Tag: fishing
Conservation
Suffocating Sea Snakes: How fishing harms these undersea reptiles
There are snakes in the ocean, and this is how they suffer from harmful fishing practices.
Alternative Energy
Recreational Fishers Cast an Eye Towards Offshore Wind
US President Biden has unveiled an ambitious plan for achieving 30 gigawatts of offshore wind energy in the next decade.…
Book Review Fisheries
Booming sea cucumber market? It may be a free-for-all, but it’s not good-for-all
Sea cucumber has been having a bit of a culinary moment in China. Chinese demand for this sea critter is…
Conservation
Plastic in the ocean chokes albatrosses
Albatrosses are amazing wanderers of the ocean, but they are threatened by ocean plastic pollution. Read on to learn more…
Fisheries
Be careful what you fish for: Using protected areas to save lobster claw size
Fishing doesn't just remove fish from the sea-- it can also change the evolutionary trajectory of a species. For lobster,…
Aquaculture Biodiversity Biology Conservation Ecology Human impacts
Stop Clowning Around: Cyanide Fishing in the Indo-Pacific
What does cyanide have to do with the tropical reef fish sold as pets and showcased in aquariums? A recent…
Fisheries
Ocean to Table Mercury: a Rising Risk
For fish eaters, mercury consumption is an ever-present worry but often pushed to the backs of our minds. But the…
Fisheries Human impacts
Tracking Global Fisheries with the Help of Computer Neural Networks
Fisheries are vital to global economies and to the billions of people who rely on fish for their primary source…