The Sea Around Us – Indian Ocean at the University of Western Australia has just launched a Freshwater Hub — an initiative dedicated to investigating the sustainable management and conservation of freshwater resources in the Indo-Pacific region and beyond.
Fisheries research overestimates fish stocks

After the collapse of herring and cod stocks in the western Baltic Sea, flatfish such as plaice, flounder, and dab now dominate the catch. However, they can’t replace the lost catch of cod and herring. Photo by Ilka Thomsen, GEOMAR.
As the abundance of global fish populations continues to deteriorate, top fisheries researchers are calling for simpler yet more accurate stock assessment models that avoid overly optimistic scientific advice, which ends up encouraging overfishing.
‘Crucial milestone’ – The Sea Around Us reconstructs freshwater fisheries catches

River fishing in Ontario, Canada. Photo from Pxhere.
The Sea Around Us has published the first product in a massive undertaking that started in 2022: reconstructing the world’s freshwater fisheries catches.
New study identifies potential protection areas for critically endangered sharks in Türkiye
Three potential Critical Angel Shark Areas or CASAs have been identified in the Eastern Mediterranean, specifically in Türkiye’s Fethiye Bay and Antalya Bay, which are part of the Turkish Riviera, and the Çanakkale or Dardanelles Strait, in the northwestern part of the country.
Daniel Pauly presents Gill Oxygen Limitation Theory at 2024 EuroEvoDevo
The Sea Around Us principal investigator, Dr. Daniel Pauly, presented his Gill Oxygen Limitation Theory (GOLT) at the 9th Conference of the European Society for Evolutionary Developmental Biology held in Helsinki on June 24-28, 2024.