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A recent press release from the Norwegian Institute of Marine Research said sea lice numbers have never been higher in northern Norway than they are now. "In the north, we saw an explosive increase and doubling of the number of louse larvae this summer," researcher Anne Dagrun Sandvik said.

BBC News reports that Queen guitarist Sir Brian May has quit as the UK RSPCA's vice-president over what he called "damning evidence" of animal welfare failings related to its food certification label.

The Australian author of a global call to action on microplastics after 20 years of research says there is "no longer time for excuses". The paper, published in the journal Science, draws on 20 years of research that has revealed 'extensive evidence of substantial widescale environmental accumulation' of microplastics. The authors call for global...

Ocean habitats play a key role in storing carbon from the atmosphere. It's called 'blue carbon', and until now, nobody has quantified how much ends up in kelp, seagrass meadows, salt marshes and sediment in the seabed. Good quality baseline and longitudinal data is vital to assess and control the damage caused by human activities to the most...

An independent water scientist has expressed concern at a lack of pollution limits in the environmental licence for a fish farm that has discharged its wastewater into the South Esk River in northern Tasmania for more than a decade.

ABC reports on Lance Wiffen, a Melbourne fisherman working to educate the wider public about the virtues of mussels and the sustainability of Victoria's farmed mussel industry. His tourism venture takes visitors around Port Phillip Bay to enjoy local seafood and wines, and see mussel leases up close.