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: Posted On January 19, 2016

Opportunity: Deputy Executive Director for Management, South Atlantic Fishery Management Council

Location: Charleston, South Carolina The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, headquartered in Charleston, S.C., is responsible for the...

: Posted On January 19, 2016

Ocean Leadership Welcomes NOAA Fellow

The Consortium for Ocean Leadership is pleased to welcome Josh Slater joined the Consortium for Ocean Leadership on 19 January 2016 as a NOAA Fellow.

: Posted On January 19, 2016

Grant Supports Salmon Research in Arctic Regions

The Research Council of Norway’s regional fund Northern Norway has awarded $340,000 USD to research on effects on health feed for salmon...

$The transmission electron microscopy (TEM) image (a) shows a cross section of ribbonfish skin (scale bar, 5 mm). Figure (b) illustrates a superlattice of cytoplasm and guanine crystal layers matching the dashed red line in (a). Figure (c) illustrate a five-stage Cantor bar. Changes introduced into the fractal lead to a pattern that resembles the superlattice in Figure (b). Image credit: Douglas Werner lab / Penn State.$

: Posted On January 19, 2016

Shiny Fish Skin Inspires Nanoscale Light Reflectors

A nature-inspired method to model the reflection of light from the skin of silvery fish and other organisms may be possible, according to Penn State...

: Posted On January 12, 2016

New Species Identified in 2015: Lost Sharks, Electric Rays & Vibrant Sea Slugs

In 2015, researchers at the California Academy of Sciences added 103 new plant and animal species to our family tree. The new species include two...

: Posted On January 12, 2016

Seafloor Features Revealed by the Gravity Field

It has been said that we have more complete maps of the surface of Mars or the Moon than we do of Earth. Close to 70% of our planet is covered by...

: Posted On January 12, 2016

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to Reclassify West Indian Manatee from Endangered to Threatened

As a result of significant improvements in its population and habitat conditions, and reductions in direct threats, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife...

: Posted On January 12, 2016

Sonardyne Goes from Deep Sea to Space During Demo

Subsea engineering company, Sonardyne International Ltd., UK, has successfully demonstrated its wireless integrity monitoring technologies during a...

: Posted On January 12, 2016

Opportunity: Fishery Observer Support

Response due: 25 January 2016 The National Marine Fisheries Service requires a contractor to provide and retain the necessary qualified personnel,...

: Posted On January 12, 2016

Finalists Announced for the 2016 Offshore Achievement Awards

The shortlist for the 2016 Offshore Achievement Awards, sponsored by TAQA, has been announced 12 January, 2016.

: Posted On January 12, 2016

Restoring Surfer's Point

In 1992, the City of Ventura, California, saw the return of a familiar problem: the recently re-constructed bike path along the beach at Surfers'...

: Posted On January 12, 2016

Peru to Protect Largest-Known Giant Manta Population

In a significant move to save one of the world’s most-treasured marine animals, Peru has approved strong regulations to protect the giant...