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A female napoleon wrasse swims by a reef
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An App Helps Scientists Combat Illegal Fish Trade

Relationships often begin with the locking of eyes. For Yvonne Sadovy, it was a...
September 2018
Screenshot of Nancy Knowlton speaking at "Lecture: One Year After the Gulf Oil Spill"
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Lecture: One Year After the Gulf Oil Spill

On April 20, 2010, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded, opening up a well that...
Tue, 04/26/2011 - 17:02
fish swim in a net
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Reducing Bycatch

Bycatch, the name given to fish and other ocean animals that are caught...
Fri, 01/14/2011 - 12:18
a pelican covered in oil
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Lessons from the Panama Oil Spill

On April 27, 1986, an estimated 50,000 barrels of medium-weight crude oil drained...
Wed, 06/23/2010 - 11:22
an oil tanker sinking
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Oil in the Ocean

In summer 2009, in the heart of New Orleans, a 600-foot tanker collided with a...
Fri, 06/11/2010 - 17:30
Seafood vendor at historic Pike Place Market in Seattle, Washington (USA). The market draws both shoppers and gawkers who come to watch the gregarious crew of fishmongers.
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World Fisheries from Sea to Table

Worldwide, fisheries touch our lives in countless ways. If well maintained, they...
Thu, 11/18/2010 - 14:49
A pile of bycatch species.
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Bycatch: The Cost of Catching What You Don’t Want

When people go out fishing, they  often have something specific in mind, but...
Wed, 09/24/2014 - 11:38
Mangrove roots provide an underwater habitat for many marine species.
slideshow

Mangroves: Photos of Plants and Animals

Mangrove is the name for a tree—and also for a complex ecosystem—that bridges...
Mon, 09/29/2014 - 11:48
Pelicans Roost at oil spill "ground zero" two years later.
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Pelicans Roost at Oil Spill "Ground Zero"

Two years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, brown pelicans roost on a mangrove...
A pile of bycatch species.
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A Net Full of Bycatch

Bycatch, or accidentally caught species, can make up a very high percentage of the...
Dr. Chris Reddy, an environmental chemist from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, studies oil spills and their long-term impacts.
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Oil & Water Don't Mix

Dr. Chris Reddy, an environmental chemist from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution...

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