‘Fishing cartel’ could boost economies of African countries

Banding together to sell fishing rights could generate economic benefits for African countries and also protect their seas' biodiversity.

Sonia Fernandez-UCSB • futurity
Nov. 15, 2023 ~6 min

Expectations shape salmon taste test

In a blind taste test, Danes preferred farmed salmon to wild. But when they learned where the fish came from, they totally changed their minds.

U. Copenhagen • futurity
Dec. 3, 2021 ~8 min


Low oxygen is pushing fish into shallower water

As the ocean warms, oxygen concentrations go down. Fish are already moving into shallower waters, new research indicates.

Harrison Tasoff-UC Santa Barbara • futurity
Sept. 21, 2021 ~8 min

COVID-19 has hit commercial fishing hard

Two-fifths of commercial fishers from Maine to North Carolina did not fishing earlier this year due to COVID-19, a new survey shows.

Todd Bates-Rutgers • futurity
Dec. 31, 2020 ~5 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

Warming seas threaten mid-Atlantic sea snails

Climate change could threaten the survival of the common whelk, a sea snail with the misfortune of living in one of Earth's fastest warming marine areas.

Todd Bates-Rutgers • futurity
March 11, 2020 ~3 min

Tropical nations aren’t ready for fish stocks to vanish

As climate change drives huge changes in fish stocks around the world, the nations that rely on them could be in serious trouble.

Harrison Tasoff-UC Santa Barbara • futurity
Feb. 25, 2020 ~7 min

Costs and demand keep fish from malnourished people on coasts

Having some of the most nutritious fish in the world nearby doesn't save millions of people, particularly children, from malnutrition.

U. Washington • futurity
Sept. 30, 2019 ~5 min


To farm mussels offshore, consider ocean cycles

Ocean cycles can have a big impact on offshore mussel farms, research finds. The work could clarify how climate change will affect aquaculture.

Harrison Tasoff-UC Santa Barbara • futurity
July 17, 2019 ~6 min

Warmer seas threaten Northeast fishing communities

"Adapting to climate change for many communities will require fundamentally new approaches to fishing. Change has become the new normal."

Todd Bates-Rutgers • futurity
June 24, 2019 ~4 min

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