Call for nominations for the WoRMS Top-Ten Marine Species of 2020

Although it has been a difficult year for everyone, we know that taxonomists have continued to publish many wonderful new species throughout. So as we approach the end of the year it is time to think about nominations for The WoRMS Top Ten Marine Species of 2020!

The migratory fish need our help!

Who still remembers that wild Atlantic salmon was once a local product, caught in the Scheldt, IJzer or Maas rivers?

Use your gaming skills to save the eel!

Pieterjan Verhelst, a biotelemetry scientist and frequent user of the Belgian LifeWatch infrastructure developed a game “Save the eel”, to inform the general public about the obstacles eels face during their seaward migration.

Yearly integration of new GEBCO, ACUF and New Zealand features completed

Marine Regions has finished its annual integration of new features from the GEBCO, ACUF and New Zealand gazetteers.

The pursuit of seabass and its conservation: electronic tagging

Little is known on the movements of European seabass in the (Belgian Part of the) North Sea. Yet, knowledge of these spatial dynamics are crucial for the management and conservation of the jeopardized stock.