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Tag: fishing

Suffocating Sea Snakes: How fishing harms these undersea reptiles
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.
September 10, 2021September 9, 2021 Francesca Giammona
Recreational Fishers Cast an Eye Towards Offshore Wind
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.…
May 12, 2021May 19, 2021 Ellie Oldach
Booming sea cucumber market? It may be a free-for-all, but it’s not good-for-all
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…
April 16, 2021April 16, 2021 Ellie Oldach
Plastic in the ocean chokes albatrosses
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…
February 11, 2021February 11, 2021 Jiwoon Park
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,…
August 24, 2020August 24, 2020 Ellie Oldach
Stop Clowning Around: Cyanide Fishing in the Indo-Pacific
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…
July 14, 2020July 13, 2020 Ashley Mickens
Ocean to Table Mercury: a Rising Risk
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…
May 31, 2018May 30, 2018 Julia Dohner
Tracking Global Fisheries with the Help of Computer Neural Networks
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…
March 14, 2018March 14, 2018 Ashley Marranzino

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