Would cell-based seafood actually benefit conservation?

Could cell-based seafood, the fishy equivalent of the Impossible Burger, have conservation benefits? New research indicates there might be better options.

Harrison Tasoff-UC Santa Barbara • futurity
Feb. 26, 2021 ~10 min

Fish contribute tons and tons of poo to carbon flux

Fish feces and other waste—roughly 1.65 billion tons annually—make up about 16% of the total carbon that sinks below the ocean's upper layers, research finds.

Todd Bates-Rutgers • futurity
Feb. 17, 2021 ~4 min


Tiktaalik’s skull joints slid to bite and hoover food

Imaging the skull of the fish species Tiktaalik roseae clarifies how they ate. Those findings clarify tetrapod transition from water to land.

Alison Caldwell - U. Chicago • futurity
Feb. 9, 2021 ~8 min

Primitive fish hold clues to our ancestors’ move to land

A new look at primitive fish called bichir suggest the story of how our ancestors moved from water to land needs a revision.

Maria Hornbek-Copenhagen • futurity
Feb. 4, 2021 ~6 min

4 policies to promote ‘fish as food’ can fight world hunger

Current food policies meant to fight against world hunger are failing to consider fish. "This is a huge oversight," says Kristin Kleisner.

Tim Lucas-Duke • futurity
Feb. 4, 2021 ~6 min

Warming oceans will be extra hard on big fish

Large fish will find it particularly difficult to extract oxygen from warming oceans, researchers report.

Katherine Gombay-McGill • futurity
Jan. 14, 2021 ~3 min

These two kinds of seafood are most often mislabeled

New research looks mislabeled seafood and finds the most likely culprits to be shrimp and Atlantic farmed salmon.

U. Washington • futurity
Dec. 29, 2020 ~7 min

COVID-19 took a bite out of US seafood industry

The seafood industry in the US dropped steeply at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic amd recover may depend on federal assistance, researchers say.

Sonia Fernandez-UCSB • futurity
Nov. 30, 2020 ~8 min


Dead fish carry mercury into ocean’s deepest trench

"Mercury that we believe had once been in the stratosphere is now in the deepest trench on Earth." Here's why that important.

Jim Erickson-Michigan • futurity
Nov. 24, 2020 ~9 min

Some fish are likely to get caught and recaught

New research identifies four species of ocean fish that tend to get caught more than once. Here's what that means for sustainable fisheries.

Matt Shipman-NC State • futurity
Nov. 18, 2020 ~5 min

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