The Fisheries Agency on Thursday announced a ban on fishing three species of large sharks — megamouth, great white and basking sharks — in a bid to preserve biological diversity in waters off Taiwan. Fishing vessels that catch these sharks by accident must release them back into the sea, whether they are dead or alive, […]
By Chen Chung-ling The designation of sea areas for marine protection is generally acknowledged as the most effective way to conserve marine life. The measures that come with the designation alleviate the negative impact on marine environments by development, overfishing and climate change, and can help restore biodiversity, which offer opportunities for regional tourism, the […]
FIRST FOR TAIWAN: The company is the 11th shipowner in the world to become a member of the platform, which aims to encourage responsible ship recycling practices By Kao Shih-ching Evergreen Marine Corp (長榮海運) yesterday disclosed its ship recycling policy as it joined the Ship Recycling Transparency Initiative (SRTI), which comprises firms that value its environmental, […]
RARE OCCURRENCE: Most sea turtles go to beaches in Siaoliouciou, Orchid Island or Penghu to lay their eggs, and do not often visit Dawan Beach, a veterinarian said. By Shella Shan Twenty-four baby sea turtles on Sunday night safely returned to the ocean at Kenting National Park’s Dawan Beach with help from government workers and National […]
With two-thirds of its land gobbled up by developers and the government rejecting their bid for historic settlement, the residents of Makang refuse to give in. By Han Cheung Chen Wang-shi (陳罔市) doesn’t know where to go if she is forced to move. The 78-year-old Chen is an active “sea woman” (海女) in Taiwan’s easternmost […]
By Liu Yu-ching and William Hetherington Environmentalists raised concerns that coral reefs near islands in southern Penghu County are at risk due to warming ocean waters and the tourism industry. Near-shore waters off Penghu’s southern islands have been much warmer this year, which has caused coral bleaching, Academia Sinica Biodiversity Research Center fellow Chaolun Allen […]
A pioneering technique to detect aggregated patches of plastics floating on the sea surface has been published in Scientific Reports. Led by scientists at Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Earth observation scientists analysed data from the European Space Agency’s Sentinel-2 satellites to develop this new approach, which demonstrates for the first time that aggregated patches of plastics […]
The UK’s Ocean Conservation Trust has planted the first seeds in its seagrass cultivation laboratory at the National Marine Aquarium. The project is part of a major £2.5 million habitat restoration project funded by EU LIFE and led by Natural England. The laboratory, which was unveiled for the first time in early June to coincide […]
27 Aug 2020 by Martyn Wingrove Annual trials of dynamic positioning (DP) systems can be conducted remotely using class-approved digital surveys to reduce costs for vessel owners. Offshore support vessel (OSV) operators can undertake mandatory DP trials without paying for a surveyor to attend using Kongsberg Maritime’s DP Digital Survey (DPDS) application after it was approved by […]
26 Aug 2020 by Craig Jallal South Korea is establishing emission control areas and issues a timeline on fuel limitations to curb emissions from shipping. Under the Special Act on Air Quality Improvement in Port and Other Areas, the South Korea Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries has announced the formation of emission control areas (ECAs) with accompanying […]
