Conservation VaquitaCPR: Trying to save the world’s most endangered marine mammal What do you do when the species you’ve been working to save from extinction is down to fewer than 30…
Conservation Fisheries A story of success for the Cayman Island’s Nassau Grouper Nassau Grouper are a historically overfished population in the Caribbean, but after new regulations were implemented in 2003, has the…
Fisheries Invasive Species Eating invasive species and the future of sustainable fisheries Invasive species are a global phenomenon, and have been since modern human society became a global phenomenon. Many of them…
Aquaculture Biodiversity Conservation Ecology Fisheries Increasing Warming causes Ecosystem Change along the Northeastern Shelf Are the tropics coming to the Northeast coast of the US? Freidland and his team seem to think so. A…
Climate Change A silver lining: How warming waters in the Gulf of Maine gave lobsters a leg up Warming coastal waters in New England have been linked to a decline in lobsters in southern New England, but a…
Fisheries A Case of Mistaken Identity: Seafood Fraud Sustainable seafood has recently become a hot topic in marine conservation, and scientists and conservationists advise transparency in the seafood…
Sharkbites Saturday In the hot seat: Hot spots for pelagic shark movement reflect hot spots for commercial longline fisheries in the North Atlantic. Check out the latest from Matt Larsen about shark habitat around the globe, and how these areas overlap with fishing…
Fisheries Tackling Invasive Lionfish with our Stomachs. As a lover of seafood and the environment, it can be tough to find a sustainable fix for fishy cravings.…
Sharkbites Saturday A Tree of Life Project With Some Serious Bite If you have any intererst in shark anatomy, ecology or evolution, find out about a must-see website designed by the…
Fisheries Heavy Metal Presence in Fish from Fresh and Coastal Waters of Ghana Heavy metal: it’s not just an intense genre of rock music, but also an element high in density that can…
Sharkbites Saturday Citizen Science and Undersea Stars: The Value of Photographs to Global Megafauna Biology Check out this article about how tourist pictures of whale sharks are helping scientists learn about whale shark populations around…
Biology Seaweed antioxidants protect fish too A new study suggests that feeding fish small amounts of antioxidant-rich seaweed can protected them from environmental challenges.
Biology Sea lampreys: grow faster = grow male A new study suggests that growth rate may determine if lampreys, an invasive fish in the Great Lakes becomes male…
Conservation Policy Sharkbites Saturday How just 3% saves 50%: Small expansions of protected areas in “shark hot spots” could save HALF of currently endangered Sharks, Skates, and Rays The old adage of, "work smarter, not harder" even applies to shark conservation...read on to learn how targeted expansion of…
Biology Now we got bad blood: Oxygen binding is not affected by haemoglobin subtype in Atlantic cod Why do northern and southern populations of Atlantic cod have different haemoglobin subtypes? A recent study upsets over 50 years…
Fisheries Should all shark fishing be banned? It might seem like a no-brainer to ban shark fishing as well as the sale and trade of shark products.…
Fisheries What can tuna tell us about mercury emissions? North America’s mercury emissions have declined over the last two decades. Researchers have found a connection between the declining emissions…
Conservation Ecology Fisheries Hazards Human impacts Plastic Pollution Sea Turtles Let’s Ghost Fishing for Halloween! Ghost fishing is ghastly because it creates underwater graveyards for wildlife. The authors covered here wrote a new review of…
Aquaculture Fisheries Why do restaurants join sustainable seafood labelling programs? Why do some restaurants join sustainable seafood eco-labeling programs? A new study identifies some motivating factors that can help the…
Biology Pet trout: domestication rapidly alters gene expression The impact of domestication can be detected within one generation in steelhead trout, and may involve adaptation to highly crowded…