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23
Apr
2018

Deep Sea Conservation Coalition congratulates Claire Nouvian for winning the Goldman Environmental Prize for her work to ban deep-sea trawling

The Deep Sea Conservation Coalition (DSCC) congratulates Claire Nouvian, founder of BLOOM Association, a member organization of the DSCC, for winning the Goldman Environmental Prize for her work on a new European Union deep-sea fishing regulation. The regulation bans bottom trawling below 800 metres in EU waters and contains a variety of additional measures to protect deep-sea ecosystems such as cold-water coral reefs, deep water sponge fields and other so-called vulnerable marine ecosystems found extensively in EU waters from the harmful effects of fishing.

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20
Apr
2018

A Bunch of Bizarre Deep-Sea Creatures Have Been Found in Javan Waters

Source: Science Alter

Author: Michelle Starr

The first scientific expedition to the depths of the Indian Ocean southwest of Java has returned with some amazing treasure: at least 11 unusual deep-sea species that were previously unknown to science.

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20
Apr
2018

Single-use plastic has reached the world’s deepest ocean trench

Source: UN Environment

A new study has revealed that human activities are affecting the deepest part of the ocean, more than 1,000 kilometers from the mainland.

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20
Apr
2018

What a Scientist Learned From Studying the ‘Synchronized Swimming of Sea Monkeys’

Source: The New York Times
Author: JoAnna Klein

Tiny crustaceans complete a massive daily vertical migration in the world’s oceans. New research suggests their commute may play an important role in the health of the planet.

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18
Apr
2018

How Deep-Sea Fish Are So Exceptionally Black

Source: National Geographic
Author: Elizabeth Anne Brown

In the darkness of the oceans’ depth, fish have evolved a strategy to become nearly invisible to prey.

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16
Apr
2018

Governments Start Formal Talks on High Seas Treaty

Source: The Pew Charitable Trusts
Author: Liz Karan

Meeting in New York, London lay groundwork to protect vast ocean areas beyond national jurisdiction.

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12
Apr
2018

New Zealand bans deep sea exploration

Source: news.com.au

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced the country is putting an end to deep-sea oil and gas exploration.

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5
Apr
2018

The quest to map the mysteries of the ocean floor

Source: BBC
Author: Adrienne Bernhard

Geologists have charted mountain ranges and forests and desert tundras, astronomers the heavens above, yet our planet’s oceans remain largely unexplored; it’s often said that we have a more complete understanding of the Moon or Mars than we do of our own seabed.

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4
Apr
2018

7 Bizarre Deep Sea Creatures Discovered In Indonesian Waters

Source: Asian Scientist
Author: Asian Scientist Newsroom

Scientists from the South Java Deep Sea Biodiversity Expedition 2018 have released preliminary findings from their 14-day exploration of the deep sea off the coast of West Java.

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30
Mar
2018

Why This Animal Can Live for Over 500 Years

Source: National Geographic
Author: Liz Langley

If you were a red coral, you’d have enough time to fulfill several bucket lists before you died. Though it’s hard to figure out what you’d put on them.

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