As warning bells clang about the decline of ocean fisheries and contaminant levels in fish, scientists from the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science have found the key to raising some marine fish on a vegetarian diet. The study found that cobia—a fast-growing fish well-adapted to commercial aquaculture—can grow just as well on a plant-based diet as a diet of fishmeal, as long as the essential amino acid taurine is added to the mix.

Russell Hill has been appointed director of the Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology (IMET).

A $5.8 million cooperative agreement supports implementation of the Maryland-Delaware Climate Change Education, Assessment, and Research (MADE CLEAR) partnership, an effort to forge new ways to deliver effective and relevant climate change education that could serve as a national model.

Probably only a marine science lab would sponsor a “Spat Dash” race. The marine lab is the Horn Point Laboratory Laboratory, part of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science in Cambridge, Maryland and home of the largest oyster hatchery on the East Coast.

A new high-tech marine exploration tool will soon help oceanographers advance the study of coastal ocean environments.