Overfishing has reduced fish populations and biodiversity across much of the world's oceans. In response, fisheries are increasingly reliant on a handful of highly valuable shellfish. However, new research by the University ...

Biology - Ecology

May 20, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

(Phys.org) —Nature is a lot more resilient than we sometimes think. A study by Rutgers marine scientists published recently in Science shows that species of fish that have been overfished for decades can of ...

Biology - Ecology

Apr 18, 2013 5 / 5 (5) 1 |

With the global population now well over seven billion people there are few remaining parts of the world relatively untouched by human activity. We assess the current state and future prospects of five final ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Apr 12, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0

Sea turtles can get accidentally caught and killed in fishing operations, and new research out Monday seeks to map this phenomenon for the first time in a bid to save the endangered creatures.

Biology - Ecology

Apr 01, 2013 not rated yet 0

Communities that act locally to limit their fish catches will reap the rewards of their action, as will their neighbors. That's the conclusion of a study reported on March 28 in the Cell Press journal Current Bi ...

Biology - Ecology

Mar 28, 2013 3 / 5 (2) 0

A study of mercury contamination in a southeastern Peruvian jungle area ravaged by illegal gold mining found unsafe levels of the toxic metal in 78 percent of adults in the regional capital and in 60 percent of fish sold ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Mar 21, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

If we are to sustain fish as a global food source, then fisheries and conservation managers need to take account of new evidence showing how overfishing of the larger fish in a population actually changes the gene pool in ...

Biology - Ecology

Mar 18, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

A major meeting of governments on threats to endangered species on Thursday rejected a ban on international trade in polar bears amid fears it would distract from the bigger threat of global warming.

Biology - Ecology

Mar 07, 2013 3 / 5 (1) 0

Every summer since 1979, Kim Hubert has fished for sockeye salmon in Alaska's Bristol Bay. It's a family business in tiny Togiak that has, from time to time, also employed his wife and three children.

Biology - Ecology

Mar 06, 2013 not rated yet 0

A federal appeals court has rejected the state of Alaska's attempt to remove polar bears from the threatened species list.

Biology - Ecology

Mar 04, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 4

Scientists are delving deep into the travels of whales—thanks to high-tech tracking devices—to try to help protect them.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Feb 24, 2013 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org)—Using underwater video cameras to record fish feeding on South Pacific coral reefs, scientists have found that herbivorous fish can be picky eaters – a trait that could spell trouble for endangered reef systems.

Space & Earth - Environment

Feb 12, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0 |

Researchers in Iceland are blaming low oxygen levels in a shallow fjord for the deaths of tens of thousands of tons of herring.

Biology - Ecology

Feb 06, 2013 not rated yet 4

A new NOAA research report finds that both fish populations and commercial and recreational anglers have benefited from "no-take" protections in the Tortugas Ecological Reserve in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.

Biology - Ecology

Feb 04, 2013 5 / 5 (3) 0

For social animals such as schooling fish, the loss of their numbers to human activity could eventually threaten entire populations, according to a finding that such animals rely heavily on grouping to effectively navigate ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Jan 31, 2013 not rated yet 0 |