Two Bull Sharks Swam Up the Mississippi River to St. Louis
Bull sharks are coastal creatures, but at least two of the animals were able to make it as far inland as St. Louis by swimming …
Tagfish science
Dark Fish Exist and Make Up 95% of All Fish
Sometimes you run across an aspect of reality and it just completely blows your mind. You’ve heard of dark matter, right? Well, meet dark fish: …
MSU Researchers Want to Bring Back Arctic Grayling
Arctic grayling were once bountiful in Michigan waters. They were wiped out around 1936 by overfishing, competition from non-native species, and the destruction of their …
How Aquaculture Is Spreading a Salmon Virus
Definitive proof that salmon farms are infecting wild Pacific salmon with PRV-1. A genetic analysis of Piscine orthoreovirus shows how it was repeatedly transported from …
Yellowstone To Host Virtual Meeting On Native Fish Restoration Work
People can learn about ongoing work to restore native fish to waters in Yellowstone National Park at a virtual meeting next Tuesday. The event will …
Hatchery Conditions Linked to Lower Steelhead Survival
There are over 200 hatcheries across WA, OR, ID, and CA, and their inferior fish share their inferior genes with wild stocks. Alterations in the …
Nursery Areas Of Giant Trevally In the Seychelles Must be Protected
Research by the group Save Our Seas has found that the nursery areas of the Seychelles giant trevally need to be preserved to ensure the …
Cut Off From the Ocean These Fish Had to Learn to Live in a Lake
In 1732, the crew of a German whaling ship peered out at an extraordinary sight. Great plumes of ash were rising from the strange, uninhabited …
Salmon Have Shrunk So Much Whole Foods Redid Its Guidelines
Too many hatchery pinks. At OBI Seafoods, a sprawling operation with outposts throughout Alaska, there’s all sorts of extra machinery for workers to master. At …
Study: Hatcheries reduced genetic diversity of salmon in Swedish rivers
A team of researchers from Sweden, the U.K, and the U.S., has found that the release of hatchery-reared smolts in Sweden has led to a …