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Harvesting of small fish species should be cut: study

(PhysOrg.com) -- New research on the fishing of small fish species near the bottom of their food chains suggests harvesting at levels previously thought to be sustainable could have devastating effects on ...

Biology / Ecology

created Jul 22, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 5 | with audio podcast report

Antibiotic resistant bacteria proliferate in agricultural soils

Infectious diseases kill roughly 13 million people worldwide, annually, a toll that continues to rise, aided and abetted by resistance genes. Now a study, published in the March Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy finds ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 20, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Ancient cooking pots reveal gradual transition to agriculture

Humans may have undergone a gradual rather than an abrupt transition from fishing, hunting and gathering to farming, according to a new study of ancient pottery.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Oct 24, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Wild salmon decline was not caused by sea lice from farm salmon: study

A new UC Davis study contradicts earlier reports that salmon farms were responsible for the 2002 population crash of wild pink salmon in the Broughton Archipelago of western Canada.

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 13, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Researchers find schooling fish offer new ideas for wind farming

The quest to derive energy from wind may soon be getting some help from California Institute of Technology fluid-dynamics expert John Dabiri -- and a school of fish.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 17, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (12) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

US tiger shrimp sightings worry scientists

(AP) -- A big increase in reports of Asian tiger shrimp along the U.S. Southeast coast and in the Gulf of Mexico has federal biologists worried the species is encroaching on native species' territory.

Biology / Ecology

created Apr 27, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Action needed to keep fish on the menu in 2050

The latest study suggests we may still be able to eat as much fish as we do today 40 years from now. But for that to happen, we'll have to change our ways, say scientists.

Biology / Ecology

created Apr 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Study investigates aquatic parasites on fish

Researchers in the Czech Republic, Spain and the United Kingdom have successfully identified the cellular components and mechanisms that play a role in the proliferation of myxozoa, tiny aquatic parasites ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 23, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Tsunami debris floating across Pacific toward US

(AP) -- Refrigerators, TVs and other debris dragged into sea when a massive earthquake hit Japan last March, causing tsunamis as high as 130 feet to crash ashore, could show up in remote atolls north of Hawaii ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 28, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Tiny shrimp leave giant carbon footprint: scientist

Measured by environmental impact, a humble shrimp cocktail could be the most costly part of a typical restaurant meal, scientists said Friday.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 18, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 4

New integrated building model may improve fish farming operations

Today's "locavore" movement with its emphasis on eating more locally-produced food is a natural fit for fruits and vegetables in nearly every region, but few entrepreneurs have dared to apply the concept to ...

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers use Google Earth to verify Mediterranean fish farming data

The Great Wall of China is not the only thing you can see from space. Fish farming cages are clearly visible through Google Earth's satellite images and University of British Columbia researchers have used them to estimate ...

Biology / Ecology

created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Titanium dioxide film enhances the sun's natural disinfection power

The world population is estimated to be seven billion and all these mouths need feeding. With fears about overfishing and the sustainability of fish stocks in our seas fish farming is becoming big business. As with all farming ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jan 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Explosives and fish are traced with chemical tags

Researchers at the University of Oviedo (Spain) have come up with a way of tagging gunpowder which allows its illegal use to be detected even after it has been detonated. Based on the addition of isotopes, ...

Biology / Ecology

created Jan 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Evidence supports ban on growth promotion use of antibiotics in farming

In a review study, researchers from Tufts University School of Medicine zero in on the controversial, non-therapeutic use of antibiotics in food animals and fish farming as a cause of antibiotic resistance. They report that ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 15, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0