Fisheries/Aquaculture

Credit: Panbing Wang et al./ DOI number: 10.1073/pnas.2024329118 It is generally agreed that sperms "swim" by beating or rotating their soft tails. However, a research team led by scientists from City University of Hong Kong (CityU) has…

Underwater videos reveal thriving reefs and provide scientists a quick, low-cost method to rate habitatsCredit: Video footage: Smithsonian Environmental Research Center Fisheries Conservation Lab Video Editing: Liana Quiñones Music:…

Researchers have made progress towards a G7 commitment to establish safe standards for the release of antimicrobials into the environment, by developing a new framework that establishes safe thresholds Researchers have made progress…

When herring are filleted, more than half their weight becomes a low-value 'side stream' that never reaches our plates - despite being rich in protein and healthy omega-3 fatty acids. Now, scientists from Chalmers University of…

UNESCO IOC delivers 1st global assessment report after 7 years' work by 109 experts in 35 countries, creating a baseline to detect and gauge the changing distribution, frequency, and intensity of harmful -- often poisonous -- algal…

Credit: Jenna Crowe-Riddell Decades of research has revealed the remarkable morphological adaptations of sea snakes to aquatic life, which include paddle-shaped tails, salt-excreting glands, and the ability to breathe through their…

Seek public comment on global youth crowd-sourced ocean policy framework to balance ocean, human, climate, and economic healthCredit: SOA Concerned youths worldwide today delivered a policy vision for policy-makers to address the…

ITHACA, N.Y. - The Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Center for Conservation Bioacoustics will begin a new era of innovation thanks to a major gift from the philanthropist and Lab Advisory Board member K. Lisa Yang. The $24 million gift,…

Stanford scientists find epidemics of fungal infections in algae alter carbon cyclingCredit: Klawonn et al. 2021, PNAS Tiny algae in Earth's oceans and lakes take in sunlight and carbon dioxide and turn them into sugars that sustain…

Research may inform coastal management, ecosystem health, aquaculture KINGSTON, R.I. - June 3, 2021 - Scientists from the University of Rhode Island have taken the first steps toward understanding the function of microbes that live on and…

It is estimated that canines possess up to 300 million olfactory receptors in their nose, compared to about 6 million in humans. Not only that, but the part of a dog's brain devoted to analyzing smells is about 40 times greater than in…

One of the world's most endangered whale species could have added protection from threats posed by human marine activity, through technology developed by the University of East Anglia (UEA). In partnership with the Scottish…

As G7 governments renew commitments to protecting marine spaces and biodiversity, global conservation initiatives such as 30x30 are feared to pay too little attention to the livelihood impacts on communities Close-up inspection of an…

Changes threaten biodiversity and drinking water qualityCredit: Gretchen Hansen, University of Minnesota TROY, N.Y. -- Oxygen levels in the world's temperate freshwater lakes are declining rapidly -- faster than in the oceans -- a…

Similar trends are seen around the worldCredit: Sebastian Heilpern A new study of dozens of wild fish species commonly consumed in the Peruvian Amazon says that people there could suffer major nutritional shortages if ongoing losses in…

Credit: Adam Porter Plastic pollution has been found in seawater, on beaches and inside marine animals at the Galapagos Islands. A new study - by the University of Exeter, Galapagos Conservation Trust (GCT) and the…

Credit: Sean D. Connell Human-driven global change is challenging the scientific community to understand how marine species might adapt to predicted environmental conditions in the near-future (e.g. hypoxia, ocean warming, and…

Credit: NTU Singapore Scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a new biomaterial made entirely from discarded bullfrog skin and fish scales that could help in bone repair. The…

Groundbreaking portal harnesses open data and machine learning to help transform management and research for critical marine areasCredit: Global Fishing Watch Washington, D.C. -- Global Fishing Watch has launched an innovative…

Study finds Piscine orthoreovirus (PRV) is now almost ubiquitous in salmon farms in British Columbia, Canada.Credit: Video credit: Amy Romer Piscine orthoreovirus (PRV) - which is associated with kidney and liver damage in…