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11 Jun 2025

Jobs

Field–Going Scientist: Marine and Freshwater Fisheries Environment – Assistant Scientific Officer REF: IRC315206 SALARY: £24,952 -£26,504 (£26,449 – £28,094 with effect from 1st August) DEPARTMENT: Agri-Foodand Biosciences Institute Northern Ireland (AFBI) LOCATION: AFBI Headquarters, Newforge Lane, Belfast, BT9 5PX CLOSING DATE: Friday 27th June APPLY HERE Further permanent appointments may be made from this competition […]

10 Jun 2025

MarineNews

Photo of Nice, France at night   The 3rd United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3) opened on Monday 9th June, kicking off a week of high-level dialogue and action. Focused on advancing SDG 14 – to conserve and sustainably use the ocean, seas and marine resources – the conference brings together world leaders, scientists, and marine […]

10 Jun 2025

MarineNews

Photo: Fishing boat by Paul Einerhand   The UK Government has announced a major proposal to ban bottom trawling in 41 Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) across English waters. If implemented, it would expand existing ban on bottom trawling from 18,000 km² to 30,000 km², of the UK’s offshore areas, covering nearly a quarter of the […]

10 Jun 2025

MarineNews

Photo of shells by Anthony   A crisis breaching planetary boundaries A groundbreaking study by researchers from the Plymouth Marine Laboratory, NOAA, and Oregon State University has found that ocean acidification—driven by escalating CO₂ absorption—has crossed a key “planetary boundary.” By 2020, acidification levels in approximately 60% of the ocean at depths near 200 m had […]

10 Jun 2025

MarineNews

Photo of beach in Adelaide, Australia   South Australia’s coastline is grappling with an unprecedented environmental disaster as a toxic algal bloom, exacerbated by marine heatwaves, continues to decimate marine life and disrupt local fisheries. A bloom of unprecedented scale Since March, the harmful algal bloom (HAB), primarily composed of Karenia mikimotoi, has spread across […]

10 Jun 2025

MarineNews

Photo of a Seagrass Meadow Benjamin Jones   A major new report by WWF Mediterranean warns that the region’s iconic seagrass meadows—vital to marine biodiversity and climate stability—are under severe threat from widespread damage caused by anchoring vessels. The study highlights the scale and urgency of the crisis, estimating that in 2024 alone, more than […]

10 Jun 2025

MarineNews

  Image: Offshore wind turbines by Nicholas Doherty   A novel dispute has arisen in the North Sea as Belgium faces accusations of “stealing wind” from Dutch offshore wind farms. The contention centres on the placement of Belgian wind turbines southwest of Dutch installations, leading to concerns about reduced wind speeds and energy generation for […]

10 Jun 2025

MarineNews

  In a landmark step for ocean conservation, Argentina has officially designated a vast new marine protected area along its southern coast — one nearly the size of Greater London. The newly established Patagonia Azul Provincial Park spans 729,000 acres (around 295,000 hectares) in Chubut Province, securing a critical stretch of coastal and marine ecosystems […]