The coronavirus pandemic has hurt the U.S. seafood industry due to a precipitous fall in imports and exports and a drop in catch of some species.
Ecology
Nov 23, 2020
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A slender little fish called the sand lance plays a big role as "a quintessential forage fish" for puffins, terns and other seabirds, humpback whales, and other marine mammals, and even bigger fish such as Atlantic sturgeon, ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 25, 2020
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Millions of scavenging seabirds survive on fish discarded by North Sea fishing vessels, new research shows.
Ecology
Nov 8, 2019
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For the most part, the mature Atlantic cod is a solitary creature that spends most of its time far below the ocean's surface, grazing on bony fish, squid, crab, shrimp, and lobster—unless it's spawning season, when the ...
Ecology
Nov 6, 2018
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A James Cook University researcher has found that sharks and rays live a lot longer than we thought - some twice as long as previously estimated.
Ecology
Sep 29, 2017
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Dan Harrington makes his living unearthing marine worms by hacking away at mudflats with a tool that resembles the business end of an old steel rake.
Ecology
Apr 27, 2017
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A massive new analysis of high seas salmon surveys is enhancing the understanding of salmon ecology, adding details about where various species congregate in the North Pacific Ocean and their different temperature tolerances. ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 16, 2024
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Fish weight in the western North Pacific Ocean dipped in the 2010s due to warmer water limiting food supplies, according to a new study at the University of Tokyo. The work appears in Fish and Fisheries.
Ecology
Feb 28, 2024
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What makes for a successful climate-resilient fishery, one that sustainably produces resources for human benefit despite increasing climate stressors and human impacts? It's a question that faces present and future fisheries, ...
Ecology
Sep 26, 2023
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Rates of Chinook salmon bycatch in the Pacific hake fishery rise during years when ocean temperatures are warmer, a signal that climate change and increased frequency of marine heatwaves could lead to higher bycatch rates, ...
Ecology
Jul 13, 2023
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