News tagged with black sea bass

Scientists map fish habitat and movements at Gray's Reef Marine Sanctuary

Two related research expeditions by NOAA scientists to track the habitat preferences and movements of fish at Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary may help managers protect overfished species such as red snapper and grouper. ...

Biology / Ecology

created Sep 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0




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Public-private partnership helps monitor fish populations

Managing commercial and recreational fisheries is a complex and sometimes contentious process in which fishing interests, scientists, and regulatory agencies don't always see eye-to-eye.

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 05, 2011 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Prodigal plankton species makes first known migration from Pacific to Atlantic via Pole

Some 800,000 years ago -- about the time early human tribes were learning to make fire – a tiny species of plankton called Neodenticula seminae went extinct in the North Atlantic.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Leviathans battle in remote depths: Great white sharks may migrate so they can dine on giant squids

In what could be the ultimate marine smack-down, great white sharks off the California coast may be migrating 1,600 miles west to do battle with creatures that rival their star power: giant squids.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 12, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (10) | comments 1

Jellyfish swarm northward in warming world

(AP) -- A blood-orange blob the size of a small refrigerator emerged from the dark waters, its venomous tentacles trapped in a fishing net. Within minutes, hundreds more were being hauled up, a pulsating ...

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 15, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (15) | comments 1

Silent streams? Escalating endangerment for North American freshwater fish

Nearly 40 percent of fish species in North American streams, rivers and lakes are now in jeopardy, according to the most detailed evaluation of the conservation status of freshwater fishes in the last 20 years.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 09, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (19) | comments 4

Researchers Find Aquaculture Promising Method to Grow Black Sea Bass

Black sea bass is an important recreational and commercial fishery along the Atlantic coast of the US, but landings have decreased in recent decades as the demand for this tasty fish in seafood and sushi markets ...

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created Mar 10, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Long-lived deep-sea fishes imperiled by technology, overfishing

Many commercially prized fish from the depths of the world's oceans are severely threatened by over-fishing and the species' ability to recover is constrained by the fishes' long lifespans and low reproductive success, a ...

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created Feb 19, 2007 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Gender-changing fish are studied

A University of New Hampshire scientist is trying to determine what causes sex reversals among black sea bass and how to prevent it.

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created Apr 11, 2006 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (6) | comments 0


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