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    Here’s What It Takes To Keep Colorado River Fish From Going Extinct

    Jan 22, 2021

    The Colorado River is one of the most engineered river systems in the world.

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    Animals
    A baby weedy seadragon swims at the Birch Aquarium in La Jolla, Calif. Two of the rare fish hatched there recently, making the aquarium one of the few in the world to successfully breed them.
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    Rare Weedy Seadragons Hatch At California Aquarium

    Feb 14, 2020
    The delicate creatures resemble bits of seaweed and are distant cousins of the seahorse. The aquarium says the two inch-long babies are already feeding on tiny shrimp.
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    Goats and Soda
    Photo highlights from our top stories: Inuit parenting teaches kids how to control anger; a fisherman holds up a fish caught in Lake Malawi, where transactional sex is part of the fish trade; the Dandora Landfill in Nairobi, Kenya.
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    7 Of Our Most Popular Global Health And Development Stories In 2019

    Dec 20, 2019
    Secrets of Inuit parenting, a Mongolian heavy metal band and a controversial medical center in Uganda were among the topics that drew the most readers.
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    Goats and Soda
    Fish broker Khout Phany, 39, (under umbrella) sits while fishermen bring their catch to be weighed in Chhnok Tru, a fishing village at the southern tip of the Tonle Sap lake where it meets the river.
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    The Lake That Feeds The Mekong Basin Is Facing A Shortage Of Fish

    Nov 09, 2019

    As Cambodia kicks off a three-day water festival, fishermen are struggling to make a living in the face of climate change and hydropower dams.

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    Shots - Health News
    Oily fish such as salmon, sardines and lake trout, as well as some plant sources such as walnuts and flaxseed, can be good, tasty sources of omega-3 fatty acids.
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    Eating Fish May Help City Kids With Asthma Breathe Better

    Mar 30, 2019
    A research team tracked the diets and exposures to air pollution of kids inside Baltimore homes. Children with diets high in omega-3 fatty acids seemed less vulnerable to pollution's effect on asthma.
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    Animals
    The animal, identified as a hoodwinker sunfish, washed up on a shore last week at UC Santa Barbara's Coal Oil Point Reserve.
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    Scientists Shocked By Rare, Giant Sunfish Washed Up On California Beach

    Feb 28, 2019
    They initially thought it was a type of fish known to swim near Santa Barbara. But by collaborating with Australian scientists, they found it was a species never before documented in North America.
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    In The Colorado River, These Little Suckers Are Making A Comeback

    Oct 17, 2018

    The temperature is hovering right around 90 degrees the day Dale Ryden and I float down the Colorado River near Grand Junction, Colorado.

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    Joe's Big Idea
    Scientists find that the whiskers of harbor seals help them distinguish predator from prey — even from a distance.
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    Need To Track A Submarine? A Harbor Seal Can Show You How

    Aug 28, 2018
    Harbor seals use sensors in their whiskers to help discern predator from prey. It's all about the way the water whirls, say scientists who are now training computers to be better trackers, too.
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    The Salt
    The biggest fingerling salmon in this Alaskan fish hatchery are likely born to the biggest mothers.
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    The Bigger The Mother Fish, The More Babies She Has

    May 10, 2018
    Plus-sized mama fish have a size advantage over their petite counterparts: They can produce more eggs, and those eggs produce larger fish. It's a reminder that protecting big fish matters.
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    The Salt
    Jim Wilcox is a fourth-generation egg farmer. His family farm borders the Nisqually River in Washington state.
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    This Is What That 'Salmon-Safe' Label Says About Your Wine Or Eggs

    May 01, 2018
    Many consumers don't yet understand the label, but grocery stores are now buying from "salmon-safe" farms, which help protect fish by banning pesticides and keeping manure out of the land's waterways.
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    The Salt
    Deep-sea trawling can include bycatch and harm coral, so some activists want it banned.
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    For 50 Years, Deep-Water Trawls Likely Caught More Fish Than Anyone Thought

    Apr 23, 2018
    Using historical data and estimates from deep-sea trawls that drag nets along the ocean floor, researchers estimate that millions of tons of catch have gone unreported in the last 50 years.
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    The Salt
    A photo taken in Astoria, Ore., circa 1910. It was stated that the chinook on the left weighed 116 pounds and the one on the right weighed 121 pounds.
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    This Is Why You Don't See People-Size Salmon Anymore

    Mar 12, 2018
    Historical photos show fishermen with chinooks almost as tall as they are. A century's worth of dam-building, overfishing, habitat loss and hatcheries has cut the size of the average fish in half.
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    The Two-Way
    The scientists say the new colony is "a number of kilometers away" from the other known group. Because handfish move so slowly, that suggests that they are genetically distinct.
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    One Of The World's Rarest Fish Is A Little Less Rare Than We Thought

    Jan 26, 2018
    The red handfish, named for hand-shaped fins on the sides of its body, doesn't really swim — it walks slowly along the seafloor. A new population of the striking creature has been found off Tasmania.
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    The Salt
    Five & 20 Spirits and Brewing has partnered with TimberFish Technologies to convert the wastewater and grain generated by the brewery and distillery into fish feed.
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    Waste Not, Want Not: Drink Beer To Feed Fish And Help Save The Planet

