Fisheries/Aquaculture

Credit: Kiyomi Taguchi/University of Washington Just beyond where conventional scuba divers can go is an area of the ocean that still is largely unexplored. In waters this deep -- about 100 to at least 500 feet below the…

A new study from UC San Francisco suggests that a protein found in the common bullfrog may one day be used to detect and neutralize a poisonous compound produced by red tides and other harmful algal blooms. The discovery comes as these…

Credit: FEFU press office According to ecotoxicologist from Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU), from the 90s and during 2000s in the tissues of Russian Far Eastern mussels the concentration of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) that had…

Credit: Wikicommons A team of international experts including La Trobe University ecologist Nick Bond, led by the University of Canterbury, are calling for urgent global change to how we manage and model river ecosystems. Professor Bond…

Credit: Joseph Tomelleri/University of Washington Press The first book documenting all of the known species of fishes that live in the Salish Sea is now available. "Fishes of the Salish Sea" is a three-volume book and…

Pacific temporary fishing bans are better than permanent closuresCredit: © Emily Darling/WCS Temporary bans on fishing can be better than permanent ones as a way of allowing fish stocks in an area to recover, while still providing enough…

Repeat coral bleaching caused by rising sea temperatures has resulted in lasting changes to fish communities, according to a new long-term study in the Seychelles. Large predator fish such as snappers and very small fish such as…

Scientists are developing alternative methods for assessing the fish-friendliness of hydroelectric power plantsCredit: Jana Dünnhaupt The artificial fish surrogates should provide information about the flow conditions and expected damage…

Rutgers and other scientists document the impact of ocean warming on fisheriesCredit: Malin Pinsky/Rutgers University-New Brunswick Most fishing communities from North Carolina to Maine are projected to face declining fishing…

An understanding of community issues can be as valuable as knowing the ecology of an area when making environmental decisions, according to new research from the University of Exeter Business School. Billions of dollars are spent on…