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Noise pollution also a threat to fish

13 years 11 months ago By Arnold Weisz

But in the journal Trends in Ecology and Evolution, Dr Slabbekoorn and colleagues in The Netherlands, Germany and US report how the underwater environment is anything but quiet.

Northern bluefin tuna captured in an aquarium.

1,000th giant bluefin tuna tagged

13 years 11 months ago By Main Minion

(Stanford University, Dalhousie University and the Monterey Bay Aquarium, working in collaboration with Canadian fishermen from Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia.)

Nine new species for disappearing handfish family

14 years 4 months ago By Main Minion

The review of the handfishes brings the family to 14 known species – six found only in Tasmania and one known from only one specimen possibly collected in Tasmania by early European explorers, yet not recorded since. Read more

Atlantic bluefin tuna is mainly caught from countries around the Mediterranean Sea.

Bluefin tuna trade ban is backed by science

14 years 10 months ago By Main Minion

Scientists estimate that the current spawning biomass is less than 15 per cent of what it once was before fishing began—meaning Atlantic bluefin tuna meets the criteria for a CITES Appendix I listing

Using dual-frequency sonar to detect juvenile goliath Grouper

15 years 10 months ago By Main Minion

Fort Pierce, Florida - November 19, 2008 - The Ocean Research & Conservation Association (ORCA) and its collaborators announced today the world’s first use of an acoustic underwater camera to survey juveniles of goliath grouper in mang

Spookfish has mirrors for eyes

18 years 8 months ago By Main Minion

"In nearly 500 million years of vertebrate evolution, and many thousands of vertebrate species living and dead, this is the only one known to have solved the fundamental optical problem faced by all eyes - how to make an image - using a mirror," s