After reviewing recent research based on the study of habitat-specialist coral reef fishes, Boston University post-doctoral researcher Marian Y. L. Wong and Peter M. Buston, assistant professor of biology, have found that ...

Biology - Ecology

May 17, 2013 not rated yet 0

Leading international marine scientists have called for the protection of more, large marine wilderness areas in a bid to shield the world's dwindling stocks of fish from destruction.

Space & Earth - Environment

Apr 15, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

Traditional community-run marine reserves and fisheries can play a big role in helping to restore and maintain fish numbers in stressed developing nations' coral reef fisheries.

Space & Earth - Environment

Apr 01, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

Communities that act locally to limit their fish catches will reap the rewards of their action, as will their neighbors. That's the conclusion of a study reported on March 28 in the Cell Press journal Current Bi ...

Biology - Ecology

Mar 28, 2013 3 / 5 (2) 0

U.S. officials are seeking to limit the number of parrotfish caught in federal waters off St. Croix to help protect the brightly colored species, as well as fragile Caribbean coral reefs.

Space & Earth - Environment

Mar 15, 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

Mats of algae and seaweed have shrouded the once thick coral in shallow reefs off Jamaica's north coast. Warm ocean waters have bleached out the coral, and in a cascade of ecological decline, the sea urchins ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Feb 26, 2013 3.9 / 5 (9) 4

(Phys.org)—Using underwater video cameras to record fish feeding on South Pacific coral reefs, scientists have found that herbivorous fish can be picky eaters – a trait that could spell trouble for endangered reef systems.

Space & Earth - Environment

Feb 12, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0 |

Fishing communities living on the islands of Indonesia's Karimunjawa National Park have found an important balance, improving their social well-being while reducing their reliance on marine biodiversity, ...

Biology - Ecology

Feb 07, 2013 not rated yet 0

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

A little more than 39 years ago, on December 28, 1973, the Endangered Species Act was enacted to conserve threatened and endangered species and their ecosystems. To honor this anniversary, Daphne Fautin of ...

Biology - Ecology

Jan 07, 2013 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org)—Fish play a far more important role as contributors of nutrients to marine ecosystems than previously thought, according to researchers at the University of Georgia and Florida International ...

Biology - Ecology

Dec 11, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0 |

Social exclusion as a punishment strategy helps explain the evolution of cooperation, according to new research published today in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B.

Other Sciences - Social Sciences

Dec 04, 2012 3.7 / 5 (6) 2 |

Guatemala has set up 2,800 artificial reefs along its Pacific coast to see how they can protect marine life and help fisherman.

Space & Earth - Environment

Nov 25, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 0

(AP)—American Samoa is banning shark fishing in its waters in hopes of stopping the population's decline.

Biology - Ecology

Nov 15, 2012 not rated yet 0