A sudden switch from herring to sardines in the English Channel in the 1930s was due to a long-term ocean cycle called the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO), an international study shows. This is the ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Apr 17, 2013 4.2 / 5 (5) 2 |

(Phys.org) —A team of researchers working at the Polytechnic University of Turin in Italy has found that applying herring sperm DNA to cotton fabric caused it to be resistant to burning or catching on fire. ...

Chemistry - Materials Science

Mar 13, 2013 4.3 / 5 (3) 3 |

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

The highly effective optical means by which silvery fish, such as the European sardine and Atlantic herring, camouflage themselves from predators is explained this month in Nature Photonics.

Physics - Optics & Photonics

Oct 21, 2012 5 / 5 (4) 0 |

Herring is one of the most common table fish in the entire world, but large parts of the catch is being used for fish feed. "From an environmental perspective, it is better if the herring is used for food ...

Biology - Ecology

Jul 09, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

Scientists on Tuesday said they had devised a DNA test to pinpoint the geographical origins of commercial seafish, in a breakthrough against illegal trawling that threatens fish stocks worldwide.

Biology - Biotechnology

May 22, 2012 not rated yet 0

Researchers from the University of Oviedo have for the first time analysed a DNA fragment from commercial feed for aquarium cichlids, aquaculture salmon and marine fish in aquariums. The results show that ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Apr 25, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 1

Arctic marine mammals and fish populations are on the rise, according to a report released on Monday by the the Arctic Council's biodiversity working group at a Montreal conference.

Biology - Ecology

Apr 24, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Climate change research conducted by the University of Aberdeen and Marine Scotland Science highlights the risks of conducting an experiment only once.

Space & Earth - Environment

Feb 22, 2012 4 / 5 (4) 2

A month ago, a young seal named Marco washed up on a beach on the northern Dutch Frisian island of Ameland, one of a growing number of recently stranded pups that has left his rescuers worried.

Biology - Ecology

Jan 23, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 0

Bad news for the Gulf of Mexico: a study released in late December sheds new light on the toxicity of oil in aquatic environments, and shows that environmental impact studies currently in use may be inadequate. The report ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Jan 09, 2012 4.5 / 5 (16) 0

Thousands of herring have floated ashore on Norway's western coast, leaving experts perplexed about the phenomenon, according to the Norwegian Institute of Marine Research.

Biology - Ecology

Jan 03, 2012 5 / 5 (6) 19

The 2007 Cosco Busan disaster, which spilled 54,000 gallons of oil into the San Francisco Bay, had an unexpectedly lethal impact on embryonic fish, devastating a commercially and ecologically important species for nearly ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Dec 26, 2011 4.5 / 5 (4) 3 |

Stocks of fish like cod and herring are likely to collapse within 40 years if European fisheries ministers continue to ignore scientific recommendations on how much fish should be caught each year, warn researchers.

Biology - Ecology

Nov 15, 2011 5 / 5 (1) 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- NOAA scientists have developed a population model for Atlantic herring that links herring population trends to the size of the haddock population. The model also provides evidence that egg predation by haddock ...

Biology - Ecology

Aug 09, 2011 not rated yet 0 |