Ecology Fisheries
How Coral Size Influences Fish Size
Many fish find a coral colony to host in, living their whole life in that same coral. They must pick…
Category: Fisheries
Biology Ecology Fisheries Invasive Species
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…
