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Rich Asians threaten high-value fish: experts

The growing ranks of wealthy Asians and their increasing appetite for more expensive fish are threatening stocks, potentially causing wider environmental damage, experts at a UN conference said on Tuesday.

Biology / Ecology

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Lessons in coral reef survival from deep time

Lessons from tens of millions of years ago are pointing to new ways to save and protect today's coral reefs and their myriad of beautiful and many-hued fishes at a time of huge change in the Earth's systems.

Biology / Evolution

created Jan 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

White fish from the North Sea is equally climate friendly as farmed fish

The environmental impact of plaice and cod caught wild in the North Sea is similar to that of imported farmed fish like salmon, tilapia and pangasius. This was the conclusion arrived at by LEI, part of Wageningen ...

Biology / Ecology

created Jan 23, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Rare, once-royal turtle to be tracked in Cambodia

(AP) -- One of the world's most endangered turtles has been released into a Cambodian river with a satellite transmitter attached to its shell to track how it will navigate through commercial fishing grounds ...

Biology / Ecology

created Jan 21, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Cliffhanging corals avoid trawler damage

Bottom trawling fishing boats have devastated many cold water coral reefs along the margin of the North East Atlantic Ocean. Now, researchers have found large cold water coral colonies clinging to the vertical ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Philippines pushes tobacco - for fish farming

The Philippines has launched a new campaign promoting tobacco -- not for smoking but for fish farming, a government tobacco agency official said Thursday.

Biology / Ecology

created Jan 19, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Up to 6.7 million bats dead from fungus: US

Between 5.7 and 6.7 million bats have died in North America due to a fungus known as white-nose syndrome (WNS) since the disease first appeared in 2006, US authorities said on Tuesday.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jan 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

US bans import of Burmese pythons

The United States announced Tuesday it is banning the import of Burmese pythons and three other species of giant constrictor snakes due to the danger they pose to local wildlife.

Biology / Ecology

created Jan 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Secret sex life to help save world's endangered seagrasses

(PhysOrg.com) -- Sex plays a much more important role in the reproduction of vitally important seagrasses than previously thought, according to important new findings by researchers from The University of ...

Biology / Ecology

created Jan 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Carbon dioxide affecting fish brains: study

Rising human carbon dioxide emissions may be affecting the brains and central nervous systems of sea fish, with serious consequences for their survival, according to new research.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 16, 2012 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (15) | comments 15

Major environmental study finds traces of many drugs in Swedish waters

(PhysOrg.com) -- High levels of the anti-inflammatory substance diclofenac are released from wastewater plants, according to a study from IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute and Umeå University that was commissioned ...

Space & Earth / Environment

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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

Study finds fish offspring grow best at same temperature as parents

(PhysOrg.com) -- Fish parents can pre-condition their offspring to grow fastest at the temperature they experienced, according to research published in the February 2012 edition of Ecology Letters. This pre-conditioning, known as transgenerational plasticity (TGP), occurs w ...

Biology / Ecology

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Scientists aiding fishermen in butterfish conundrum

Butterfish may sound delicious, but local fishermen would rather keep them out of their nets. The small, silvery fish are protected by fishing limits yet frequently surface in tows when fishermen are trawling for squid. Too ...

Biology / Ecology

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