Fisheries

You Are What Your Fish Eats: how an invasive seaweed is contributing to the decline in nutritional value of commercial fish

Invasive species are known to be harmful to native species, biodiversity, and ecosystem function. But recent research has shown that…

Biology Chemistry Fisheries

Big Fish Eats Little Fish: Biomagnification of Natural Toxins

Naturally occurring poisons produced by some microorganisms can concentrate to dangerous levels in carnivorous fish, just like man-made pollutants do.…

Biology Fisheries

The Grit in the Oyster – Pearl Farming in French Polynesia

French Polynesia produces a large majority of the world's Tahitian cultured pearls and is at the center of the multi-million…

Fisheries

Not so alike after all: European hake populations might be locally adapted

Recent evidence that European hake populations might be adapted to local conditions (e.g. temperature and salinity at the surface) suggests…

Fisheries

Plenty of fish in the sea? Appearances can be deceiving.

Overfishing reduces the ability to adapt in the face of change, even in highly abundant marine fishes.

Fisheries

Annual fishing weir catches may be under-reported to the U.N. by Persian Gulf Nations

Scientists from the University of British Columbia who are a part of the Sea Around Us Project use Google Earth…

Biology Fisheries Human impacts

Hitchin’ a Ride – The Risks of Ballast Water Exchange

Ballast water transfers occur in or near major ports all the time to keep up with the demands of global…

Fisheries

This Time Around, Humans Aren’t the Bad Guys in the Salmon Fishery

Salmon fishing is a huge industry in the Baltic Sea. So it comes as no surprise that when a predator…

Biology Fisheries

How Our “Trash” Can Aid Juvenile Red Snappers

Cement, limestone, and even old barges are being used in the northern Gulf of Mexico to build additional habitats for…

Biology Climate Change Fisheries

Cooked fish: Ocean warming and global fisheries

Global fisheries are expected to change as ocean temperatures warm. A recent study by Cheung et al. uses mean temperature…

Biology Climate Change Fisheries

Fish follow climate velocities through space and time

We expect marine species to respond to climate change by either adapting or changing geographical ranges. But observed shifts in…

Fisheries

Disease affects New England Lobsters

Lobster, an important crustaceous member of inshore rocky bottom ecosystems in southern New England and a favorite sweet-meated-treat of many…

Biogeochemistry Biology Chemistry Climate Change Ecology Fisheries Geology Paleoceanography Policy

Welcome to oceanbites!

I’m excited to announce the launch of oceanbites.org! Inspired by the successful and informative astrobites.org, oceanbites is a blog where…