(Phys.org) —New research conducted at Queen's University has discovered that polarized light vision, which is used for navigation and orientation by rainbow trout, changes with age.

Biology - Plants & Animals

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Feeding fish with plant-based raw materials has been shown to have a negative effect on Atlantic salmon's ability to digest fats.

Biology - Ecology

Mar 12, 2013 not rated yet 0

Japanese scientists have successfully bred a type of salmon using surrogate parents of a different species, in a breakthrough that could help preserve endangered creatures, the chief researcher said Tuesday.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Jan 15, 2013 5 / 5 (3) 2

Norwegian researchers have been leading an international effort to make aquaculture more sustainable. In 10 years they have revolutionised fish feed.

Biology - Ecology

Nov 26, 2012 4.2 / 5 (5) 0

Little attention has been paid to the use of antibiotics in the aquaculture industry as one reason for the increase in bacteria resistant to antibiotics and the spread of such resistance to other bacteria.

Biology - Ecology

Nov 19, 2012 not rated yet 0

The environmental group Greenpeace on Monday said there was an "overfishing crisis" in the Indian Ocean and urged better monitoring of trawlers.

Biology - Ecology

Nov 12, 2012 not rated yet 0

A fish's personality can influence how it responds to, and learns from threats, according to a new study by Professor Grant Brown from Concordia University in Canada and his colleagues. Their work, looking at how personality ...

Biology - Ecology

Oct 22, 2012 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org)—Fish populations around the world could soon be full of slow growing, unproductive 'couch potatoes' if the current levels of intensive fishing continue, according to Deakin University research.

Biology - Ecology

Sep 10, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 0

Scientists have yet to fully unravel the mysteries of rainbows, but a group of researchers from Disney Research, Zürich, UC San Diego, Universidad de Zaragoza, and Horley, UK, have used simulations of ...

Technology - Computer Sciences

Aug 06, 2012 3.3 / 5 (3) 2

A Simon Fraser University fish-population statistician, working in collaboration with non-government organization scientists, has uncovered evidence of a potentially deadly virus in a freshwater sport fish ...

Biology - Ecology

Jul 19, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

A new way of testing the safety of natural and synthetic chemicals has been developed by scientists with funding from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC). Their research, published in the journal ...

Biology - Ecology

Jun 29, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

Many people anticipating the creation of an invisibility cloak might be surprised to learn that a group of American researchers has created 25 000 individual cloaks.

Physics - General Physics

May 24, 2012 4.9 / 5 (8) 0 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- Computer scientists at UC San Diego, who set out to simulate all rainbows found in nature, wound up answering questions about the physics of rainbows as well. The scientists recreated a wide ...

Physics - General Physics

Dec 06, 2011 5 / 5 (7) 0 |

Two distinct populations of rainbow trout -- one in Alaska, the other in Idaho -- share a genetic trait that could have huge implications for fisheries conservation and management, an eight-member research team reports.

Biology - Ecology

Nov 29, 2011 5 / 5 (1) 2 |

The International Cooperation to Sequence the Atlantic Salmon Genome (ICSASG, the "Cooperation") has awarded the Phase II contract for next-generation sequencing and analysis of the Atlantic salmon genome to the J. Craig ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Nov 23, 2011 not rated yet 0