U.S. commercial and recreational saltwater fishing generated more than $199 billion in sales and supported 1.7 million jobs in the nation's economy in 2011, according to a new economic report released by NOAA's Fisheries ...

Biology - Other

Mar 08, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

(Phys.org) —Researchers from The Australian National University (ANU) working on the New South Wales south coast have discovered a new species of ancient fish, after unearthing the largest fossilised lobe-finned ...

Other Sciences - Archaeology & Fossils

Mar 07, 2013 5 / 5 (6) 6 |

(Phys.org) —It was often assumed marine plankton would be easy prey, especially in the dense viscosity of colder waters, but that is not necessarily so.

Biology - Ecology

Mar 07, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0 |

Images from cameras attached to the tails of gannets have revealed their appetite for fishing boat discards, soon to face a ban under reforms to the EU Common Fisheries Policy.

Biology - Plants & Animals

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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

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The EU funded European research project FILOSE has developed robots with a new sense - lateral line sensing. All fish have this sensing organ but so far it had no technological counterpart on man-made underwater ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Mar 06, 2013 5 / 5 (3) 0 |

(Phys.org) —Trace radiation from the Fukushima nuclear disaster is showing up in Pacific bluefin tuna. By measuring that radiation, scientists are gaining valuable insight about the fish's early migratory ...

Biology - Ecology

Mar 05, 2013 3.8 / 5 (4) 0

Fishers near marine protected areas end up traveling farther to catch fish but maintain their social and economic well-being, according to a study by fisheries scientists at Washington State University and in Hawaii.

Biology - Ecology

Mar 05, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

Despite the ongoing crisis in cod farming, the Research Council of Norway is investing NOK 21 million into research on cod larvae. "Right move at the right time," believes Professor Ivar Rønnestad.

Biology - Ecology

Mar 04, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 1

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

Research now reveals that fish can migrate to avoid the threat of being eaten. A new study from Lund University in Sweden shows that roach fish leave lakes and move into surrounding streams or wetlands, where ...

Biology - Ecology

Mar 01, 2013 4 / 5 (1) 0 |

Protection of marine areas from fishing increases density and biomass of fish and invertebrates (such as lobster and scallops) finds a systematic review published in BioMed Central's open access journal Environmental Evidence. The su ...

Biology - Ecology

Feb 27, 2013 not rated yet 0

Setting up home in the stinging tentacles of a sea anemone might seem like a risky option, but anemonefish – also known as clownfish and popularised in the movie Finding Nemo – are perfectly content in their unlikely ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Feb 27, 2013 4 / 5 (1) 0

Strapped to Billy Bullard's hip was a machete he'd bought at a yard sale. In his fist were 4-foot-long metal snake tongs. Attached to the tongs was a high-resolution waterproof camera he called a "snake-cam."

Biology - Ecology

Feb 27, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0