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Predicting Fish Mercury Hotspots

Mercury levels in fish are prompting widespread consumption advisories and uncertainty among consumers over which species are safe to eat. Now researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a model that will help scientists and regulators around the country predict which areas are likely to have fish with high mercury levels – a breakthrough that should help officials address public uncertainty by developing health advisories for specific water bodies and fish species.

New Model Predicts Hot Spots For Mercury In Fish

Mercury levels in fish are prompting widespread consumption advisories and uncertainty among consumers over which species are safe to eat. Now researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a model that will help scientists and regulators around the country predict which areas are likely to have fish with high mercury levels – a breakthrough that should help officials address public uncertainty by developing health advisories for specific water bodies and fish species.

New model predicts hot spots for mercury in fish

Mercury levels in fish are prompting widespread consumption advisories and uncertainty among consumers over which species are safe to eat. Now researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a model that will help scientists and regulators around the country predict which areas are likely to have fish with high mercury levels – a breakthrough that should help officials address public uncertainty by developing health advisories for specific water bodies and fish species.

University students make facial mask from fish scales

The benefits of fish collagen are amazing. Students in the Department of Life Sciences at Mingdao University in Changhua County have been carrying out research in order to develop a collagen facial mask. In the Lize Lake located on campus, students from the department have established the only fish farm located on a campus on Taiwan. They then use the fish they have raised as a source for the fish scales they need, from which they extract collagen. They have used the collagen to develop a facemask. Teachers and instructors involved in the project put the results of their research on display on Wednesday on the side of the lake. One of the female students who ended up serving as a model for the product developed even joked that there is absolutely no fishy smell to the collagen facemask.

Ocean Fish Farming Harms Wild Fish, Study Says

Farming of fish in ocean cages is fundamentally harmful to wild fish, according to an essay in this week's Conservation Biology.

Supreme Court reasserts principle of restraint in Norwegian Patent Office judicial review cases

Few patent cases make it all the way to the Supreme Court. However, in November 2008 the Supreme Court heard and decided an appeal in a case concerning judicial review of the Norwegian Patent Office’s (NPO) refusal to grant a patent. The patent application related to an invention consisting of fish feed that reduces the occurrence of cataracts in farmed fish, typically salmon. Cataracts have been a significant problem in the fish farming industry: they cause fish to go blind and, unable to find the feed, the salmon fail to grow as they should. In addition to the undesired financial losses caused by this condition, the fish suffer.

USA. ClickToBoat.com now available on mobile handheld devices

ClickToBoat.com, formerly known as NavQuest.com, the only patented online marine navigation service and free online resource tool of its kind for marine enthusiasts, has announced today that its innovative fishing excursion planning tool, Click-To-FishTM, is now available from the convenience of a handheld device. Designed to be the ultimate fishing resources for recreational anglers on mobile devices, Click-To-Fish mobile provides enthusiasts location- and proximity-based information on family fishing hotspots, marinas, boat ramps, suppliers, charters, rentals, fish species and fishing equipment throughout the nation. ClickToBoat.com’s new Click-To-Fish mobile delivers anywhere access to rich and detailed fishing information formatted specifically for mobile devices.

Baby fish in polluted San Francisco estuary waters are stunted and deformed

The top fish is a normal striped bass larva from hatchery mother. The bottom fish is an abnormal striped bass larva from a river mother. The green arrows indicate areas of abnormal fluid accumulation yellow areas indicate blistering and dead tissue a ...

Rock-climbing fish caught in evolution tug-of-war

A Sicyopterus stimpsoni goby shorter than a thumb has to climb the rocks of waterfalls, sometimes several hundred feet high, on a juvenile migration upstream. But to reach those falls, the fish has to pass through a kill zone of lowland waterways full of predatory fish, explains Richard Blob of Clemson University in South Carolina.

Spots locates Wi-Fi hotspots for Apple handhelds

Savoy Software is preparing for the release of Spots for the iPhone and iPod touch. The app allows users to find over 230,000 worldwide hotspots, and does not require an active Internet connection. Spots locates the closest available hotspots, and allows free navigation of a map to find a desired location. Users can also search specifically by name, street or city.

Diabetic Kidney Decline Averted by Fish Consumption

New scientific research points to the fact that diabetes sufferers who eat fish dishes at least twice a week have a much lower incidence of kidney disease. Though regularly doctors advise patients to limit the amounts of proteins they ingest, the new UK study seems to indicate that the source of the proteins is the problem, and not the substances in themselves. It may actually benefit diabetics to eat proteins, provided they come from fresh fish.

#92: A 380-Million-Year-Old Fish Gives Birth

Sex does not fossilize well. Until this year, the oldest evidence of copulation in higher animals came from 180-million-year-old fossils of fish giving birth. But in May paleontologists announced [subscription required] finding a pregnant fish 380 million years old at a dig in Western Australia, extending the history of so-called internal fertilization and live birth by 200 million years.

Global warming might lead to birth of too many male fish

A new study has determined that global warming might be leading to the birth of too many male fish. books-help-to-lead-global-warming-agenda Global warming might lead to birth of too many male fish

Wellington: Giant fish hook will mark Capital's entrance Approval given for 35m high fish hook sculpture on seaward side of Wellington motorway between Ngauranga/Kaiwharawhara

The Wellington City Council has approved a dramatic sculptural gateway to be built at the northern entrance to the city, five years after it was first suggested.

Fish head art to save the planet

Fish rendering factory: This piece, Modern Times, asks the question on everybody's lips – have we evolved into a society of asexual assembly line workers?

IN PICTURES: Bizarre fish head art arrives!

Fish rendering factory: This piece, Modern Times, asks the question on everybody's lips – have we evolved into a society of asexual assembly line workers?

Evidence for protective effect of fish oil not conclusive

Fish oil protects against deaths from heart problems, but doesn't provide a clear benefit in heart rhythm problems (arrhythmias), according a study published on bmj.com today.

Evidence For Protective Effect Of Fish Oil Not Conclusive

Fish oil protects against deaths from heart problems, but doesn't provide a clear benefit in heart rhythm problems (arrhythmias), according a study published on the British Medical Journal website.

Fish have longer memories than previously thought, say Technion scientists

Researchers at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology have found that, contrary to the common notion that fish have three-second memories, they can in fact remember things for four or five months.

Salmon beats fish oil pills for omega-3, selenium

Swallowing fish oil capsules for brain boosting, health-promoting omega-3 may be just as effective as tucking into a fillet of salmon. But if you want a dose of selenium as well – an element many New Zealanders are lacking – then go for the salmon fillet, say Massey researchers.

Endangered fish released into refuge dam

About 50 Yarra pygmy perch fish have been released into a refuge dam in South Australia to help ensure the long-term survival of the threatened species.

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