The overfishing of codfish spanning the second half of the 20th century indicates that human action can force evolutionary changes more quickly than widely believed, according to a Rutgers-led study.
Evolution
May 31, 2023
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Atlantic cod on the Grand Banks of Newfoundland supported one of the world's greatest fisheries for over three centuries. Yet this seemingly inexhaustible resource is in bad shape. Some stocks are now endangered and their ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 16, 2020
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Interactions between people and animals offer insights into human culture and societies' core values. This is especially true with respect to large predators – perhaps due to a collective memory of our evolutionary past ...
Ecology
Sep 27, 2018
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For decades researchers have recorded sounds from whales and other marine mammals, using a variety of methods including passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) to better understand how these animals use sound to interact with each ...
Ecology
Mar 22, 2013
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Underwater noise from seismic surveys affects the behavior of Atlantic cod. These are the results of research by Leiden biologists in collaboration with colleagues from Belgium. During such surveys the fish are less active ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 12, 2021
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(AP)—One of the most endangered whales in the world has washed up dead on a beach in northeast Florida.
Plants & Animals
Dec 19, 2012
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Using a new net, marine biologists from the Alfred Wegener Institute have, for the first time, been able to catch polar cod directly beneath the Arctic sea ice with a trawl, allowing them to determine their large-scale distribution ...
Ecology
Oct 13, 2015
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From the use of seaweed for bleaching linen, to Roman emperors eating oysters as aphrodisiacs, human culture along the North Atlantic coast has been integrally linked to the exploitation of the sea for centuries. But as populations ...
Ecology
Nov 6, 2017
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Imagine having a daylong Thanksgiving feast every day for a month, then, only pauper's rations the rest of the year.
Ecology
Mar 20, 2013
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28% of cod products in Ireland are mislabelled, as compared to 7% in the UK, according to research published today in the journal Fish and Fisheries.
Other
Jul 15, 2011
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