News Archive
Mesopelagics – New gold rush or castle in the sky?
In this recently published article, Fjeld et al. performed a litterature review around the topic of mesopelagic resources. The authors put forward how there is little room for increased yields in current commercial fisheries [...]
SUMMER school course, May 22.-26. in Iceland
The SUMMER project is arranging a summer school course in Reykjavik, Iceland on the mesopelagic zone, hosted by the Marine And Freshwater Research Institute and the University of Iceland. The course will last 5 [...]
Creature Spotlight: Tuna
Tunas are some of the most commercially important, and valuable fish worldwide. They belong to the mackerel family, and there are currently 8 different recognized tuna species. Tunas are also one of the most [...]
Creature Spotlight: Lancetfish
Lancetfishes (family Alepisauridae) are one of the largest fishes inhabiting the mesopelagic zone. They are characterised by their incredibly high dorsal fin, slender long body, and long sharp teeth. Their teeth indicate that they [...]
Creature Spotlight: Elephant Seal
Elephant seals, also known as Sea elephants may not look like they frequent the deep ocean, but did you know they can dive deeper than 1000 meters in their search for food? An [...]
Creature Spotlight: Hatchetfish
Marine Hatchetfishes (Sternoptychinae) are a subfamily of small pelagic deep sea fish with a peculiar body shape. Their bodies are pressed in from each side, making them very flat and somewhat reminiscent of a [...]
SUMMER partners on board the RV METEOR to answer the mysteries of the mesopelagic zone
Researchers from AZTI (Spain), National Oceanography Centre (UK), University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Spain) and St Andrews University (UK) have joined the 185th campaign of the METEOR research vessel. During one month [...]
Video – “The Incredible Twilight Zone Creatures”
A small exhibition of the extraordinary and incredible creatures hidden in the mesopelagic zone! Stay tuned for more information regarding each creature featured in this video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VRj_43GGsw
Diversity of Mesopelagic Organisms
The oceanic mesopelagic or twilight zone (from 200 to 1000 m depth) is inhabited by a huge variety of organisms represented by several zoological groups, both vertebrates and invertebrates. These mesopelagic species play an [...]
Annual SUMMER meeting
This year’s annual meeting was held in Barcelona at Institut de Ciències del Mar (ICM) – CSIC from the 4th to the 6th of October. Partners from all over Europe attended the meeting, and [...]