As global sea-surface temperatures continue to creep up to unprecedented levels, an acoustic survey has recorded three-quarters of a billion anchovies traditionally found in the Mediterranean shoaling off Ireland’s southern coast.
As global sea-surface temperatures continue to creep up to unprecedented levels, an acoustic survey has recorded three-quarters of a billion anchovies traditionally found in the Mediterranean shoaling off Ireland’s southern coast.
Atlantic bluefin tuna seen in UK waters The return of these fish suggest an important role in the UK’s ecosystem.
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Atlantic bluefin tuna have returned to UK waters and can once again be seen during the summer and autumn months.
Marine scientists in the UK and Ireland have analysed multiple datasets, spanning a 16-year period, to document the increase in bluefin, which arrive into the waters of the Celtic Seas and off South West England, the Scilly Isles, and North West Ireland to feed in late summer and autumn.
IMAGE: Bluefin tuna
Tom Horton
Atlantic bluefin tuna have returned to UK waters and can once again be seen during the summer and autumn months.
Their numbers appear to be increasing, following a long period of absence linked to population decline, according to research led by Cefas and the University of Exeter.
Marine scientists in the UK and Ireland have analysed multiple datasets, spanning a 16-year period, to document the increase in bluefin, which arrive into the waters of the Celtic Seas and off South West England, the Scilly Isles, and North West Ireland to feed in late summer and autumn.
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