Fisheries/Aquaculture

Credit: Sara Maxwell/University of Washington World leaders are currently updating the laws for international waters that apply to most of the world's ocean environment. This provides a unique opportunity, marine scientists…

Popular products generate significant 'post-catch' emissions, underscoring the need to measure what happens after fish are caughtCredit: UC Santa Cruz Fish sticks may be a tasty option for dinner, but are they good for the planet? A new…

NSF-funded IsoBank to serve as a powerful, new resource for researchers who use stable isotope analysis to understand the worldCredit: Pauli group, University of Wisconsin-Madison Stable isotopes act like fingerprints or fibers in…

Credit: Jane Dolliver The common murre is a self-sufficient, resilient bird. Though the seabird must eat about half of its body weight in prey each day, common murres are experts at catching the small "forage fish" they need to…

In 1906, Francis Galton was at a country fair where attendees had the opportunity to guess the weight of a dead ox. Galton took the guesses of 787 fair-goers and found that the average guess was only one pound off of the correct weight --…

Collectively, environmental stakeholders are just as smart as scientific expertsCredit: Photo: Florian Moellers How can the complex relationships between wildlife, natural ecosystems and humans in a large number of habitats be…

Harvesting of male fish near Marine Protected Areas affects sex-changing species differently from fixed-sex speciesCredit: Photo courtesy of Scott Hamilton. Humans eat a lot of fish, in some areas of the world making up an essential…

Awarded in recognition of extraordinary accomplishments and novel insights in the areas of biological oceanography, marine biology, or marine ecologyCredit: Joy Leighton The Oceanography Society proudly announces that Dr. Jane…

Results from 18-year study details long-distance migration, habitat preferencesCredit: Jiangang Luo, research scientist, University of Miami Rosenstiel School MIAMI--The results of an 18-year study of Atlantic tarpon by scientists at…

Nearly half of the fish caught worldwide are from stocks that are scientifically monitored and, on average, are increasing in abundance. Effective management appears to be the main reason these stocks are at sustainable levels or…