Tag: Fisheries
The information age is starting to transform fishing worldwide
Nicholas P. Sullivan, Tufts University
People in the world’s developed nations live in a post-industrial era, working mainly in...
Farming fish in fresh water is more affordable and sustainable than...
Ben Belton, Michigan State University; Dave Little, University of Stirling, and Wenbo Zhang, Shanghai Ocean University
A tidal wave...
Thousands of ocean fishing boats could be using forced labor –...
Gavin McDonald, University of California Santa Barbara
Fishing on the high seas is a bit of a mystery, economically speaking. These areas of open ocean...
Restoring seagrasses can bring coastal bays back to life
Robert J. Orth, Virginia Institute of Marine Science; Jonathan Lefcheck, Smithsonian Institution, and Karen McGlathery, University of Virginia
A century ago Virginia’s coastal lagoons were...
When dams cause more problems than they solve, removing them can...
Jon Honea, Emerson College
Across the United States, dams generate hydroelectric power, store water for drinking and irrigation, control flooding and create recreational opportunities such...
Coastal fish populations didn’t crash after the Deepwater Horizon spill –...
F. Joel Fodrie, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
When the Deepwater Horizon oil spill released 4 to 5 million barrels of oil into...
Scientists have found oil from the Deepwater Horizon blowout in fishes’...
Steven Murawski, University of South Florida and Sherryl Gilbert, University of South Florida
Over the decade since the Deepwater Horizon spill, thousands of scientists have...
Tagging data show that blue sharks are true globalists
Jasmin Graham, Florida State University
CC BY-NDBlue sharks are among the widest-ranging shark species in the oceans. We know this partly because from 1962 to...