Perhaps one of the reasons why humans as a species crave food and that this craving goes horribly wrong for those with excessive food-eating problems is that it is part of our evolution. And maybe that has gone wrong genetically, writes Bob Carling for TheFish…
The native range of Silver Carp Hypophthalmichthys molitrix and Bighead Carp H. nobilis, collectively referred to as bigheaded carp or Asian carp, includes wide ranges of the Asian continent. However, following inadvertent introduction in the southeastern Unit…
Shellfish aquaculture in its current form has come a long way from the early days of relaying harvested animals from the sea and from practices extending back to Roman times, writes Matt Longshaw, Product Development Manager for Benchmark Animal Health.
A new study from Brown University has shown that largemouth bass get their slurping power for eating prey from the very same muscles that provide their swimming power.
A single gene called Angiopoietin-1 (Ang-1) drives brain size and intelligence in fish according to a new study by researchers at University College London (UCL), Stockholm University and University of Helsinki.
Size-selective harvesting causes changes in key life-history traits, according to an experimental study with size-selectively harvested zebrafish that began in 2006 at the Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries in Berlin, Germany.
The practice of catch-and-release in recreational fishing may be permanently changing fish populations, a study from the University of Connecticut shows.
