Electronic tagging and fisheries catch data have revealed pronounced differences in preferred habitat of Atlantic bluefin tuna and yellowfin tuna in the Gulf of Mexico, despite their close ancestry, according to a new study published on Friday in the peer-reviewed journal PLoS ONE. Bluefin tuna return to the same regions of the Gulf of Mexico [...]
The “topkill” operation has been officially declared “dead in the water”, pardon the pun. It is becoming more and more clear that the only way to stop the flow of oil will be with the two relief wells that are currently being drilled. BP is going to try to place a another top hat [...]
Two new reports released yesterday taken individually are cause enough for alarm, but together they are a warning of another potentially catastrophic oil spill event in the Gulf of Mexico. The first report, as you may have guessed, is the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) annual Atlantic Hurricane Forecast. The second is a study on [...]
U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke has determined there has been a fishery disaster in the Gulf of Mexico due to the economic impact on commercial and recreational fisheries from the ongoing Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The affected area includes the states of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. “We are taking this action because of the potentially [...]
The comedy of errors (and omissions) surrounding the Gulf Oil Spill would be funny if it were being portrayed on Saturday Night Live and not wreaking havoc upon the environment and people’s livelihoods. I cannot recall an incident of any kind where officials, both corporate and governmental, have made so many statements that were proven [...]
The devastating oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico should be a warning and a wake up call to the world. The Deepwater Horizon drilling platform sank over a month ago and the resulting oil leak is still gushing oil into the Gulf at a rate of at least 5,000 barrels a day (this number [...]
Australian wave energy developer Carnegie Wave Energy has been granted an investigation license and option to lease from the Victorian government for three potential wave energy sites off Victoria at Portland, Warrnambool and Phillip Island. Tenure was awarded by the Victorian Minister for Environment and Climate Change under section 138 of the Land Act 1958, [...]
Ushering in the next era of ocean exploration, the U.S. Office of Naval Research has selected Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego as the operator of a new scientific research vessel. The yet-to-be-designed and built Ocean Class ship—a new class of research vessel—will lead a range of ocean expeditions that will advance science [...]
The Permanent Representative of Palau to the United Nations, Ambassador Stuart Beck, today called upon the international community to impose a Moratorium on Shark Finning
It would be nice to provide overall good news regarding the disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico that has been gushing oil into the sea for over a month, but that is not the case this morning. BP seems to be incapable of stopping the oil from gushing into the Gulf and of [...]
Dr Sylvia Earle, distinguished oceanographer, testified in front of the House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure regarding the impact of the gulf oil spill this week. Introducing Earle to the hearing, Committee Chairman James L. Oberstar, Democrat-Minnesota, said he had read her testimony and found it to be “positively lyrical” and reminiscent of [...]
Scotland’s world-leading test centre for commercial-scale wave and tidal energy devices is expanding, to attract international businesses with smaller prototypes at earlier development stages. The Orkney-based European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) or “Orkney” as most insiders call it, has now identified “nursery sites” in the islands to plug the vital gap between test tanks and [...]
Scientists from Oregon State University’s Marine Mammal Institute will begin a project in December to test whether a low-power acoustic deterrent device can prevent migrating whales from entering a 500-meter-radius area of the near-shore ocean that may eventually contain wave energy platforms and cables. Funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, the project is the [...]
In an important development for the ocean revewable energy sector(including offshore wind), Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today signed a Secretarial Order that will lead to the fundamental restructuring of the Minerals Management Service and the division of its three conflicting missions into separate entities with independent missions. “The Minerals Management Service has three [...]
Just a reminder that the Ocean Renewable Energy Group (OREG) is hosting two community open houses to begin an early dialogue on the wave and tidal energy potentials and opportunities around Vancouver Island. You are invited to participate in these sessions in order to learn, share knowledge and provide questions and comments.
TradeFair Group and the Oregon Wave Energy Trust (OWET) announced today that they will partner on launching the EnergyOcean Pacific Conference & Exhibition incorporating OWET’s 5th Annual Ocean Renewable Energy Conference, on September 29 & 30, 2010 in Portland, Oregon at the Doubletree Hotel & Executive Meeting Center and a Professional Development Day and evening [...]
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