Fish Freckles — Flashback Friday
In today’s Flashback Friday we explore the research behind unique spots on fish, endearingly known as fish freckles. Some researchers spend so much time with the species they study Read More…
Atlantic salmon
Endangered and Edible — Flashback Friday
In today’s Flashback Friday we explore the life of the Atlantic salmon, a popular and endangered species of fish. We recently scoured the scientific literature to determine which fish species have Read More…
Grow Fast, Die Young: Is Climate Change Making Fish Age Faster?
Humans and other endothermic, or “warm-blooded” animals have the luxury of a built-in temperature control system. For ectothermic animals like amphibians, reptiles, and fish, maintaining body temperature Read More…
The Peril of Ferals: Hybridizing Wild and Farmed Salmon
Although separated by a continent, Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus species) and Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) face many of the same pressures and challenges from human activity, including overfishing, Read More…
Film Friday: Ontario’s First Riverwatcher
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pd2Wz-Hv1yg As the North American distributor for the Riverwatcher fish counter, sometimes our work takes us to places like Ontario, Canada, where the Ontario Ministry of Natural Read More…
Float On: A New Floating PIT Tag Antenna for Studying Salmon Movement
In the words of famous fisheries scientist John Sheperd, counting fish is just like counting trees, except that fish are invisible and keep moving. This statement aptly Read More…
Spotting Patterns in Fish Freckles
Some researchers spend so much time with the species they study that they eventually begin to recognize individual animals by their physical traits or unique “personality” quirks. Read More…
The Great Escape: Risks of Farmed Fish
The Cooke Aquaculture’s Atlantic salmon fish farm made a messy splash in August this year when thousands of farmed salmon broke free off Cypress Island in Puget Read More…
Atlantic salmon can take the heat
As global temperatures continue to rise, and the Pacific Coast endures its third consecutive year of record drought, discussions of how warming temperatures and low water levels Read More…
Farm raised Atlantic salmon
As the population continues to grow, we continue to rely on farming as a necessary method for creating enough food to supply much of the world. Most Read More…