Inspired by Northern clingfish, researchers make a better suction cup
Credit: Petra Ditsche The finger-sized Northern clingfish employs one of the best suction cups in the world. A small disk ...
Tag: Fisheries/Aquaculture
Predators and hidey-holes are good for reef fish populations
Credit: Hannah Levenson New research highlights two factors that play a critical role in supporting reef fish populations and - ...
German fishermen’s scepticism towards EU impedes compliance with its regulations
Game of chance experiment: In a relationship with an unpopular regulator, the truth is somewhat elasticCredit: Stefan Drupp Leipzig/Hamburg/Kiel: Negative ...
Great Lakes Sea grant programs awarded $1 million for aquaculture collaborative
Credit: NOAA/Minnesota Sea Grant Duluth, Minnesota -- Great Lakes states are not keeping pace with increases in consumer demand for ...
ISSF releases new non-entangling and biodegradable FADs guide
Updated best-practices illustrated manual offers practical, science-based guidance on building biodegradable FADsCredit: ISSF The International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) has ...
OSU ecologist: Ocean-based actions can close gaps in climate change mitigation
Credit: Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. - Ocean-based actions have greater potential to fill in gaps in climate change mitigation ...
Traditional fisherfolk help uncover ancient fish preservation methods
Credit: Richard Cooke Fish has been a predominant and high-quality protein and oil source in the human diet since ancient ...
Uncovering hidden intelligence of collectives
Credit: Colin Twomey In a group of animals, who deals with new information coming from the environment? Researchers have discovered ...
UMBC and Maryland Sea Grant receive $1.2M to grow US land-based aquaculture industry
Sustainable, locally-sourced seafood could be available in land-locked locales in the near futureCredit: Marlayna Demond for UMBC Maryland Sea Grant ...
NOAA helps UT Marine Science Institute rebound from Hurricane Harvey
Credit: University of Texas at Austin PORT ARANSAS, Texas - After more than two years of roof repairs, window installations ...
The life aquatic made clear with freshwater lens
Researcher finds way to view marine life in murky watersCredit: Swansea University A Swansea University doctoral student has found a ...
North Atlantic haddock use magnetic compass to guide them
Study showed haddock larvae orient to the northwest at seaCredit: Alessandro Cresci MIAMI--A new study found that the larvae of ...
New technology allows fleets to double fishing capacity — and deplete fish stocks faster
Credit: The University of British Columbia | Sea Around Us. Technological advances are allowing commercial fishing fleets to double their ...
New study shows common carp aquaculture in Neolithic China dating back 8,000 years
By using age-mortality and species-selection profiles from prehistoric East Asia, researchers identified carp aquaculture in Henan Province, China, thousands of ...
Preventing people from abandoning exotic pets that threatened biodiversity
From buying impulsively to abandoning exotic petsCredit: Amphibians and Reptiles Recovery Centre of Catalonia (CRARC), Abandoning exotic pets is an ...
For anemonefish, male-to-female sex change happens first in the brain
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- The anemonefish is a gender-bending marvel. It starts out as a ...
North Carolina coastal flooding is worsening with climate change, population growth
Credit: Paerl, Hall, Hounshell, Luettich, Rossignol, Osburn and Bales, 2019. A historic 120-year-old data set is allowing researchers to confirm ...
How fat prawns can save lives
Small-scale farming of freshwater crustaceans could be a win-win for communities where schistosomiasis is commonCredit: Photo courtesy of Hilary Duff ...
Algae-killing viruses spur nutrient recycling in oceans
Rutgers-led team confirms an important role for viruses that infect algae in marine watersCredit: Jeffrey Krause and Eric Lachenmyer Scientists ...
Species on the move
Social media posts help researchers to discover climate change is to blame for displacement of 55 species in UKCredit: (c) ...