Let me say up front that we at The Fisheries Blog are in no way qualified to dispense medical advice. We do, however, get excited when the potential for scientific and medical breakthroughs make news. And we get even more excited when those breakthroughs involve fish. Most of you have probably heard about the benefits…
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Through the Ears of a Fish
by Ed Kluender, guest blogger Ask a fish its age or where it’s been and what it ate for lunch, and chances are it couldn’t tell you. It could probably hear your question, though, with the help of its inner ear bones, called otoliths. Otoliths are one of the most useful tools in a fish…
Reflections on 2013
It has been a great 2013 for The Fisheries Blog as we’ve seen our audience grow, largely as our topics and writers have increased. To finish up the year, we will borrow a concept from others and give you what you are truly craving—the best of 2013! But before we hit the highlights, listen to Patrick Cooney,…
Happy Holidays from The Fisheries Blog!
Happy Holidays from The Fisheries Blog! Dr. Abigail Lynch, Patrick Cooney, Brandon Peoples, Dr. Dana Sackett, and Dr. Steve Midway thank you for another great year! Please check in next Monday for highlights on our articles and guests from 2013. Be sure to like The Fisheries Blog on Facebook and follow us on Twitter (@FisheriesBlog).
Dolphin Deaths a Boon for Sharks?
By Tobey Curtis, Guest Blogger It’s been a tough year to be a dolphin. The Miami NFL football players aren’t the only dolphins making headlines lately. Over the last year there have been hundreds of mysterious dolphin deaths along the US Atlantic coast. By late summer, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) had declared…
One Fish, Two Fish, Where Fish for Whitefish?
Currently, the Great Lakes Lake Whitefish fishery is the most economically valuable commercial fishery in the upper Great Lakes.
Sympathy for the ugliest animal in the world
by Brandon Peoples Meet the blobfish, one of my favorite underwater underdogs. The blobfish lives in incredibly deep water (up to 4,000 feet!) off the coast of Australia, where it whiles away the days hovering over the bottom and eating whatever drifts in front of it. Blobfish aren’t exactly the most charming fish in the sea. Source…
Thanksgiving Fish: The Missing Ingredient
By Steve Midway As many of us in the U.S. prepare for the Thanksgiving holiday later this week, a litany of traditional foods comes to mind: turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie. Indeed—in some form or another—many of these foods were present at the first Thanksgiving. However, conspicuously absent from both the traditional…
Song of Summers Past
By Craig Springer, Guest Blogger With this autumn’s leaves shedding, it gives one pause for all those summers that have slipped downstream. Sun-drenched memories are joyful like an Allman Brothers song. Don’t fly mister bluebird, I’m just walking down the road. Early morning sunshine tells me all I need to know. In memory, the buzz…
Scary stuff!
by Brandon Peoples It’s a quiet autumn night. The full moon barely penetrates the thick, low-hanging fog. An unsuspecting group is returning home from their evening activities. They’re in a dangerous area, but they know they’ll be safe if they stick together and move quickly. They’ve been lulled into a false sense of security…
Paid to go fishing
by Ed Kluender, Guest Blogger It’s happened to most of us in fisheries field research, whether loading up the shock boat at a ramp, stopped at a gas station for tater wedges and bad coffee, or on the river when you run into someone who’s paying a guide to be there for nearly the…
The Four "Fs" of Fish
We recently had the distinct pleasure of meeting Abby Lynch, a fisheries research scientist with Michigan State University. Please read her great story below and look for more from her on The Fisheries Blog in the coming months. Some time ago, on my way back home after an international trip, I was asked by the…
The Other Side of Fall Leaves
By Steve Midway Around this time of year throughout much of the northern hemisphere, we take pause to notice the beautiful spectrum of colors presented in fall foliage. Have you ever wondered what happens to all of those leaves, where they go, and what types of animals may benefit from this fall bounty? Leaves change…
The Role of Social Media in Fisheries Science
Brandon Peoples (@FisheriesBlog) Let me tell you a little secret: I don’t have a smart phone or keep up with Game of Thrones. As a matter of fact, for a younger guy, I’m pretty old-school. Accordingly, I was a huge skeptic of online social media…but I’ve always seen the value of non-technical communication in science….
Is the Kiddie Pool Safe? Pollution in Coastal Fish Nurseries Affects Offshore Populations
By Tobey Curtis Do you take your young kids to a daycare or nursery? These are places where we expect our children to be, at minimum, safe and nurtured. Nurseries help ensure survival and growth to a well-adjusted adulthood. It turns out that many ocean-going fish use the same strategy for their young. It has…
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