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05/15/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Study: Deep-sea trawling is extremely destructive for fish populations and has little economic benefit

Deep-sea trawling is not worth the fish hauled back to port. In an article from Mongabay, U.K. researchers said the technique did far too damage to the seafloor and populations of slow-breeding fish in exchange for meager amounts of consumable catch. In addition, the fishermen who practice this technique often under-report their actual catches. A lot of what they capture […]

04/19/2018 / By Janine Acero

Newly discovered ocean virus essential to maintaining marine ecology may increase understanding of the human microbiome

Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine have recently discovered an elusive family of viruses that have escaped scientific analysis due to their characteristics. This previously unknown family of viruses thriving in the world’s marine habitats may help shed some light on how microorganisms maintain the ocean’s ecology, and may play an important role in understanding the human microbiome, […]

03/31/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Small fish found to be essential to coral reef health by keeping them clean, according to new study

If human communities have health professionals, coral reefs have small fish called “cleaner fish” that keep them healthy. A Canadian-led study published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences says their veterinarian-like services help ensure the health of the marine communities they live in, reported ScienceDaily. According to the study, coral reef fish suffering […]

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