Oceana, the largest international advocacy group working solely to protect the world’s oceans, today released a new report outlining violations of sea turtle protection regulations in the Gulf of Mexico Shrimp Fishery. Specifically, the data shows that illegal fishing in the Gulf is killing thousands of threatened and endangered sea turtles, far more than had [...]
Today, Aquarium of the Bay launched a multi-prong effort to address the “Perils of Plastics,” through a new temporary exhibition as well as major organizational changes to combat the global issue.
The beautiful setting of the Channel Islands off the coast of France did nothing to calm tempers at the International Whaling Commission meeting this week. The Japanese, who where forced to end their southern ocean whale hunt earlier this year due to the actions of Sea Shepherd activists, are angrily insisting that the Australian’s do [...]
Dexawave A/S has now started the practical part of the project to test the possibilities for Malta to get supplied with renewable energy from the Mediterranean waves. A scale model of Dexawave’s converter – has been placed in the sea off the Maltese town Marsascala and it is supposed together with measuring buoys off the [...]
Sharks in The Bahamas can breathe more easily after the nation’s government announced today that all commercial shark fishing in the approximately 630,000 square kilometers (243,244 square miles) of the country’s waters is now prohibited. “2011 is fast becoming the year of the shark,” said Jill Hepp, manager of global shark conservation for the Pew [...]
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) is hiring! Director Michael R. Bromwich announced that the bureau will begin to use multiple-person inspection teams for offshore oil and gas inspections. This internal process improvement will improve oversight and help ensure that offshore operations proceed safely and responsibly. The new process will allow [...]
The SETsquared partnership, one of the UK’s most successful university collaborations, has announced the results of its competition to find a student to take part in the Kauffman Global Scholars Program.
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The Obama Administration announced the launch of a series of listening sessions to gather input from the communities that depend on and care for our ocean, coasts, and Great Lakes – continuing work to implement the nation’s first comprehensive ocean policy. Feedback and comments gathered through these public engagement opportunities will assist the National Ocean [...]
Australia’s channel 7 news helicopter caught dramatic footage of a waterspout off the country’s east coast earlier this month.
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Aegir Wave Power, a joint venture between Swedish utility Vattenfall AB and Pelamis Wave Power, have today secured an agreement for lease from The Crown Estates for their wave farm project off Shetland.
A collaborative project bringing together three of Europe’s leading utilities and wave energy technologies provided by Aquamarine Power and Pelamis has been selected by the UK Government for a major European funding bid.
Hydro Green Energy Secures New Funding and Announces Michael P. Maley as CEO Hydro Green Energy, LLC (HGE), a renewable energy development company with proprietary hydropower technology, this week announced that it has secured an equity capital and project development investment from Providence Renewables, LLC of Dallas, TX. HGE also announced the appointment of Michael P. [...]
Wave energy developer Carnegie Wave Energy (ASX: CWE) is pleased to advise that its commercial scale CETO 3 unit has successfully completed its primary offshore testing phase with sufficient data collected to allow the finalisation of the design for a grid connected commercial demonstration project.
New analysis released today by the Carbon Trust shows the UK could capture just under a quarter of the global marine energy market. Equivalent to up to £76bn to the UK economy by 2050, this growing sector could also generate over 68,000 UK jobs, if the technology is successfully developed and deployed internationally and the [...]
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) has approved a Construction and Operations Plan (COP) submitted for the Cape Wind Energy Project, which is required before construction may begin on the generation facility planned in Nantucket Sound.
The waters of Whiting Harbor near Sitka, Alaska, are icy this late winter morning, but “ROVer” doesn’t mind, it doesn’t even shiver. The remotely operated vehicle, or ROV, from NOAA’s Auke Bay Laboratories is on a mission: Find “rock vomit.” Lesser known as Didemnum vexillum, rock vomit is an invasive sea squirt discovered in Alaska [...]
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