A relatively new $13.5 million hatchery intended to save Snake River sockeye salmon from extinction is instead killing thousands of fish before they ever get to the ocean, and fisheries biologists in Idaho think they know ...
Ecology
Nov 17, 2017
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"We could produce five times as much fish by 2050": in a posh hotel in the Norwegian town of Trondheim, a fishing industry representative winds up his presentation on Norway's sky-high fish farming goals.
Ecology
Nov 1, 2017
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Joint research by the University of Otago and University of Canterbury has revealed that male salmon can adjust their sperm's swimming speed if competing with a rival to reproduce.
Plants & Animals
Oct 30, 2017
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It turns out that sex can move mountains.
Ecology
Oct 19, 2017
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A new analysis suggests that open-ocean aquaculture for three species of finfish is a viable option for industry expansion under most climate change scenarios – an option that may provide a new source of protein for the ...
Ecology
Oct 4, 2017
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Wild salmon, historically, are born in rivers, swim to sea to live out their adulthoods, and find their way back to their freshwater spawning grounds to reproduce before dying.
Ecology
Sep 22, 2017
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New research indicates that fish may adapt their behaviour to defend against parasite infection. The findings are published in the Journal of Zoology.
Ecology
Sep 20, 2017
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The mass of warm water known as "the blob" that heated up the North Pacific Ocean has dissipated, but scientists are still seeing the lingering effects of those unusually warm sea surface temperatures on Pacific Northwest ...
Ecology
Sep 18, 2017
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Salmon have a lousy problem, and the race to solve it is spanning the globe.
Ecology
Sep 18, 2017
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A marine net pen holding 305,000 farmed Atlantic salmon collapsed recently, releasing thousands of fish into Puget Sound and renewing concerns that a new proposed salmon farm could harm wild salmon stock and cause other environmental ...
Ecology
Aug 24, 2017
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