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fish stories: 69 news summaries

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Glossies

 Can Fish-Hungry
 Japan Go
 Sustainable? 

Slowly, world's sushi capital seeing more eco-friendly seafood in supermarkets

Jun 26, 08 7:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Japan loves its fish: The island nation consumes an average of 147 pounds per person a year, compared to America’s 17. So, Samuel Fromartz wonders in Gourmet, how can Japanese fisheries continue to support supermarket fish counters as large as an entire US meat section? The answer, slowly gaining... More »

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Japan • tuna • fish • Tokyo • sushi • sustainability • fishery • Marine Stewardship Council

Scientists Find Fossil of Most Primitive 4-Legged Creature

Fish-eater likely a product of extinct branch of 4-legged family

Jun 26, 08 2:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - Scientists have found a partial skeleton of the world's most primitive four-legged creature— a water-dwelling tetrapod—in Latvia, AP reports. The four-foot-long fish eater resembles a small alligator and likely belongs to an extinct offshoot of the four-legged family tree. The fossil is 365 million years old—predating dinosaurs by... More »

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evolution • fish • scientists • scientific discoveries • Ventastega curonica

Overfishing Oceans Leads
to 'Rise of Slime' 

Depleted stocks
throw ecosystems
out of whack

Jun 21, 08 6:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Overfishing results in more than just the depletion of one species—it can mean the degradation of entire ecosystems. As the populations of large, predatory fish such as sharks and tuna decline, their prey flourishes, with sometimes-devastating results. The Christian Science Monitor looks at the problem of the world's increasingly... More »

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environment • ocean • fish • fishing • environmental impact • environmental damage • overfishing

 Alaskan Salmon Sick of Climate Change 

Scientists blame global warming for 'white spot disease'

Jun 14, 08 7:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - Alaskan king salmon are getting sick, and experts have named a culprit: global warming. Marine ecologists say that a rise in "white spot disease" is tied to a 3-decade trend of higher temperatures in the Yukon River, the Los Angeles Times reports. With cold-temperature barriers melting, parasites and... More »

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Alaska • global warming • disease • salmon • fish • fishing • parasite

Opinion

 It's Time to Give Up Salmon 

Populations are decreasing, and farmed specimens aren't healthy

Jun 9, 08 8:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Salmon is supposed to be the perfect indulgence: low in saturated fats, high in omega-3 fatty acids, cheaper than ever at your local supermarket. But Taras Grescoe thinks you should stop eating it anyway. Wild salmon populations are dying off, he writes in the New York Times, thanks mostly... More »

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environment • salmon • fish • omega-3 fatty acids • pesticide

 Sure, Pat That Nose—
 It's Only a Great White 

The feared predator is sociable, curious, and will let you ride its fin

Jun 1, 08 8:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - Want to pat a great white shark's nose? Or ride its fin for 100 yards? Experts say the much-feared predators are so sociable and curious, you can swim with them or even tread water by their open jaws. "Unlike most fish, white sharks are intelligent, highly inquisitive creatures,"... More »

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endangered species • fish • shark attack • great white shark • animal intelligence

 No Octopi for
 Wings Fans,
 Seller Says
 

Pittsburgh fishmonger wants 'to see the Penguins win, period'

May 23, 08 8:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - Red Wings fans, save room in that suitcase—it may be tough to buy an octopus in Pittsburgh next week. One steel-town fishmonger refuses to sell octopi to Detroit fans once the Wings-Penguins Stanley Cup finals kick off on Saturday. In a tradition spanning more than 50 years, Detroit fans... More »

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Pittsburgh Penguins • Detroit Red Wings • fish • hockey • ice • fans • traditions • octopus

 Fish Clean Up Mortgage Mess 

Mosquito-eaters help keep abandoned pools from breeding disease

May 9, 08 3:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - Stagnant pools bursting with mosquitoes have become a byproduct of the housing crisis, turning into breeding grounds for diseases like West Nile virus. But, the Wall Street Journal reports, there is a solution: Gambusia affinis, a natural predator, also known as the mosquito fish, that's hardy enough to police abandoned... More »

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disease • West Nile virus • foreclosure • fish • subprime crisis • swimming pool • mosquito fish

Fishermen Shoot Sea Lions
in Battle Over Salmon

Feds suspend trapping as they investigate killings

May 5, 08 11:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - Six  federally protected sea lions were shot to death along the Columbia River in Washington yesterday as they lay in traps set to move them to another region, AP reports. Three elephant seals were killed the previous day in California. All were apparently the victims of a battle between fishermen... More »

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salmon • US Fish and Wildlife Service • fish • elephant seals • sea lions

Japanese Fight Over Detoxed Delicacy

Fugu liver can now be safe, but traditionalists don't want it served

May 4, 08 7:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - One of Japan's prized delicacies is having an identity crisis: fugu, the pricey puffer fish that's poisonous unless prepared correctly, now has a farmed cousin that's harmless, the New York Times reports. But gourmands looking forward to eating fugu liver—the most delicious and potentially deadly part of the fish—... More »

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food • Japan • fish • poison • delicacy • ban • fugu

