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…
Conservation Critically endangered ancient fish relative has life a 100 year life span We are still making sense of coelacanths. Thought to be extinct, these rare, critically endangered, 400 million-year-old ancient fishes are…
Sharkbites Saturday A new take on disco fever: using “the disco effect” to save sharks Happy Shark Week! In this article we discuss the potential use of disco-like stimuli to deter various species sharks from…
Behavior Coastal Management Can we build a multisensory shark repellant? Human-shark interactions don't always end well on both sides. Is it possible to build a shark repellant that can keep…
Book Review Fisheries Minimizing bycatch by maximizing incentives What's the best way for fishermen to avoid catching the wrong type of animal in their nets? According to this…
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.…
Biological oceanography Biology Conservation Ecology Fisheries Human impacts Earth Week: Overview on Overfishing We rely heavily on the oceans as a source of food. Unfortunately, fish populations have declined by over 50 percent…
Coastal Management Conservation Coral Fisheries How to Stop Dragging Our Assets: The World’s First Fishery Habitat Quota Setting limits on fish catch is standard practice in fisheries management. For the first time in history, limits on habitat…
Conservation Fisheries Human impacts technology Technology for Turtles: TurtleWatch Program to Protect Sea Turtles and Assist Fishermen A technology that both benefits fishermen and helps prevent sea turtle bycatch? Yes, please! The great news is that it…
Fisheries Hotspots of unwanted catches: the global issue of bycatch Incidental catches of nontarget species, also called “bycatch” have important ecological, social and economic impacts. A new study reveals the…