK’s tallest underwater mountains.
The biodiversity of creatures living in the deep sea is unlike that seen in any other place on Earth, researchers have discovered. Analysis of brittle and basket stars living at different depths has shown major differences in the drivers of diversity, potentially providing a “global baseline for conservation efforts” for these deep dwelling creatures.
Continue reading Life in the deep sea: Biodiversity of ocean depths unlike any other place on Earth
Continue reading ZSL Event: The Conservation Value of European Deep-sea Habitats
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has published the first comprehensive assessment of the state of health of fish in European Seas and concluded that two of the three deepwater fish species mainly targeted by French industrial bottom trawlers in UK waters, off Scotland, are threatened with extinction.
On 21 January 2015, MPs from across party divides joined with leading UK marine scientists and NGOs to call on the government to take a leading role in EU negotiations to ensure sustainable deep-sea fisheries, the phasing out of the most destructive methods, bottom trawling and gillnetting, and minimise harm to vulnerable deep-sea ecosystems in UK waters.
Continue reading Professor Phil Weaver speaks at Houses of Parliament deep-sea event
On 21 January 2015, MPs from across party divides joined with leading UK marine scientists and NGOs to call on the government to take a leading role in EU negotiations to ensure sustainable deep-sea fisheries, the phasing out of the most destructive methods, bottom trawling and gillnetting, and minimise harm to vulnerable deep-sea ecosystems in UK waters.
Continue reading Dr Kerry Howell speaks at House of Parliament deep sea event
On 21 January 2015, MPs from across party divides joined with leading UK marine scientists and NGOs to call on the government to take a leading role in EU negotiations to ensure sustainable deep-sea fisheries, the phasing out of the most destructive methods, bottom trawling and gillnetting, and minimise harm to vulnerable deep-sea ecosystems in UK waters.
Continue reading Dr Clive Trueman speaks at Houses of Parliament deep-sea event
