By Lauren Morello and Climatewire November 16, 2010 Unusually warm ocean temperatures in the summer and fall of 2005 caused a mass die-off of Caribbean corals that is the worst ever recorded there, according to new research published yesterday in the online journal PLoS ONE. More than 80 percent of corals bleached and over 40 […]
By Staff WritersNov 10, 2010 Penang, Malaysia (AFP) Nov 10, 2010 – Overfishing in Southeast Asian seas has left garoupas and sea bass in dire straits, searching for mates on denuded seabeds, according to experts alarmed by ever-declining catches. Marine scientists and fishermen say that popular fish species — especially the large and valuable ones […]
By Timothy B. Wheeler, The Baltimore SunNovember 11, 2010 Scientists have found more intersex fish in Maryland, this time on the Eastern Shore, and their research suggests one possible source of the gender-bending condition could be the poultry manure that is widely used there to fertilize croplands. Six lakes and ponds on the Delmarva Peninsula […]
By Mark Schleifstein, The Times-Picayune Wednesday, November 10, 2010, 8:56 PM Federal officials planning the recovery from the effects of the BP Macondo oil spill should remain on guard for signs of the collapse of fish or wildlife species in and around the Gulf of Mexico in the years to come, say more than 40 […]
(A) Annual releases of juvenile hatchery chum salmon, pink salmon, and sockeye salmon into the North Pacific Ocean and (B) the proportion of total hatchery releases originating from North American hatcheries, 1950–2005. Values exclude spawning-channel sockeye salmon. Values are updated from Mahnken, et al. (1998). Ruggerone, et al, 2010 Gregory T. Ruggerone, Randall M. Peterman, […]
By Jo Hjelle09.nov.2010 20:49 Two Scottish fishing vessels were arrested Tuesday for illegal fishing west of Bergen, Norway. The two Scottish fishing vessels Arcturus and Rosemount were arrested by the Norwegian coast guard, during a routine resource control. The coast guard discovered a great amount of fish under the minimum size, states Øystein Flatval-Larsen, captain […]
BBC6 November 2010 An international system of tracking tuna – a vital tool in the preservation of stocks – has been found to be full of gaps, reports Steve Bradshaw. In Japan, diners are being urged to curb their craze for one of their favourite kinds of sushi – unless Mediterranean suppliers can prove it […]
The number of salmon in the Pacific Ocean is twice what it was 50 years ago. But there is a downside to this bounty, as growing numbers of hatchery-produced salmon are flooding the Pacific and making it hard for threatened wild salmon species to find enough food to survive. By Bruce Barcott01 Nov 2010 In […]
Estimates of weight-at-age (g) for 3-6 year old herring from 1970 to 2008. There has been a significant change in the size of Pacific herring, a key forage species. Similar to that of the West Coast of Vancouver Island ecozone, a decline in the weight-at-age of Pacific herring occurred from 1970–2008. This decline is currently […]
Wellington (AFP) Oct 27, 2010 – Pacific island fisheries face collapse in the next 25 years as overfishing, population growth and climate change threaten one of the region’s main economic resources, a study warned Wednesday. The report, [pdf] published by the Noumea-based Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), said the two billion US dollar a […]
