Ancient civilizations reveal ways to manage fisheries for sustainability
EurekAlert | 26 Mar 2012
(Stanford University) A team of marine scientists has reconstructed fisheries yields over seven centuries of human habitation in Hawaii and the Florida Keys, the largest coral reef ecosystems in the United States. Results show that before European contact, Native Hawaiians were catching fish at sustainable rates, whereas historical Florida fisheries experienced commercially driven booms and busts.
 Pacific Ocean | Coral | Fisheries

James Cameron succeeds in Mariana Trench dive
Guardian Unlimited | 26 Mar 2012
The Hollywood director James Cameron has completed his submarine journey to the Mariana Trench, the deepest point of Earth's oceans. The director of Titanic and Avatar used a specially designed submarine to dive nearly seven miles (11km).
 Pacific Ocean | Deep Sea | Diving

Australia retrieves huge ghost net
World Fishing | 26 Mar 2012
The largest ghost net seen in many years, weighing in dry at around 1.5t has been retrieved from Ashmore Reef by Customs officers aboard the 'Ashmore Guardian'.
 Pacific Ocean | Marine Debris

BOOST FOR SHETLAND FISHERIES RESEARCH
fishupdate.com | 26 Mar 2012
A Shetland-based research centre will provide more support for sustainable fisheries, thanks to funding from the Scottish Government.
 Atlantic Ocean | Fisheries | Research

Greenpeace demands Pacific tuna rescue plan as WCPFC opens in Guam
fishupdate.com | 26 Mar 2012
Greenpeace calls on Pacific tuna fisheries meeting to deliver sustainable tuna for the world.
 Pacific Ocean | Conservation | Fisheries

Deep in Pacific, James Cameron Finds a Dark World of Tiny Creatures
New York Times | 26 Mar 2012
James Cameron of "Avatar" fame emerges safe and sound from a perilous trip 6.8 miles down in the Pacific.
 Pacific Ocean | Deep Sea | Diving | Research

James Cameron's record-breaking dive: infographic
Telegraph | 26 Mar 2012
Director James Cameron has become the first solo diver to visit the Earth's deepest point, the Mariana Trench.
 Pacific Ocean | Deep Sea | Diving | Research

Japanese trawler 'lost' in tsunami spotted from Canada
Telegraph | 26 Mar 2012
Caked with rust, its bow bobbing in the swell, a ghostly Japanese trawler drifts forlornly along the Canadian coast. The unmanned vessel was assumed lost along with virtually everything else that lay in the path of the huge tsunami which decimated the east coast of Japan last year.
 Pacific Ocean | Marine Debris | Natural Hazard

What is the cost of climate change to our oceans?
Guardian Unlimited | 26 Mar 2012
An unprecedented study claims to show how the effects of climate change could cost the global marine economy two trillion dollars per year, but this begs the question: how can you cost the oceans?
 Climate Change | Economy

Join me on a voyage of discovery in the Southern Ocean
Guardian Unlimited | 26 Mar 2012
On Tuesday Helen Czerski and her colleagues embark on a scientific cruise in the Southern Ocean to learn more about the Earth's climate system. Follow her progress here.
 Southern Ocean | Climate Change | Research