Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
The discovery of the Manawatāwhi pāua, unique to the Three Kings Islands, highlights the need to build taxonomic expertise to speed up work to describe thousands of as-yet unnamed species.
Urchin barrens.
David Harasti
A solution for managing the growing populations of long-spined sea urchins may not be clear at the moment, but there is a path forward.
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Hollywood undermines Africa’s struggles, creating a false impression of the continent to please western viewers.
Still from the film Sons of the Sea.
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Woven throughout the backstories of these characters is the loss of loved ones, lack of resources and the desperation to get out of economic hardship.
Parasites do very well for themselves, which is why they are so common in the animal kingdom.
Geoffrey Read
Mud blister worms make their homes in the shells of oysters and other shellfish, where they weaken their hosts.
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Beginning on Saturday, West Australia’s short, intense abalone season will be open for a total of four hours.
Gansbaai, a popular town in the Western Cape, South Africa, is battling illegal poaching.
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Breaking the cycle of illegal abalone poaching in South Africa is going to be tough, but not impossible.
The value of abalone increased as it moves from traffickers and later to overseas wholesalers.
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Abalone poaching in Cape Town succeeds because there is a motivated offender, a suitable target and a lack of security.
Almost all production of freshwater fish includes Tilapia.
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In light of World Oceans Day, it’s important to note the important role aquaculture can have on the continent.
Kelp forests in South Africa are thriving but the marine life relying on it aren’t.
Steven Benjamin
Climate change affects kelp forests all over the world differently. In southern Africa, they seem to be thriving which should be good news. The marine life relying on kelp, are however struggling.