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Fading fishermen: A historic industry faces a warming world

Edit Denver Post 28 Jun 2016
David Goethel sorts cod and haddock while fishing aboard his trawler off the coast of New Hampshire ... He is a fisherman who has caught New England’s most recognized fish for more than 30 years.Robert F ... — The cod isn’t just a fish to David Goethel ... Bradfield also agrees with scientists who say the increase in predatory fish, such as black sea bass, is bad for the lobster population ... Fishing is in Goethel’s blood....

Poisonous tropical lionfish could be spreading through Mediterranean

Edit The Guardian 22 Jun 2016
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (UICN) said the fish had been spotted in waters around Turkey and Cyprus in the eastern Mediterranean ... “That shows that the fish is spreading, and that’s a cause for concern,” said Maria del Mar Otero of the UICN. The highly invasive, predatory fish, also known as the devil firefish, is a native of the south Pacific and Indian Ocean....

Sustainability in aquaculture: Evonik turns salmon, shrimp, and more into vegetarians (Evonik Industries AG)

Edit Public Technologies 21 Jun 2016
Evonik Industries AG) Aquafarms to eventually operate without fishmeal and fish oil Intense research for more sustainability Growing world population will need an additional 50 million metric tons of fish per year by 2030 ... Whereas salmon are predatory fish that snatch up their food the moment it enters the water, shrimp eat their food very slowly from the seabed....

Climate scientists have warned us of coral bleaching for years. It's here

Edit The Guardian 10 Jun 2016
The central theme is that better management of fishing and pollution makes reefs more resilient to bleaching and allows reefs to more easily recover if an event occurs ... The intact food webs, large predatory fish, and lack of pollution have clearly not made the northern Great Barrier Reef more resistant to ocean warming than reefs near large cities....

Can Advanced Oxidation prevent fishkills

Edit Deccan Herald 04 Jun 2016
“It will eradicate the presence of blue green algae ... Introduction of exotic fish species such as African cat fish and Tilapia aggravates the fish ecosystem ... Once the oxygen demand from bacteria during day and from algae during night increases, the Dissolved Oxygen (DO) reduces, endangering fish lives. Proposed solutions. ... Ban introduction of exotic fish species. The African Catfish, for instance, is a highly predatory fish ... ....

Great White Shark Katharine Tracked Approaching Florida After Nearly 29,000-mile Journey

Edit Inquisitr 30 May 2016
Wednesday, May 25, 2016 ... On Sunday, Katharine pinged near the Florida-Georgia border. By 7.01 a.m ... F1ve295Sleeps https.//youtu.be/NAinAH2sc2Y tracker = AP pool great white = Dan Kitwood">world’s largest predatory fish recognizable by its gray skin, white belly, bullet-shaped body and up to 300 serrated, triangular teeth ... The great white is not the biggest shark, however, the non-predatory whale shark being the biggest....

There’s something fishy in this Bengaluru’s lakes!

Edit Deccan Chronicle 29 May 2016
Introduced in  Brazil, Vietnam, Indonesia and India in 1980 for aquaculture, the Clarias gariepinus, popularly known as the African Catfish,  is now posing a major threat to Indian fish species. Growing upto three feet in length and weighing nearly 60kg, this monster is known to prey on native fish. Unfortunately there is no predatory fish that can hunt it in turn in India....

Try northern pike fishing in northern Idaho's lakes (Idaho Department of Fish and Game)

Edit Public Technologies 27 May 2016
Idaho Department of Fish and Game). IDAHO FISH AND GAME ... By Roger Phillips, Idaho Fish and Game public information specialist ... The fish are commonly found in Coeur d'Alene Lake and the 'chain' lakes along the Coeur d'Alene River ... Scroll to the bottom the home page to the Fishing Planner logo. Northern pike are a large predatory fish (the state record is 40 pounds), that can be taken on a variety of tackle....

The Calamari Are Coming!

Edit Voa News 23 May 2016
Fish populations all over the world are challenged but cephalopods, those canny invertebrates that include squid, nautilus, octopus and cuttlefish, are proving as adaptable as they are smart ... marine mammals, fish, seabirds)), and support many important commercial and subsistence fisheries around the world." ... She also said they are important food sources for predatory fish, sharks and even seabirds and that means more food for them....

Shark Attacks Skyrocket In Hawaii — New Research Explains Why

Edit Inquisitr 22 May 2016
While shark attacks do happen, scientists say that large sharks are a vital part of the ocean’s ecosystem, and if they were to vanish, they would allow a significant rise in the numbers of other, smaller predatory fish which would result in a major ecosystem imbalance ... These sewage drains are definite attractants to large predatory fish like sharks....

Two Galapagos Islands House The World's Largest Shark Biomass

Edit IFL Science 15 May 2016
Overfishing has depleted shark and other top predatory fish populations around the world, reducing their biomass by more than 90 percent ... During November of 2013 and August of 2014, a team led by Pelayo Salinas de León from the Charles Darwin Research Station conducted two expeditions to Darwin and Wolf to estimate the abundance of shark and predatory fish assemblages....

Northern Galápagos Islands Home to World’s Largest Shark Biomass (National Geographic Society)

Edit Public Technologies 10 May 2016
Worldwide, overfishing has reduced the biomass of most sharks and other large predatory fishes by more than 90 percent - even in remote areas ... Despite the large shark biomass, the abundance of reef fishes in this area has been severely reduced because of excessive fishing. The area was not fully protected from fishing until the Ecuadorian government announced the creation of a marine sanctuary around Darwin and Wolf in March 2016 ... NOTE....

Should California’s striped bass be vilified as native-fish killers?

Edit Sacramento Bee 07 May 2016
Richey, a Sacramento-based fishing guide, had spotted what river anglers call a “boil,” a school of small bait fish under attack by larger predators. During the feeding frenzy, the predator fish splash the surface as they swoop up from below to attack ... And the predatory fish? Those were mostly striped bass, an East Coast species introduced to California in 1879, just 14 years after the Civil War ... Richey, Sacramento-based fishing guide ....
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