UNH researchers find climate change and turf seaweed causing ‘patchy’ seascape
Credit: Jennifer Dijkstra/UNH DURHAM, N.H. - The effects of climate change are becoming more apparent, from the rapidly warming Gulf ...
Tag: Fisheries/Aquaculture
Healthy mangroves help coral reef fisheries under climate stress
Credit: The University of Queensland Healthy mangroves can help fight the consequences of climate change on coral reef fisheries, according ...
Fishmeal developed for sustainable aquaculture
Credit: Linda Svanberg Aquaculture in Sweden could be more sustainable if by-products from industrial feed production were used instead of ...
Prey-size plastics are invading larval fish nurseries
Credit: Photo: NOAA Fisheries/Jonathan Whitney A new research study has revealed that larval fish species from various ocean habitats are ...
Chimera formation could favor the expansion of invasive species in the marine environment
Didemnum vexillum: A global invaderCredit: Xavier Turon (CEAB-CSIC) A new article published in the journal Scientific Reports reveals 44% of ...
NUS engineers invent smartphone device that detects harmful algae in 15 minutes
Portable, easy-to-use and low-cost technology could be used by fish farmers to monitor water quality quickly and convenientlyCredit: National University ...
Study shows invasive blue catfish can tolerate high salinities
Indicates potential for further expansion in Chesapeake and into Delaware BayCredit: © VIMS Trawl Survey. A new study by researchers ...
Clemson research indicates abundance of microbe diversity key to healthy coastal ecosystem
Credit: Annette Engel, University of Tennessee, Knoxville CLEMSON, South Carolina -- For millions of years, symbiotic bacteria have lived inside ...
Shark skin microbiome resists infection
Credit: © 2019 Claudia Pogoreutz A survey of the shark skin microbiome provides the first step toward understanding the remarkable ...
A new ranavirus threatens US amphibian diversity
Tennessee researchers help discover pathogen, model its spreadCredit: Photo courtesy UTIA. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Kudzu and emerald ash borer are ...
Crab disease poses threat to shellfish stocks
Comprehensive new studyCredit: BlueFish Project, Swansea University Shore crabs carry parasites that pose a major threat to shellfish stocks. In ...
Fish more tolerant than expected to low oxygen events
Credit: University of Exeter Fish may be more tolerant than previously thought to periods of low oxygen in the oceans, ...
Humpback whale population on the rise after near miss with extinction
Credit: L. Candisani/Courtesy Insituto Aqualie A population of humpback whales in the South Atlantic has rebounded from the brink of ...
California’s crashing kelp forest
How disease, warming waters, and ravenous sea urchins combined to kill the kelp and close the red abalone fisheryCredit: Peggy ...
Cod or haddock? UMass Amherst study looks at ‘name bias’ and fisheries sustainability
Grad student aims to promote tasty alternatives to overfished codCredit: UMass Amherst Could you taste the difference between cod and ...
Researchers leverage new grant to benefit climate, cows
New England scientists will test algae for dietary supplements to decrease methane emission by cattleCredit: Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences ...
Reclamation awards $8.9 million for innovative solutions in water and power management
Credit: Bureau of Reclamation/Alex Stephens The Bureau of Reclamation is providing $8.9 million to 27 new research projects and 114 ...
A unique study sheds light on the ecology of the glacial relict amphipod Gammaracanthus lacustris
The species is adapted to cold water and would not survive in rising water temperatures due to climate changeCredit: The ...
A study on tropical fish helps us to understand species invasions
Credit: The University of Jyvaskyla Biodiversity i.e. the variety of life forms on our planet is in great danger. Human-driven ...
Seagrass meadows harbor wildlife for centuries, highlighting need for conservation
Credit: Conor MacDonnell Seagrass meadows put down deep roots, persisting in the same spot for hundreds and possibly thousands of ...