22% extra for 'line caught'
World Fishing | 07 May 2013
A Nofima project has found that UK customers are willing to pay up to 22% extra for frozen cod or haddock if the product is marked 'line caught'.
 Fish | Fisheries | Seabed

How much of the seabed is impacted by mobile fishing gear?
Oxford Journals | 12 Apr 2013
ICES Journal of Marine Science, 70: 523–531.Demersal trawling impacts extensively on the seabed, and the extent and frequency of this impact can be assessed using Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) data (positional data of fishing vessels). Existing approaches interpolate fishing tracks from consecutive VMS locations (track interpolation) and/or aggregate VMS point data in a spatial grid (point summation).
 Atlantic Ocean | Fisheries | Research | Seabed

UK firm joins ocean mineral rush
BBC | 14 Mar 2013
A new and controversial frontier in mining is opening up as a British firm joins a growing rush to exploit minerals in the depths of the oceans.
 Pacific Ocean | Non-Living Resources | Seabed

David Cameron says seabed mining could be worth £40bn to Britain
Guardian Unlimited | 14 Mar 2013
David Cameron has pledged to put Britain at the forefront of a new international seabed mining industry, which he claimed could be worth £40bn to the UK economy over the next 30 years.
 Economy | Non-Living Resources | Seabed

Fish harvesting research in Canada
World Fishing | 07 Mar 2013
A five year project with the aim of developing innovative harvesting systems specifically suited for shrimp and groundfish fisheries is being undertaken by Canadian researchers.
 Fisheries | Research | Seabed

Fish Fight renews campaign to protect the seabed
Guardian Unlimited | 14 Feb 2013
Damaging fishing methods and a lack of marine protected zones are being targeted by a renewed campaign to protect the world's dwindling fish stocks, spearheaded by food writer Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall.
 Atlantic Ocean | Fisheries | Marine Management | Seabed

Welsh fishermen develop best practice scallop fisheries management strategy
fishupdate.com | 13 Feb 2013
A Welsh fishermen led initiative is developing best practice in scallop fisheries management by working with scientists, managers and conservation bodies to protect seabed habitats.
 Atlantic Ocean | Fisheries | Marine Management | Seabed

Finding life in the volcanic systems of the Antarctic Polar Front
EurekAlert | 13 Dec 2012
(National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (UK)) Scientists are exploring a two-mile deep water system of hydrothermal vents, calderas and cold seeps on the East Scotia Ridge at the southern end of the South Sandwich Islands. While on board, the scientists will be contributing to a daily blog called Hot Vents, Cold Ocean: http://hotventscoldocean.blogspot.com.
 Southern Ocean | Research | Seabed

New look: New Zealand's sea floor
New Zealand Herald | 23 Nov 2012
Vast areas of New Zealand's sea floor have been mapped in never-before-seen detail by the country's scientists.The National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (Niwa) undersea New Zealand map captures about 1.5 million square...
 Pacific Ocean | Research | Seabed

New fishing gear trials show fish discards are reduced
fishupdate.com | 18 Sep 2012
Trials of new fishing gear supported by a grant from the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) have recorded successes in reducing both fish discards and ground impact caused by beam trawlers.
 Atlantic Ocean | Fisheries | Seabed