The Ocean Brief
Ocean stories and insights covering science, policy, innovation, and the ocean community
Just a designation? The reality of some no-take zones in the ocean
If people keep fishing inside the no-take zone, it doesn’t really meet the criteria of being no-take. Inevitably a fished zone will fail to meet expected successes of a no-take.
Blue Whales have a subtle and not very convincing ability to get out of the way of oncoming ships
Research by Megan McKenna from the Marine Mammal Commission, alongside colleagues from Cascadia Research Collection, NOAA, and Stanford Universit reveals just why blue whales are so vulnerable to ship strikes.
Climate Change Impacts on Kenya's Fishery-dependent communities
We know climate change is altering coral reef ecosystems, but how will these changes impact the human communities that depend on them for their livelihood?
Community-based conservation to rebuild fish stocks
Vanua Levu's Nagigi community want to create an aqoliqoli - a short-term no take marine protected area - to ensure a sustainable future.
Eavesdropping on an underwater world: Technology for Ocean Science
Acoustic monitoring technology allows us to listen in on life beneath the waves
The ocean and its inhabitants aren't static, so why do we manage them as if they are?
If we want to protect marine life that moves across the ocean, the protection should move with them - not stay in one place.
Cool critter of the month: the chambered nautilus (Nautilus pompilius)
The chambered nautilus (Nautilus pompilius) is one cool ocean critter!
Are we really protecting North Atlantic right whales?
The east coast USA has several measures in place to protect the North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) - but just how effective are they?
Deep sea sediments offer plutonium-244 insights
Clues from the ocean reveal heavy element production may not originate from standard supernovae after all.