Marine Science

Sprats, anchovy, marine mammals, birds, coffee and chocolate under close observation off SW England

Ken May, 28 October 2014 - Field Research, Monitoring, Technology

For the third consecutive year, the multidisciplinary pelagic survey of the Western English Channel, Isles of Scilly and the Bristol Channel has started.

Cefas' 112 years of scientific data

David Smith, 30 September 2014 - Field Research, Fisheries, Monitoring

The Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) is one of the world’s longest-established marine research organisations.

EU funded joint monitoring projects

Silvana Birchenough, 10 September 2014 - Fisheries, Monitoring

The successful and cost-effective implementation of the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) depends on regional cooperation between EU Member States and other countries.

C-Bass: Putting the “Conservation” into Seabass

Ewan Hunter, 16 June 2014 - C-Bass, Field Research, Monitoring

The European seabass (or bass as it is more commonly known) is one of the most sought-after fish for recreational sea anglers in England and Wales

How design can be used in science communication

Georgia Bayliss-Brown, 2 June 2014 - Field Research, Monitoring, Technology

My role is to identify, understand and bring together all research that is going on in the UK (and often beyond) about climate change and how it impacts upon the marine environment; and then communicate these findings to decision-makers, policy …

Cefas reduce fish for testing by 50% using sticklebacks

Ioanna Katsiadaki, 19 May 2014 - Animal Health

An endocrine disruptor is a term given to chemicals that, when absorbed into the body, either mimic or block hormones. Some chemicals that are released into the environment can have this harmful effect, particularly on the sexual development of humans …

Citizen science – coming to your computer soon...

Kieran Hyder, 9 May 2014 - Field Research, Monitoring

We are sitting in a lecture theatre and the speaker is going through the normal set of slides – all seems normal until she says “open up your Twitter accounts and provide some live feedback”.

How bad is marine litter?

Thomas Maes, 28 April 2014 - Field Research, Pollution

I’m Thomas Maes, a Cefas marine biologist with nearly 10 years’ experience of coastal and ocean monitoring. I manage Cefas’ Clean Seas Environmental Monitoring Programme and provide advice to the UK government on issues related to human impacts on the …

Why we should all care about sea angling

Kieran Hyder, 17 April 2014 - Field Research, Monitoring

Sea angling is big business in England according to our latest survey of recreational sea angling in England.

The threat of migrating marine vibrios

Craig Baker-Austin, 8 April 2014 - Animal Health, Monitoring

There were two separate shellfish-associated outbreaks of illness in humans during the summer of 2012. One was in New York and the other Pontevedra, northwest Spain.

Blog Marine Science

Tackling the “Silent Pandemic” – UK’s FAO Antimicrobial Resistance Reference Centre leads Singapore workshop