fisheries
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90% of Species in an Area Slated for Deep-Sea Mining Might Be Unknown to Science
Deep beneath the sparkling surface of the Pacific Ocean, in the vast expanse between Mexico and Hawaii, lies an area known as the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ). At the floor of this marine region, between 12,000 and 5,486.40 m below sea level, is a wide and mucky abyssal plain dotted by seamounts, that covers about 1.7…
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The Stinky Seaweed Blob Approaching Florida Is Absolutely Humongous
In the Atlantic Ocean, between the coasts of West Africa and the Caribbean, there’s a disjointed series of mats and clumps of brown, tangled algae known as sargassum seaweed. It’s supposed to be there. Or, at least, some of it is. In the Sargasso Sea — the only sea without a land border, bounded instead…
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Tons of Dead Fish Wash Up in Florida Amid ‘Red Tide’
People and fish alike along Florida’s west coast are feeling the effects of an ongoing red tide. The toxic algae bloom is making both humans and sea life sick as it persists along nearly 241 km of the Sunshine State’s coastline.
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‘Unknown, Highly Toxic Substance’ Seems to Be Killing Tons of Fish in a European River
An apparent wave of pollution has killed thousands of fish in southwestern Poland, according to a Thursday press statement from the Polish Waters ministry. The trouble seemed to start in a town called Oława but has spread along the rover Oder to Frankfurt, Germany more than 322 km away.