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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 researcher leans off of a boat to tag a great white shark.
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Collaborator Research

Recent Antarctic expeditions, underwater volcano monitoring, studies of...
Tue, 12/01/2009 - 10:02
Small red hyperiid.
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The Hyper Eyes of Hyperiids: How Some Shrimp-Like Creatures See Light in the Deep Sea

Hyperiid amphipods are small crustaceans related to sand fleas and distantly...
Tue, 08/19/2014 - 10:47
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
A male surfer catching a wave in Hawaii
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Inside the Wave, Makena Beach, Maui

“While the shore-break at Makena Beach is notoriously dangerous and powerful, it...
A surfer waits for the perfect wave.
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Surfer at Bogue Banks, North Carolina, USA

“As I set up for a sunset shot—one last, solitary surfer exited the water and I...
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...
These statistics come from a United Nations Food & Agriculture Organization review.
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Global Status of Marine Fish Stocks

These statistics come from a United Nations Food & Agriculture Organization...
An American crocodile rests on a bed of seagrass.
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American Crocodile

An American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) resting on a bed of seagrass. These...
A skate is among the many bycatch species caught in this shrimp trawl net.
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Bycatch in Shrimp Net

A skate is among the many bycatch species caught in this shrimp trawl net. More...
A Turtle Excluder Device (TED) enables a loggerhead turtle to escape from a net.
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Loggerhead Escapes from Fishing Net

One of the biggest threats to sea turtles, such as the loggerhead turtle (Caretta...
This shrimp is colored to fit in - probably why they are common members of the seaweed community.
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A World Adrift: Life in the Sargassum Slideshow

Smithsonian Marine Science Network Postdoctoral Fellow, Seabird McKeon, returns...
Fri, 05/18/2012 - 16:43

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