Marine survey explores the waters of Tristan da Cunha
Last month scientists travelled to the world’s remotest inhabited island to survey the marine environment.
Field Research
International Women’s Day: celebrating the scientists behind Cefas
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Rachel Reeves, Posted on:
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Climate Change, Field Research, Fisheries, Monitoring, Policy, Science, Shellfish News, Uncategorized
Today is international women’s day! In celebration of the annual event we’re learning more about some of the female scientists in Cefas.
Counting down the days until the Blue Belt Discovery Expeditions
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Rachel Reeves, Posted on:
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Field Research, Fisheries, International, Science
Find out what the team will be doing to study some of the remotest marine environments on Earth.
Tuna watching – bluefin are back in UK waters in numbers for the 5th successive year
Cefas scientists have teamed up with the University of Exeter to map the distribution and movements of Atlantic bluefin tuna in UK waters. The sightings are coming in thick and fast as the tagging season gets underway. The Atlantic bluefin …
“Elbow-deep in jellyfish”: using DNA sequencing to identify jellyfish feeding events
Phil Lamb is investigating the use of DNA sequencing methods to better understand the jellyfish food web. Phil is a second-year Cefas/UEA Strategic Alliance PhD Student based in the School of Biological Sciences, UEA. Fieldwork In carrying out my PhD research I found myself in …
Can Dover Sole survive discarding?
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Tom Catchpole, Posted on:
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Animal Health, Field Research, Fisheries, Monitoring, Policy
Half of undersized sole survive after being caught and discarded in the English east coast inshore otter trawl fishery, according to preliminary results of research conducted by Cefas scientists. Senior scientist Tom Catchpole provides an update on the survival of …
Why is Cefas investigating whether unwanted fish survive discarding?
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Tom Catchpole, Posted on:
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Animal Health, Field Research, Monitoring, Policy
Senior Cefas scientist Tom Catchpole explains why fish are discarded back to the sea, and what happens to them.
Deciphering El Niño’s role in waterborne disease emergence
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Craig Baker-Austin, Posted on:
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Animal Health, Climate Change, Field Research, Monitoring
Evidence is emerging that the devastating outbreaks of Vibrio disease recently witnessed in Latin America are linked to significant El Niño events. New research using the latest microbial and genomic tools is providing a fresh insight into how El Niño …
C-Bass on the move!
My last post described how both the UK (Cefas) and France (Ifremer) have been tagging sea bass with electronic data storage tags (DSTs). We’re doing this to learn about their behaviour and migration patterns.
The 10 most popular Cefas scientific papers of 2015
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Brett Lyons, Posted on:
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Categories:
Animal Health, Climate Change, Field Research, Fisheries, Monitoring
Alternative metrics reveal the Cefas research that has received the most online attention during the past year.