euronews24 (Free subscription) | 04/09/2009
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Federal authorities say a small fish in Northern California's Sacramento-San Joaquin river delta does not deserve protection on the federal endangered species list. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced its decision Wedne ...
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 04/08/2009
Federal authorities say a small fish in Northern California's Sacramento-San Joaquin river delta does not deserve protection on the federal endangered species list.
CommonDreams.org Headlines (Free subscription) | 04/05/2009
by Tyler Bridges VOLTA GRANDE, Brazil - The Xingu River, the largest tributary of the Amazon, runs wide and swift this time of year. Its turquoise waters are home to some 600 species of fish, including several not found anywhere else on the planet. A thick emerald canopy of trees hugs its banks, except in places where man has carved out pastures for cattle. Now man, in the form of the Brazilian state...
Roll 'Bama Roll (Free subscription) | 03/24/2009
cormorant \KOR-mur-unt; -muh-rant\, noun : 1. Any species of Phalacrocorax, a genus of sea birds having a sac under the beak; the shag. Cormorants devour fish voraciously, and have become the emblem of gluttony. They are generally black, and hence are called sea ravens, and coalgeese. 2. A gluttonous, greedy, or rapacious person. We quickly condemn coaches like Bowden and Paterno as cormorants more...
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 03/24/2009
When Nicholas Hughes was in his early 20s, his father, poet Ted Hughes, advised him on the importance of living bravely.
the evolving mind (Free subscription) | 03/23/2009
The goldfish in our backyard pond are in mating mode. Over the weekend I spied two or more males frenetically chasing females around, nose to their . . . sex openings. Yes, I know scant little ichthyology. In the dozen plus years of keeping a goldfish pond, we’ve had very few goldfish [...]
Special News (Free subscription) | 03/18/2009
Divers discovered a new species of fish recently in Indonesia. It jumps up and down on the sea floor like a rubber ball and it’s body is wildly patterned. This new species of frog-fish got the name “psychedelica” because of its bizarre moves and colors. It’s small as a fist and quite wrinkled. Researcher Theodore W. Pietschof the School of [...]
The Ethicurean (Free subscription) | 03/17/2009
Recently I was snared — or hooked, snagged, or netted (pick your favorite fishing pun) — by a book that shows humanity’s enormous capacity to affect ocean life. We can nearly wipe out an entire species in just a few decades thanks to new technologies and taste trends. Take the Chilean sea bass, Dissostichus eleginoides, a.k.a. the [...]
Baxojayz - Centricity (Free subscription) | 03/16/2009
cormorant \KOR-mur-unt; -muh-rant\, noun: Any species of Phalacrocorax, a genus of sea birds having a sac under the beak; the shag. Cormorants devour fish voraciously, and have become the emblem of gluttony. They are generally black, and hence are called sea ravens, and coalgeese. A gluttonous, greedy, or rapacious person. Cormorant comes from Old French cormareng, "raven of the sea," from...
Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | 03/13/2009
LaVerkin » The population of endangered woundfin grew by 3,000 Thursday as biologists continued an ongoing reintroduction of the rare fish species into the Virgin River.
1490 NewsBlog (Free subscription) | 03/07/2009
Designating five species of freshwater mussels as threatened or endangered would eliminate commercial sand and gravel dredging on 6 percent of the Allegheny River now available to the industry, according to the state Fish and Boat Commission. For the full story, go to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette .
Physorg (Free subscription) | 03/06/2009
(PhysOrg.com) -- The new species of Antarctic fish, Gosztonyia antarctica, has been discovered at a depth of 650 metres in the Bellingshausen Sea in the Antarctic Ocean, an area which has not been studied since 1904 and where the fauna is "completely" unknown. Jesús Matallanas, the Spanish researcher responsible for the find, collected four specimens of the new species during Spanish...
IOL (Free subscription) | 03/03/2009
The world's waters were once seen as a boundless source of fish for humans to eat, but over-fishing and aquaculture have depleted some species and left others famished and weak, according to researchers.
mo6co47 | 02/27/2009
New Boat - Gheenoe Just bought a new 15'6" Gheenoe and mated a 15 hp Mercury 4 Stroke on the back. The boat is perfect for creek/river fishing. Just finished mounting th Source: www.bigfishtackle.com What species of fish have you been catchin...
Later On (Free subscription) | 02/19/2009
As you probably know, many species of fish are hunted and caught until market extinction: the remaining stock is so depleted that the fish are not worth catching (cf. cod, orange roughy, Chilean sea bass, Atlantic swordfish) or the fish has indeed become extinct. Seafood Choices Alliance has some links to good resources for consumers: Resources [...]
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mo6co47 | 02/27/2009
New Boat - Gheenoe Just bought a new 15'6" Gheenoe and mated a 15 hp Mercury 4 Stroke on the back. The boat is perfect for creek/river fishing. Just finished mounting th Source: www.bigfishtackle.com What species of fish have you been catchin...
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