News Bites – November 2015
Push or pull: How do lamprey and jellyfish move? Why do electric eels curl? “Clamming Up” DNA barcoding your fish dinner Rescuing Eric, the Kemp’s ridley sea
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Push or pull: How do lamprey and jellyfish move? Why do electric eels curl? “Clamming Up” DNA barcoding your fish dinner Rescuing Eric, the Kemp’s ridley sea
Summaries and photos from some of the 104 symposia at the Portland Annual Meeting were compiled by symposia organizers. Most summaries includes links to the
Daniel Pauly, Ph.D. is a French researcher who became a professor at the Fisheries Centre of the University of British Columbia in 1994, of which he
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Fish and wildlife programs in the United States are suffering from a financial wasting disease of staggering proportions. Governments struggle mightily to sustain basic research,
By Jeff Schaeffer | AFS Co-Chief Science Editor. E-mail: [email protected] Management of many fish species requires good recruitment estimates; this is especially true for Gulf
By Jeff Schaeffer | AFS Co-Chief Science Editor. E-mail: [email protected] Ethanol production has increased 13-fold from 2000 to 2013, and this has resulted in a
By Jeff Schaeffer | AFS Co-Chief Science Editor. E-mail: [email protected] Fish culturists struggle constantly with preventing and treating disease, but one helpful trend is the
When you think of a national park, you probably have a vision of a place that is mostly pristine and untouched. So when Parks Canada
As an anadramous species, Atlantic Salmon Salmo salar have a complex life history that includes spending part of their lives in freshwater, estuarine, and marine