River restoration is encouraging Atlantic salmon to return to heart of the UK
For the first time in 100 years, Atlantic salmon are once again spawning in the upper waters of the River Derwent.
For the first time in 100 years, Atlantic salmon are once again spawning in the upper waters of the River Derwent.
Plants & Animals
Apr 10, 2024
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Six decades of ecological monitoring on a stream close to King Charles' Deeside home is providing the science needed for the fight to preserve one of Scotland's keystone species.
Plants & Animals
Mar 25, 2024
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Norway's fish farms are feeding their salmon an increasingly vegetarian diet in order to make their businesses more sustainable, but for these carnivorous pink-fleshed fish, all is not rosy.
Agriculture
Feb 22, 2024
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In recent years, the presence of pink salmon in Norwegian rivers has dramatically increased. Fishermen, anglers and researchers alike are concerned that this non-native species could pose a significant threat to native species ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 26, 2024
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More than 20% of the filets of Atlantic salmon may have unattractive black and red spots, which are often >1 cm and create substantial financial losses. The spots are far more abundant in reared than in wild salmon, and their ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Jan 8, 2024
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Oregon State University researchers have discovered vitamin B1 produced by microbes in rivers, findings that may offer hope for vitamin-deficient salmon populations. The findings were published in Applied and Environmental ...
Ecology
Jan 4, 2024
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Climate change is worsening the planet's biodiversity crises, making environments more deadly for thousands of species and accelerating the precipitous decline in the number of plants and animals on Earth, according to an ...
Ecology
Dec 11, 2023
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Atlantic bluefin tuna used to be caught only relatively rarely, mainly by sports fishermen in North America. But this all changed in the 1950s when consumers of sushi, particularly in Japan, developed more of a taste for ...
Ecology
Nov 1, 2023
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Researchers, including from NTNU, are breeding bacteria-free fish fry. This pursuit is more important than you might think.
Plants & Animals
May 1, 2023
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More than half of Switzerland's native fish species are threatened with extinction or are already extinct within the country's waters, a new assessment showed Wednesday.
Ecology
Feb 8, 2023
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