http://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. A sudden switch from herring to sardines in the English Channel in the 1930s was due to a long-term ocean cycle called the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO), an international study shows. This is the first evidence linking the AMO to trends in important European fisheries. http://phys.org/news285405732.html Space & Earth Wed, 17 Apr 2013 08:22:30 EST news285405732 Scientists have found a new way of testing for the genes of particular kinds of fish quickly, cheaply and accurately. http://phys.org/news284966257.html Biology Fri, 12 Apr 2013 06:17:56 EST news284966257 In the early 1940s, California fishermen hauled in a historic bounty of sardine at a time that set the backdrop for John Steinbeck's "Cannery Row" novel. But by the end of the decade the nets came up empty and the fishery collapsed. Where did they all go? According to a new study led by scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego, the forces behind the sardine mystery are a dynamic and interconnected moving target. http://phys.org/news283439275.html Space & Earth Mon, 25 Mar 2013 15:00:05 EST news283439275 Finding a more eco-friendly way to boost the amount of healthy fats in fish bred for human consumption is the main aim of a new Flinders University PhD project. http://phys.org/news266657375.html Chemistry Wed, 12 Sep 2012 08:29:42 EST news266657375 When rabbis from the Orthodox Union started finding worms in cans of sardines and capelin eggs, they turned to scientists at the American Museum of Natural History to answer a culturally significant dietary question: could these foods still be considered kosher? http://phys.org/news248457649.html Biology Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:01:08 EST news248457649 (PhysOrg.com) -- Over-fished commercial stocks of plankton-eating fish have been replaced in several locations by jellyfish species. This appears to be something of a paradox because fish move quickly and can see their prey, which suggests their capture of prey should be much more efficient than for jellyfish that move slowly and have to make contact with their prey to know they are present. Now a team of scientists in Spain and the US have discovered he jellyfishes' success is partly based on their large body size and its energy efficiency. http://phys.org/news235369717.html Biology Fri, 16 Sep 2011 06:00:01 EST news235369717 Being able to distinguish sardines from horse mackerel has just got a little easier. Researchers in Spain used forensic mitochondrial DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) species identification techniques to genetically differentiate between the fish, regardless if they are processed or canned. This latest technique will help experts to better monitor the exploitation of fish resources. This study was supported in part by a European Fisheries Fund (EFF) grant. The EFF contributes to the realisation of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) objectives, which seek the conservation and sustainable use of marine resources. http://phys.org/news227534314.html Biology Fri, 17 Jun 2011 12:58:46 EST news227534314 A team of researchers from Galicia in Spain have used forensic mitochondrial DNA species identification techniques to distinguish between sardines and horse mackerel. This method makes it possible to genetically differentiate between the fish, even if they are canned or processed, which makes it easier to monitor the degree to which fisheries resources are being exploited. http://phys.org/news225458009.html Biology Tue, 24 May 2011 12:13:42 EST news225458009 Algal bloom specialist David Caron knows exactly what caused the death of 2.5 million sardines at King Harbor and is producing a paper on his research. The city of Redondo Beach gave him and his team a coin medallion for their guidance on the recent die-off. http://phys.org/news221216831.html Space & Earth Tue, 05 Apr 2011 10:07:27 EST news221216831 (AP) -- Cleaning crews on Sunday finished removing millions of fish found floating dead in a Southern California marina, five days after the slimy, stinking mass of sardines was discovered. http://phys.org/news219295624.html Biology Mon, 14 Mar 2011 04:27:33 EST news219295624 (AP) -- Something fishy is up in Acapulco. http://phys.org/news219123139.html Biology Sat, 12 Mar 2011 03:32:29 EST news219123139 (AP) -- The millions of sardines that were found floating dead in a Southern California marina this week tested positive for a powerful neurotoxin, researchers said Friday. http://phys.org/news219122738.html Biology Sat, 12 Mar 2011 03:25:54 EST news219122738 It could take a week - and the smell could get pretty bad - before crews manage to scoop and vacuum up tons of dead sardines from a Southern California marina. http://phys.org/news218960317.html Biology Thu, 10 Mar 2011 06:18:51 EST news218960317 China leads the world in tonnage of fish caught annually as well as the amount of fish consumed, according to new findings reported in National Geographic magazine. http://phys.org/news204375851.html Biology Wed, 22 Sep 2010 12:30:02 EST news204375851 When fish or tiny, shrimp-like krill get together, it appears they follow the same set of "rules." According to a new study published online on September 16th in Current Biology, shoals of fish and swarms of krill hang out in groups that take on the same overall shape; it's not a simple sphere, a cylinder, or ovoid, but something more akin to an irregular crystal, the researchers say. http://phys.org/news203859588.html Biology Thu, 16 Sep 2010 12:40:13 EST news203859588 A new method enables anisakids to be detected in any fish product, from a whole fish, fresh or frozen, to tinned fish and surimi. Developed by Spanish scientists, the system is based on molecular techniques and overcomes the limitations of traditional procedures. http://phys.org/news198425106.html Biology Thu, 15 Jul 2010 15:05:27 EST news198425106 Jellyfish moved into the oceans off the coast of southwest Africa when the sardine population crashed. Now another small fish is living in the oxygen-depleted zone part-time and turning the once ecologically dead-end jellyfish into dinner, according to an international team of scientists. http://phys.org/news198403235.html Biology Thu, 15 Jul 2010 14:00:17 EST news198403235 (AP) -- The thousands of California sea lions that showed up this winter off the central Oregon coast seem to have largely moved on. http://phys.org/news186901275.html Biology Thu, 04 Mar 2010 05:20:01 EST news186901275 Millions of sardines have begun their annual migration down South Africa's east coast, but fewer fish are making the journey due to rising ocean temperatures, a researcher said Monday. http://phys.org/news164888672.html Space & Earth Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:24:53 EST news164888672