Jan 06 Watch 7:50 Can the seafood industry get Americans to eat local fish? By PBS NewsHour Off the coast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, there’s not much cod left, but there’s plenty of dogfish. It’s a creature most Americans have never heard of, much less consumed. Instead, Americans are eating imported tuna, salmon and shrimp, in a… Continue watching
Jun 06 Bellies full of microplastic rob baby fish of their basic instincts By Nsikan Akpan European perch stuff themselves with microplastics rather than natural food, derailing their development, according to new research from Sweden. Continue reading
Jun 25 What you might not know about your spicy tuna roll By P. J. Tobia What you probably don’t know about the spicy tuna is that its main ingredient is called “tuna scrape.” Scrape is the meat left behind on the tuna’s skeleton after the fillet has been removed. It’s separated (or “scraped”) from the… Continue reading
Jun 22 Watch 6:30 Aquaponic farming saves water, but can it feed the country? By PBS NewsHour Aquaponics, a system of farming that uses no soil, also uses far less water than traditional agriculture. But while the technique is gaining attention, it remains a very niche way to grow produce due to economic limitations. Special correspondent Cat… Continue watching
Feb 15 Six popular aquarium fish and what you should know about them By Saskia de Melker Americans love their aquariums. The United States reportedly imports nearly half of the total worldwide trade in aquarium fish, which almost all come from the wild, taken off of coral reefs and shipped to aquarists around the world. But while… Continue reading
Feb 15 Watch 8:34 Hawaii’s aquarium fish industry in deep water over collection controversies By PBS NewsHour A proposed bill in Hawaii has ignited renewed discussion about the impact of the state's largest aquarium fishery, which catches hundreds of thousands of gem-like saltwater fish each year for shipment to collectors around the world. Supporters say the industry… Continue watching
Dec 20 New fish species discovered in deepest part of Pacific Ocean By Carey Reed Researchers discovered a new fish species living at the greatest depths ever explored of the world's largest ocean. Continue reading
Sep 04 What happens to a marsh when sea levels rise? By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy What happens to a 2,000 year-old marsh when sea levels rise? Scientists have been studying the Plum Island Estuary to find out. Continue reading
Jun 16 Pacific Island nation shuts fishery to protect tuna By William Brangham President Anote Tong of the tiny Pacific Island nation of Kiribati, announced Monday the closure of a vast fishing ground known as the Phoenix Islands Protected Area. The area, which spans over 150,000 square miles of ocean -- roughly the… Continue reading
Jun 14 FOIA request reveals brutal photos of dolphins, turtles and sharks caught in Pacific gill nets By Brian Epstein Recently obtained photos of dead sea mammals and fish that were caught in fishing nets have outraged conservationists. The photos were obtained by Oceana, an international organization that focuses on ocean conservation, through a freedom of information request. Continue reading