SYDNEY, Australia, July 26 (TNSres) -- The University of New South Wales issued the following news: A scientist from UNSW Sydney is spearheading a program to crowdsource ocean data from understudied areas. A group of scientists, including a team at UNSW, are working with Australia's commercial fishing industry to gather invaluable ocean observations. Since its inception, the FishSOOP project (Fisheries Ships of Opportunity), has collected more than 2.8 million data points below the ocean's sur  more

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, issued the following news release: Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) today introduced a bipartisan amendment to block for one year a proposed gauge increase in the Gulf of Maine by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC). Golden submitted his amendment for consideration in the Fiscal Year 2025 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act. Congressman Mike Lawler (R-NY-17) cosponsored the amendment."Gauge in  more

COPENHAGEN, Denmark, July 22 -- Journal of Marine Science, a peer-reviewed journal from the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, published research articles on the following topics in its July 2024 edition (Vol. 81, Issue 5): Food for Thought: * The International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List does not account for intraspecific diversity * Why should scientists lead? To underpin policy on marine and polar ecosystems Original Articles: * The power of collaboration  more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: Senator Susan Collins, Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced that she advanced $51,885,000 in Congressionally Directed Spending for the University of Maine (UMaine) System in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Commerce, Justice, and Science (CJS) and Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) Appropriations bills. The legislation, which was officially approved by the Senate Appropri  more

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, vice chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release on July 25, 2024: U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced that she advanced significant funding and key language to support Maine's lobster industry in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS) Appropriations bill. The bill, which was officially approved by the Senate Ap  more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: **Shaheen secured more than $24 million for critical projects across New Hampshire** Senator Jeanne Shaheen, Chair of the U.S. Senate Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies (CJS) Subcommittee and a senior member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, participated in a full committee markup of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 CJS Appropriations bill. In a 26-3 vote, the Committee approved the  more