When veteran fisherman Brian Tapper checked his 1,200 crab pots in waters off southwest England during this year's crabbing season, he got a series of unwelcome surprises.
Ecology
Aug 28, 2025
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Over 100 million years ago, long before the extinction of land-dwelling dinosaurs, there lived a group of massive clams called Inoceramus.
Paleontology & Fossils
Aug 27, 2025
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Rick Clough spent some four decades fishing for lobsters and sea urchins off the Maine coast before spotting one of the ocean's most recognized predators—a great white shark.
Ecology
Aug 25, 2025
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Florida wildlife officials have given preliminary approval to a plan to reopen Apalachicola Bay for oyster harvesting, five years after the waters were closed due to dwindling shellfish populations.
Ecology
Aug 15, 2025
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If you walk the harbor in Hastings in south-east England or the beach further north in Cromer at dawn, you'll see the signs of a centuries-old way of life: small boats landing their fresh catch and crews unloading crates ...
Ecology
Aug 11, 2025
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Much of the scallop farming techniques used in the U.S. derive from practices in Japan, where scallops have long been a part of the country's seafood industry. Researchers from the University of Maine are working to test ...
Ecology
Aug 6, 2025
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Scientists have discovered a previously unknown virus in farmed Pacific oysters during a mass die-off in B.C., Canada. The discovery serves as a reminder that growers should exercise caution when moving young oysters internationally ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Aug 4, 2025
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The Gulf of Maine—home to commercial fisheries for oysters, clams and mussels—has unexpectedly avoided an increase in seawater acidity, helping to preserve the health of its fisheries.
Earth Sciences
Jul 30, 2025
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Researchers from Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) have discovered a deep-sea limpet species 5,922 meters beneath the northwestern Pacific Ocean, marking the deepest known habitat for any true ...
Evolution
Jul 24, 2025
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How much microplastic truly ends up in the seafood on our plates? The answer varies significantly because there are no standardized analytical procedures in food monitoring to quantify the amount of tiny plastic particles ...
Agriculture
Jul 18, 2025
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