A research vessel that specializes in hydrographic surveys has been dispatched to assist in the investigation into the recent sinking of the Gloucester-based commercial fishing vessel Lily Jean…
Read more NOAA survey vessel taking part in Lily Jean investigationBOSTON — State fisheries managers unveiled new rules this week aimed at reducing discarded fishing line and other waste that scientists say harms marine life, including sea turtles…
Read more New rules allow for cleanup of ‘ghost gear’This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. The planet would be a whole lot hotter if it weren’t for fecal pellets. Across the…
Read more The Ocean Is a Carbon Toilet. Marine Heat Waves Are Clogging It.About 25 fifth-graders from the Plum Cove Elementary School in Lanesville set sail aboard Schooner Ardelle and got to see a dogfish and a horseshoe crab up close…
Read more Ocean Explorers make connections to the seaResidents have an opportunity to learn about coastal foraging in a free community program presented by Capt. Joe Sanfilippo, a 30-year veteran of commercial fishing. The program takes…
Read more A community program on coastal foraging presented by Gloucester SaLTThe National Weather Serive has issued coastal flood and high tide advisories through this evening for the North Shore, from Salem to Newburyport. Second and third coastal flood…
Read more Flood, gale warnings in effect through weekendGerry Cushman has seen New England’s iconic lobster industry survive numerous threats in his three decades on the water, but the latest challenge — which might sound tiny…
Read more Small changes bring big worries to lobster industryTwo North Shore road stream crossings, including one in West Newbury, have been selected by the state Department of Fish and Game’s Division of Ecological Restoration for future…
Read more Ecological study to focus on stream crossingsKONOMIE ISLAND, Australia — Below the turquoise waters off the coast of Australia is one of the world’s natural wonders, an underwater rainbow jungle teeming with life that…
Read more Scientists try to bolster Great Barrier Reef in warmer worldFORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Hurricane Ian not only ravaged southwest Florida on land but was destructive underwater as well. It destroyed man-made reefs and brought along red…
Read more Ian ruins man-made reefs, brings algae bloom to FloridaFORT MYERS, Fla. — Hurricane Ian not only ravaged southwest Florida on land but was destructive underwater as well. It destroyed man-made reefs and brought along red tide,…
Read more Ian ruins man-made reefs, brings algae bloom to FloridaCANBERRA, Australia — A young bar-tailed godwit appears to have set a non-stop distance record for migratory birds by flying at least 13,560 kilometers (8,435 miles) from Alaska…
Read more Alaska-Australia flight could place bird in record booksLES, Indonesia — After diving into the warm sea off the coast of northern Bali, Indonesia, Made Partiana hovers above a bed of coral, holding his breath and…
Read more Sparkling fish, murky methods: the global aquarium tradePhotos and videos of sharks and other marine life swimming in suburban floodwaters make for popular hoaxes during massive storms. But a cellphone video filmed during Hurricane Ian’s…
Read more Hurricane Ian ‘street shark’ video defies belief
