The captain bellowed, “Just marked a nice one!” from the tower as everyone in the cockpit went on high alert. A giant red ball of bait occupied almost the entire screen of the sounder, and seconds ...

The largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) is a perciform species native to the United States. It was introduced to China in 1983 and has since become extensively cultivated worldwide as a ...

After decades of struggling to keep iconic species such as salmon and whales from going extinct, marine scientists are now focusing on sardines, squid and other forage fish that form the biological ...

Researchers say eating the fish is better than simply avoiding red meat SWAPPING out bacon and sausages for kippers at breakfast could slash your risk of an early death, a study suggests. Some 750,000 ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. There’s lots of good wonky stuff in this Oceana report (PDF) about the importance of ...

Expert team of international scientists is devising solutions for sustainably managing these small prey fish; overexploitation and inadequate management is threatening the marine food web May 28, 2009 ...

Dan Boyce is a research scientist at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography in Dartmouth, an adjunct professor at Dalhousie University and a master of fine arts candidate at the University of King’s ...

The catch of small, schooling fish such as sardines and anchovies should be cut in half globally and the amount left in the ocean doubled to protect the ecologically vital species from collapse, ...

A new study provides a first-time analysis of the value of forage fish, which are small, schooling species such as sardines, herring, and anchovies. Three kinds of contributions of forage fish were ...

Sardines, herring and other small fish species are the foundation of the marine food web — they're essential food for birds, marine mammals and other fish. But globally, demand for these so-called ...