Bottom trawling causes deep-sea fish populations collapse
Bottom trawling is causing "boom and bust" fisheries.
Apr 12, 2018
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Baby fish led astray by high CO2 in oceans
Baby fish will find it harder to reach secure shelters in future acidified oceans – putting fish populations at risk, new research from the University of Adelaide has concluded.
Warming world will affect fish size and fisheries
Current fishery targets may become unachievable as the planet warms.
New study suggests shark declines can lead to changes in reef fish body shapes
Scientists studying nearly identical coral reef systems off Australia discovered something unusual on the reefs subjected to nearly exclusive fishing of sharks—fish with significantly smaller eyes and tails. The study is ...
Scientists use hydroacoustics to find abundance of marine life in reserve is 4 times greater than in surrounding waters
Researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego were part of an international team that for the first time used hydroacoustics as a method for comparing the abundance of fishes ...
Study shows that right whales, already an endangered species, may face a dim future
When 15 North Atlantic right whales turned up dead in U.S. and Canadian waters in the summer of 2017, it was declared an unprecedented mass mortality event. For a highly endangered species with slightly more than 500 animals ...
Lead fishing tackle may be threatening loon populations
A new study published in the Journal of Wildlife Management and Wildlife Monographs reveals the devastating effects of lead fishing tackle on loon populations.
Researchers map the illegal use of natural resources in the protected Brazilian Amazon
New research published in the open access peer-reviewed journal PeerJ uses law enforcement data collected from 2010 to 2015 to understand the geographical distribution of the illegal use of natural resources across the region's ...
Old fish few and far between under fishing pressure
Like old-growth trees in a forest, old fish in the ocean play important roles in the diversity and stability of marine ecosystems. Critically, the longer a fish is allowed to live, the more likely it is to successfully reproduce ...
Groundwater pumping drying up Great Plains streams, driving fish extinctions
Farmers in the Great Plains of Nebraska, Colorado, Kansas and the panhandle of Texas produce about one-sixth of the world's grain, and water for these crops comes from the High Plains Aquifer—often known as the Ogallala ...
