TALLAHASSEE, Florida, May 29 -- The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services issued the following news release: The Florida Cabinet approved a Florida Forever land acquisition project in Franklin and Wakulla County and an aquaculture lease project in Gulf County. These projects will help support Florida's aquaculture industry, which has suffered massive sales decreases due to COVID-19, and will provide important conservation protections for natural lands and wildlife in the Panha  more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, May 29 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following story: Researchers have projected significant changes in the habitat of commercially important American lobster and sea scallops on the Northeast U.S. continental shelf. They used a suite of models to estimate how species will react as waters warm. The researchers suggest that American lobster will move further offshore and sea scallops will shift to the north in the coming decades. Find  more

SWANSEA, Wales, May 27 -- Swansea University issued the following news: Levels of virus infection in lobsters seem to be related to habitat and other species, new studies of Caribbean marine protected areas have shown. The findings will support efforts to safeguard Caribbean spiny lobsters, which are a vital food source for communities across the region and world. They also boost our understanding of how viruses spread - disease dynamics - and of the ecology of fragile environments such as tro  more