Environmental enrichment (EE) can improve the welfare of captive fish. Its objective is to
provide new sensorial and motor stimulation in order to help meet their behavioural …

Fishes use a variety of sensory systems to learn about their environments and to
communicate. Of the various senses, hearing plays a particularly important role for fishes in …

As the EU's commitment to renewable energy is projected to grow to 20% of energy
generation by 2020, the use of marine renewable energy from wind, wave and tidal …

Marine noise pollution (MNP) can cause a multitude of impacts on many organisms, but
information is often scattered and general outcomes difficult to assess. We have reviewed …

Underwater noise from human activities is now widely recognised as a threat to marine life.
Nevertheless, legislation which directly addresses this source of pollution is lacking. The first …

Most fish and invertebrates use sound for vital life functions. This review of 115 primary
studies encompasses various human-produced underwater noise sources, 66 species of …

Noise produced from a variety of human activities can affect the physiology and behaviour of
individual animals, but whether noise disrupts the social behaviour of animals is largely …

Coastal and shelf environments support high levels of biodiversity that are vital in mediating
ecosystem processes, but they are also subject to noise associated with mounting levels of …

Anthropogenic noise in the ocean has increased substantially in recent decades, and
motorized vessels produce what is likely the most common form of underwater noise …

Large-scale offshore wind farms are a critical component of the worldwide climate strategy.
However, their developments have been opposed by the fishing industry because of …