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Fastest swimming insect could serve as inspiration for uncrewed boat desig
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Whirligig beetles, the world's fastest-swimming insect, achieve astonishing speeds by using a tactic shared by fast marine animals and waterfowl, according to a study.
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Marine mammal conservation crucial for India's seafood exports, say expert
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Conservation of marine mammals is crucial for India's seafood export, as the country must comply with the US Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), which prohibits the intentional killing of marine mammals in commercial fisheries.
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Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute embark on coastal survey on ma
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Marine scientists believe that climate change and ensuing impacts on ocean ecosystems might be one of the reasons for increased events of whale stranding. Recently, the carcass of a 50-ft blue whale had been washed ashore in Kozhikode district, Kerala.
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Study finds lighted nets reduce bycatch of sharks
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], January 24 (ANI): A team of researchers has found that using lighted nets greatly reduced accidental bycatch of sharks, rays, sea turtles, and unwanted finfish.
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Shifting ocean closures best way to protect animals from accidental catch
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Seattle (Washington) [US], January 18, (ANI): Accidentally trapping sharks, seabirds, marine mammals, sea turtles and other animals in fishing gear has been one of the biggest barriers to making fisheries more sustainable around the world. Marine protected areas -- sections of the ocean set
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Study details catastrophic disease events in marine mammals
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 18 (ANI): Coronavirus crisis, has indeed, become an alarm to people across the globe to understand the ways in which certain infectious diseases can devastate a life. However, a recent study has expanded its research to identify the factors disturbing marine mamma
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Melting Arctic sea ice linked to emergence of deadly virus: Study
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA] Nov 9 (ANI): Decline of ice in the Arctic sea can lead to the emergence of a deadly virus that could threaten marine mammals in the North Pacific, says a recent study.
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