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Category: Fisheries

The Fish That Could Live Forever
Fisheries

The Fish That Could Live Forever

What if we could preserve endangered species so they never go extinct?
October 18, 2024October 16, 2024 Jordana Portman
Over or Under? Skate and Ray Fishing
Fisheries

Over or Under? Skate and Ray Fishing

Skates and rays are being caught at unprecedented rates in the Northeast Atlantic.
June 3, 2024 Braden Furness
Flight or Freeze: Is The Elusive Toothfish Migratory or Stationary?
Fisheries

Flight or Freeze: Is The Elusive Toothfish Migratory or Stationary?

Is one migration strategy for the toothfish more advantageous than the other?
February 23, 2024September 22, 2024 Jordana Portman
You Are What You Eat: The Difference Between Salmon and Seals
Fisheries

You Are What You Eat: The Difference Between Salmon and Seals

Salmon farming could surprisingly have severe consequences for fur seals.
October 30, 2023October 30, 2023 Jordana Portman
Do Not Touch the Lobster
Fisheries

Do Not Touch the Lobster

The Norway lobster fishery can be brought back from the brink of collapse.
September 28, 2023 Braden Furness
Harnessing the Sting! The Biotechnical Uses of Jellyfish
Fisheries

Harnessing the Sting! The Biotechnical Uses of Jellyfish

Jellyfish are constantly caught, but hardly used. Jellyfish biology offers a host of exciting opportunities for humans to utilize!
August 12, 2022August 12, 2022 Cheyne Springbett
Predicting the future of fish
Fisheries

Predicting the future of fish

Scientists use climate model data to predict how fisheries will change on 10-year timescale
May 25, 2022 Nicole Mucci
Listening in on fishing vessels
Fisheries

Listening in on fishing vessels

Detecting boat noise on offshore reefs may help manage a recovering fishery.
April 29, 2022April 29, 2022 Allison Noble
Shine bright like a gillnet
Fisheries

Shine bright like a gillnet

Fishing mostly depends on gillnets that catch many organisms besides fish, but we can change gillnets for the better…
April 29, 2022April 29, 2022 Valeria Contreras
Fishing communities on the up and up
Fisheries

Fishing communities on the up and up

We hear a lot of stories of decline and loss in fishing communities. One California cove is rewriting this story.
February 8, 2022February 8, 2022 Ellie Oldach
A Worrisome Species Shift in the Humboldt Current
Fisheries

A Worrisome Species Shift in the Humboldt Current

By examining ancient fish bones buried in sediments, researchers caution about a potential collapse of anchovy fisheries.
February 7, 2022 Amanda Semler
Women gleaners in Mauritius: How COVID-19 and an oil spill amplified gender inequalities in fisheries
Fisheries

Women gleaners in Mauritius: How COVID-19 and an oil spill amplified gender inequalities in fisheries

The compounding crises of COVID-19 and an oil spill highlight the systemic inequalities faced by women in fisheries.
October 22, 2021December 1, 2022 Cindy Lebrasse, Ph.D.
The Case of the Functioning Fishery
Fisheries

The Case of the Functioning Fishery

Chile's surf clam fisheries have faced a rocky past-- but one community's fishery has persisted throughout it all. How?
October 8, 2021 Ellie Oldach
Sheepshead, a lesson from the past
Fisheries

Sheepshead, a lesson from the past

What happens when archeology and science intertwine to teach us a lesson from the past? Read on to find out…
August 19, 2021 Samantha Setta
Far reaching microplastics: They may be closer than you think
Biology Ecology Fisheries Human impacts

Far reaching microplastics: They may be closer than you think

We all know plastic pollution is a growing problem in our oceans harming sea creatures and covering beaches. What is…
July 10, 2021 Shawn Wang
Filmmakers focus the lens on fish
Fisheries

Filmmakers focus the lens on fish

Often, we tell fishery science stories through peer-reviewed articles, press releases, and (ahem) blog posts. But can we use film…
July 9, 2021July 9, 2021 Ellie Oldach
Fishing or Farming: Can Fisheries and Offshore Wind Farms Coexist?
Alternative Energy Aquaculture Climate Change Ecology Economy Fisheries Human impacts ocean engineering technology

Fishing or Farming: Can Fisheries and Offshore Wind Farms Coexist?

Last month, President Biden announced that the US will be turning to offshore wind farms (OWFs) to meet the growing…
June 17, 2021June 16, 2021 Ashley Mickens
Here’s the “Catch” with the COVID-19 Pandemic
Fisheries

Here’s the “Catch” with the COVID-19 Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic brought changes to global fisheries. Using a Maine lobstering community as an example for global small fisheries,…
June 12, 2021June 8, 2021 Diana Fontaine
High-TEK Turtle Monitoring: Lessons from Traditional Ecological Knowledge
Conservation Fisheries Human Health Human impacts Methodology Policy Sea Turtles

High-TEK Turtle Monitoring: Lessons from Traditional Ecological Knowledge

In this new study carried out in Colombia, traditional ecological knowledge helps to shine a light on sea turtle and…
May 19, 2021May 21, 2021 Ashley Mickens
Surf and TURF(s): A Cry for Kelp
Coastal Management Conservation Fisheries

Surf and TURF(s): A Cry for Kelp

How does kelp harvesting affect kelp populations? How can scientists use this information to better inform management policies?
May 18, 2021May 13, 2021 Hannah Collins

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