A significant decline in the numbers of native fish in Australia's Murray-Darling Basin may be linked to released dam water being too cold for breeding.

Space & Earth - Environment

Jun 11, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0

(Phys.org) —Ecologists are wary of non-native species, but along the shores of Cape Cod where grass-eating crabs have been running amok and destroying the marsh, an invasion of a predatory green crabs has ...

Biology - Ecology

Apr 03, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0

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

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

Researchers at Umeå University conclude that public opposition to dam removal is not based on knowledge deficiency, as is sometimes argued in dam removal science. It is instead a case of different understandings ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Feb 22, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 1

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

Work has begun on a new computer model which will enable communities and aquaculture industries to better assess environmental and human impacts, on estuarine and marine environments in Tasmania.

Biology - Ecology

Dec 11, 2012 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org)—A team of researchers from the University of Illinois has found that recreational fishing that employs the use of lures to catch largemouth bass, results in a reduction in male bass that make ...

Biology - Ecology

Dec 04, 2012 4 / 5 (1) 0 |

(Phys.org)—U.S seafood landings reached a 17-year high in 2011, thanks in part to rebuilding fish populations, and the value of landings also increased, according to a new report released today by NOAA. 

Biology - Ecology

Sep 20, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 0

Reintroduced European beavers could have an overall positive impact on wild salmon populations in Scotland, according to a study by the University of Southampton.

Biology - Ecology

Aug 08, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

Recreational fishing is a major contributor to the rapid decline of important salt marshes along Cape Cod because it strips top predators such as striped bass, blue crabs, and smooth dogfish out of the ecosystem, according ...

Biology - Ecology

Jun 11, 2012 3.7 / 5 (3) 0

Anglers are required to use circle hooks in some fishing tournaments because they are less likely to cause lethal injuries in billfish, such as marlin. However, research from North Carolina State University ...

Biology - Ecology

Mar 28, 2012 not rated yet 0

The Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in April 2010 will have a large economic impact on the U.S. Gulf fisheries.

Space & Earth - Environment

Feb 17, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

NOAA today announced it has begun to use an improved method to estimate the amount of fish caught by saltwater anglers, which will allow rules that fishermen follow to be based on more accurate information.

Biology - Ecology

Jan 26, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

New regulations on the possession of plastic bait straps will reduce waste and make the sea safer for marine life.

Biology - Ecology

Dec 15, 2011 5 / 5 (1) 0