    Dec 12, 2017
    Industry trailblazers are trying to reduce the energy and resource costs of aquaculture. Possible solutions include using brewery waste, algae, insects or even carbon dioxide to feed the fish we eat.
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    The Salt
    Paul Mattz Van Mechelen, who runs Paul's Famous Smoked Salmon, has had to buy salmon from fishermen hundreds of miles away instead of fishing for Chinook in the Klamath River, just 50 feet from his California shop.
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    'It Takes Our Purpose': With No Salmon, Yurok Tribe Struggles With Identity

    Nov 29, 2017
    The tribe has fished in the Pacific Northwest's Klamath River for centuries, but the Chinook have been devastated by drought, disease, dams, and a long history of habitat destruction.
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    The Salt
    "I think we have to recognize that we have made sacrifices, New England fisherman, that have paid great dividends, and we shouldn't be punished for it," says Peter Speeches, who fishes out of Portland, Maine.
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    Is It Time To Catch The Wave Of Rebounding Atlantic Bluefin Tuna?

    Nov 09, 2017
    New England fishers say it's been decades since they've hauled in so many tuna, and some in the industry are urging higher quotas. But some environmental groups fear the population is still imperiled.
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    The Salt
    In Iraq, masgouf is part of the national cuisine, but it's getting harder to find as the country still reels from war, sanctions, water quality and economic problems.
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    The Slow Destruction Of Much-Loved Masgouf, An Iraqi National Dish

    Nov 06, 2017
    The lack of clean water, sanctions and ISIS have all contributed to depleting the supply of fish that is salted, fire-roasted and shared by Iraqis of all sects and political persuasions.
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    The Two-Way
    President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe feed koi fish during a welcoming ceremony in Tokyo on Monday.
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    Don't Be Koi. There's Something Fishy About That Trump-Abe Photo

    Nov 06, 2017
    At a ceremony at Tokyo's Akasaka palace, the president appears to grow weary of a traditional koi feeding — so he simply dumps the contents of his box of fish food. But video tells the whole tale.
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    The Salt
    In trying to get people to eat the <em>Pez Diablo</em>, or suckermouth catfish, sustainable fisheries specialist Mike Mitchell says it isn't "a problem of biology or science, but marketing."
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    Invasive 'Devil Fish' Plague Mexico's Waters. Can't Beat 'Em? Eat 'Em

    Oct 18, 2017
    The armored catfish erodes shorelines and devastates marine plants — and its numbers have exploded. So researchers, chefs and fishermen are trying to rebrand it by promoting its flavor and nutrition.
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    The Salt
    Aboard the fishing vessel Marathon, Nicholas Cooke (left) and Nathan Cultee unload 16 farm-raised Atlantic salmon into a container in Bellingham, Wash.
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    Salmon Fisher: Spill Is Dangerous And 'We Shouldn't Have To Deal With It'

    Aug 30, 2017
    Commercial fisherman are putting off their own livelihoods to catch the farmed Atlantic salmon that broke out of their net pen in Washington state. One fisherman describes the "carnival atmosphere."
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    The Salt
    Washington has eight Atlantic salmon net pens. There are two types: commercial net pens for raising Atlantic salmon and enhancement net pens for wild salmon that will eventually be released.
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    Why Are Atlantic Salmon Being Farmed In The Northwest?

    Aug 29, 2017
    Earlier this month, thousands of Atlantic salmon escaped a net pen in Washington state, raising concerns from environmentalists and questions about farming non-native species. Here are some answers.
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    The Two-Way
    Asian carp, jolted by an electric current from a research boat, jump from the Illinois River near Havana, Ill., in June.
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    Federal Report Calls For $275 Million To Stop Asian Carp

    Aug 07, 2017
    The invasive species have been caught mere miles from Lake Michigan. Scientists fear if they invade the lake, they could spread throughout the Great Lakes.
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    The Salt
    Acadian Sturgeon and Caviar markets three types of caviar, one from the wild Acadian sturgeon, and two types — green and gold — from its farmed shortnose sturgeon.
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    To Help Keep Sturgeon Sustainable, Farm And Fishery Work Together

    Jul 31, 2017
    Because demand for seafood is rising and wild stocks are not, a hatchery owner in Canada is hoping his model of "responsible agriculture" can keep the prized fish both on the menu and in the water.
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    The Salt
    Norway, the country where modern fish farming was invented. Fish farms are becoming more popular as global demand for fish grows.
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    What Fish Is Good For Me And The Planet? New Documentary Explores

    Apr 24, 2017
    In order to investigate how eating fish affects our health as well as the oceans, author and fisherman Paul Greenberg spent a year eating fish every day.
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    The Two-Way
    Native westslope cutthroat trout swim in the north fork of the Flathead River in northwestern Montana. However, cutthroat trout populations are threatened by hybridization from mating with rainbow trout.
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    In The Rockies, Climate Change Spells Trouble For Cutthroat Trout

    Apr 18, 2017
    Native cutthroat trout, an iconic part of the mountain West, thrive in cold streams. But warmer weather has allowed invaders to move in — and it's killing off the cutthroats.
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