Seafood study finds plastic in all samples
Credit: University of Queensland A study of five different seafoods has found traces of plastic in every sample tested. Researchers ...
Tag: Fisheries/Aquaculture
How fish stocks will change in warming seas
Credit: Katherine Maltby New research out today highlights the future effects of climate change on important fish stocks for south-west ...
Long neck helped reptile hunt underwater
Credit: Emma Finley-Jacob Its neck was three times as long as its torso, but had only 13 extremely elongated vertebrae: ...
First record of invasive shell-boring worm in the Wadden Sea means trouble for oyster
Credit: Dagmar Lackschewitz In October 2014, the suspicion arose that the parasite worm Polydora websteri had found its way to ...
Impact of climate change on tropical fisheries would create ripples across the world
Tropical oceans and fisheries are threatened by climate change, generating impacts that will affect the sustainable development of both local ...
Joint ASU-Hawaii state study reveals long-term human impacts on reef fish
Credit: Greg Asner, Arizona State University Center for Global Discovery and Conservation Science Resource fishes--species targeted for human consumption--play a ...
UC Riverside joins new NSF center for the preservation of biological systems
The grant is the campus' first successful bid for an NSF Engineering Research CenterCredit: University of Minnesota The National Science ...
Surface clean-up technology won’t solve ocean plastic problem
Credit: Making Oceans Plastic Free Clean-up devices that collect waste from the ocean surface won't solve the plastic pollution problem, ...
Tierra del Fuego: marine ecosystems from 6,000 to 5000 years ago
The Middle Holocene, a plausible view of the futureCredit: UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA Global warming will modify the distribution and abundance ...
Plastics, pathogens and baby formula: What’s in your shellfish?
New UCI-led study finds coastal urbanization increases contamination in seafoodCredit: Michelangelo Pignani Irvine, Calif., July 30, 2020 -- The first ...
Seafood products made from cells should be labeled cell-based
Rutgers study examines potential names for package labels to meet FDA rulesCredit: William Hallman/Rutgers University-New Brunswick Companies seeking to commercialize ...
Lahontan Cutthroat Trout thrive at Paiute’s Summit Lake in far northern Nevada
University collaborates with tribe to protect the longest self-sustaining population of Lahontan Cutthroat TroutCredit: Photo Courtesy of University of Nevada, ...
Plastics found in sea-bed sharks
Credit: Jake Davies Microplastics have been found in the guts of sharks that live near the seabed off the UK ...
Microplastics in shrimp harmless to animal health and no effects on consumption quality
Credit: Credits: SEAaq/UAB A research team from the SEAaq group at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona conducted analyses to determine ...
Popular seafood species in sharp decline around the world
Credit: Photo by Deng Palomares, Sea Around Us. Fish market favourites such as orange roughy, common octopus and pink conch ...
Where is the water during a drought?
Credit: Lukas Kleine In low precipitation periods - where and how is the limited available water distributed and what possibilities ...
Antarctica more widely impacted by humans than previously thought
Only 16% of the continent's Important Bird Areas are located within negligibly impacted areasCredit: Steven Chown Antarctica is considered one ...
NOAA names University of Miami to lead cooperative institute
Awarded up to $310 million over the course of five years, potential for renewal for another five years based on ...
Fish reef domes a boon for environment, recreational fishing
Credit: UNSW Science In a boost for both recreational fishing and the environment, new UNSW research shows that artificial reefs ...
Two new species of parasite discovered in crabs — discovery will help prevent infection of other marine species
Credit: BlueFish Project/Swansea University Swansea University researchers have discovered two new species of parasite, previously unknown to science, in crabs ...