'Sushi Parasites' Have Increased 283-Fold in Past 40 Years
A new study led by the University of Washington finds dramatic increases in the abundance of a worm that can be transmitted to humans who eat raw or undercooked seafood
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Satellite Data Boosts Understanding of Climate Change's Effects on Kelp
OSU research is the first to use Landsat data to study bull kelp, large seaweeds that grow in "forests" that form canopies in shallow ocean water
Sensor Cube Helps Keep Fish Farming Afloat
Aquaculture currently supplies more than half of the world's seafood, and in the last 10 years, the profits from global fish farming have quadrupled
The Carbon Footprint of Dinner: How 'Green' Are Fish Sticks?
Popular products generate significant 'post-catch' emissions, underscoring the need to measure what happens after fish are caught
Lights on Fishing Nets Save Turtles and Dolphins
The findings support previous research which suggested LED lights reduce bycatch of seabirds in gillnets by about 85 percent
Shark Skin Microbiome Resists Infection
In the wild, blacktip reef sharks are often seen bearing wounds, but they rarely exhibit obvious signs of infection around the wounds
Humpback Whale Population on the Rise After Near-Miss with Extinction
A new study shows the western South Atlantic humpback population has grown to 25,000, which researchers believe is close to pre-whaling numbers
California's Crashing Kelp Forest
How disease, warming waters, and ravenous sea urchins combined to kill the kelp and close the red abalone fishery
Warming Impedes a Coral Defense, but Hungry Fish Enhance It
Study shows that local management provides a degree of insurance against global stresses, but there are likely higher temperatures that render the insurance ineffective