Male bottlenose dolphins form bachelor groups with their relatives
When it comes to wooing the 'ladies', it turns out male bottlenose dolphins employ special tactics with their brothers or ...
Tag: Fisheries/Aquaculture
Endangered eel located using DNA from one liter of water
Credit: Kobe University Researchers have shed light on the distribution of Japanese eel by analyzing environmental DNA (eDNA) from small ...
Warm seas scatter fish
Climate change is shifting productivity of fisheries worldwide Fish provide a vital source of protein for over half the world's ...
Despite export bans global seahorse trade continues
National legislation as well as bans under the international CITES agreement not slowing the trade in seahorse productsCredit: ©Amanda Vincent, ...
PE, PP and PS: The most abundant type of microplastics in Mediterranean coastal waters
Effects of the plastic civilizationCredit: GRC Marine Geosciences - University of Barcelona Polyethylene, polypropylene and polystyrene are the most abundant ...
Improving ecosystems with aquatic plants
Study shows how to grow aquatic plants in large-scale plant production systems Davie, Florida--Improving Ecosystems with Aquatic Plants Researchers Lyn ...
Toxic byproducts of Agent Orange continue to pollute Vietnam environment, study says
Credit: Photo by US Army Flight Operations Specialist 4 John Crivello in 1969 URBANA, Ill. - During the Vietnam War, ...
Getting to the core of underwater soil
Scientists collect data, map little-understood soilsCredit: Mark Stolt Soils all over the Earth's surface are rigorously tested and managed. But ...
‘Dead zone’ volume more important than area to fish, fisheries
Dubravko Justic, the Texaco Distinguished Professor in the LSU Department of Oceanography & Coastal Sciences, and Research Associate Lixia Wang ...
Antibiotic resistances spread faster than so far thought
Credit: © Helmholtz Zentrum München By studying fish raised in aquaculture, researchers from the Helmholtz Zentrum München, the University of ...
Research forms complex picture of mercury pollution in a period of global change
Toxic metal's fate in marine food webs uncertain due to anthropogenic impacts HANOVER, N.H. - February 14, 2019 - Climate ...
Sea Grant & ASLO bring helping hands to Puerto Rico
Annual scientific meeting features community service projects SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Scientists from 52 countries will be providing hands-on ...
Scientists look to past to help identify fish threatened with local extinction
Credit: Tim McClanahan/WCS NEW YORK (February 13, 2019)--Marine scientists from the University of Queensland, WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society) and other ...
New deep sea animal discoveries warrant expanded protections in Costa Rican waters
Credit: Schmidt Ocean Institute. PUNTARENAS, COSTA RICA - A three week expedition off the coast of Costa Rica has just ...
Re-establishing oyster beds to maximize their ecological benefits
New GIS-based tool identifies best locations Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a mapping tool that identifies sites ...
Study: Aquaculture does little, if anything, to conserve wild fisheries
New research finds that aquaculture, or fish farming, does not help conserve wild fisheries. "Our fundamental question with this study ...
NUS marine scientists find toxic bacteria on microplastics retrieved from tropical waters
When these tiny pieces of plastics are ingested by marine organisms, they may accumulate and be transferred up the food ...
Scientists advance new technology to protect drinking water from Lake Erie algal toxins
The Journal of Great Lakes Research published the study identifying Lake Erie bacteria that degrades microcystin.Credit: Dr. Jason Huntley, The ...
Seafood mislabelling persistent throughout supply chain, study finds
In a first-ever study researchers found a 32 per cent seafood mislabelling rate with the rate compounding as the fish ...
'Twilight Zone' could help preserve shallow water reefs
Credit: The University of Queensland Corals lurking in deeper, darker waters could one day help to replenish shallow water reefs ...