 Alarmed Feds Cancel
 Salmon Season 

Shocking plunge in numbers a mystery

Apr 11, 08 5:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - In drastic action to stop the collapse of the West Coast salmon population, a federal fisheries council is banning salmon fishing off California and most of Oregon for the rest of the year, reports the San Francisco Chronicle. "This is a disaster," said the council chairman. The number... More »

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California • salmon • fish • Oregon • fishing ban • Pacific Fishery Management Council

 Pacific Salmon Season in Peril 

Incredibly low stocks prompt action from federal agency

Mar 12, 08 4:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - A shortage of salmon in the waters along the Pacific coast has driven regulators to consider a ban on salmon-fishing this season, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. The Pacific Fishery Management Council has never recommended canceling the season before, and about 1,000 commercial fishermen could see their livelihood devastated... More »

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California • salmon • fish • fishing • Oregon • harvest • National Marine Fisheries Service • fishing ban • Pacific Fishery Management Council

Gulf Fish Cause Food Poisoning

FDA says outbreaks linked to algae toxin in fish high on the foodchain

Feb 6, 08 8:41 AM CST
(Newser) - The Food and Drug Administration has confirmed outbreaks of food poisoning among people eating fish from the northern Gulf of Mexico. Ciguatera poisoning is caused by toxins from poisonous algae that have accumulated in the tissue of large fish. The higher the fish is on the food chain, the more... More »

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food poisoning • fish • Gulf of Mexico • Ciguatera poisoning • Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary • nausea • vomiting • vertigo • joint pain • grouper • snapper • amberjack • barracuda

'Sushi Capital' Japan Isn't Sweating Tuna Scare

Sushi capital continues to eat up

Jan 27, 08 5:35 AM CST
(Newser) - New Yorkers may be in the throes of a sushi scare after the Times reported on the dangerous mercury levels in tuna, but the Japanese aren't batting an eyelid. One official's biggest concern was that the controversy would ignite "groundless rumors" about a healthy food, AP reports. "We're... More »

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health • Japan • tuna • fish • mercury • sushi

Mediterranean Fishermen Find There's A Catch

As supplies dwindle, livelihoods at risk—and so are some species

Jan 16, 08 12:48 PM CST
(Newser) - Over-fishing is threatening the many species that fill the Mediterranean Sea—not to mention the livelihoods of local fishermen and the diets of the region's populace—but having 21 countries to deal with makes it difficult to wrangle out an agreement that would give stocks a chance to recover, the... More »

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fish • fishing • Mediterranean Sea

Price of Gold: Alaska's Salmon

Fear region's resource will be devastated

Dec 25, 07 7:04 AM CST
(Newser) - The world's largest sockeye salmon fishery, located in the Bristol Bay area of Alaska, is threatened with destruction by a proposed gold mine, which could become the biggest in North America. The planned Pebble Mine has polarized the state; mining companies, on the one hand, and environmentalists and commercial fishing... More »

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Alaska • salmon • fish • sockeye salmon • gold mine • Pebble Mine • Northern Dynasty Minerals • Anglo American • Cook Inlet • Bristol Bay • Bristol Bay Native Corp

Scientists Try to Save Bluefin

Fishing practices slammed as 'totally out of control'

Dec 24, 07 4:50 PM CST
(Newser) - Bluefin tuna can grow to three-quarters of a ton, traverse the Atlantic in less than a month, and are growing rapidly extinct—thanks to fishing practices that are "totally out of control," one US official said. Marine biologists who track Bluefin populations are finding their suggestions rejected by... More »

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conservation • Atlantic Ocean • tuna • fish • fishing • Gulf of Mexico

Fish Farming
Wiping Out
Wild Salmon

Sea lice could doom some species to extinction, study says

Dec 13, 07 11:01 PM CST
(Newser) - Fish farming could drive some species of wild salmon to extinction, a new study says. Canadian researchers found a direct connection between the growth of such farms in British Columbia and a sharp drop in wild salmon nearby, the Washington Post reports. They attribute the problem to deadly sea lice... More »

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farming • salmon • fish • seafood • British Columbia • aquaculture

Deep, Dark Secrets Indeed

New books shed some light on immense, unexplored ocean depths

Dec 8, 07 7:31 AM CST
(Newser) - Though the first deep-sea expedition took place in 1931, humans still know little about what goes on miles below sea level. What we do know is startlingly strange, Tim Flannery writes in a look at two new volumes in the New York Review of Books—and a rising tide of... More »

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Atlantic Ocean • Pacific Ocean • ocean • fish • toxic waste • sewage

Jelly-cide: 100,000 Salmon Killed

Northern Ireland's entire stock destroyed in jellyfish attack

Nov 22, 07 12:00 PM CST
(Newser) - An attack of killer jellyfish has wiped out Northern Ireland’s only salmon farm. More than 100,000 fish died in the seven-hour attack, causing estimated losses of $2.1 million, AFP reports. The 35-foot-deep wave of jellyfish covered 10 square miles. The mauve stinger normally prefers warmer Mediterranean waters... More »

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agriculture • Northern Ireland • salmon • fish • fishing • nature • jellyfish

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