WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release on Jan. 25: The Center for Biological Diversity filed a public records request with the National Marine Fisheries Service today to find out why Trump administration officials failed to urgently protect critically endangered North Atlantic right whales from entanglement in commercial fishing lines. The request seeks communications related to the agency's draft biological opinion on 10 Atlantic fisheries   more

STORRS, Connecticut, Jan. 26 (TNSRes) -- The University of Connecticut issued the following news: A multidisciplinary, multi-institution effort is bringing together computer modeling, biological, and social science research to inform management policies for Northeast scallop fisheries facing the threat of ocean acidification. The $1,034,822 project sponsored by the National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration's Ocean Acidification Program includes researchers from the University of Connecticu  more

ORONO, Maine, Jan. 29 (TNSJou) -- The University of Maine issued the following news release: A team of researchers from the University of Maine Darling Marine Center in Walpole, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in East Boothbay and Maine Department of Marine Resources in West Boothbay Harbor recently published their research on the effects of ocean warming and acidification on gene expression in the earliest life stages of the American lobster. The work was published in the scientific jou  more