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New means of safeguarding world fish stocks proven

May 22, 2012
Powerful and versatile new genetic tools that will assist in safeguarding both European fish stocks and European consumers is reported in Nature Communications. The paper reports on the first system proven to identify populations of fish species to a forensic level of validation.

New means of safeguarding world fish stocks proven

May 22, 2012
Powerful and versatile new genetic tools that will assist in safeguarding both European fish stocks and European consumers is reported in Nature Communications (DOI 10.1038/ncomms1845 22/05/12). The paper reports on the first system proven to identify populations of fish species to a forensic level of validation. ...

‘Fish Pedicure’ a Recipe for Bacterial Infection, Researchers Warn

May 17, 2012
By Alan Mozes HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, May 17 (HealthDay News) -- "Fish pedicures" in health spas can expose recipients to a host of pathogens and bacterial infections, a team of researchers warns. The practice of exposing your feet to live freshwater fish ...

New method resolves cell structure and dynamics of living fish larvae

May 17, 2012
Microscopes provide valuable insights in the structure and dynamics of cells, in particular when the latter remain in their natural environment. However, this is very difficult especially for higher organisms. Researchers of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, and the American National Institutes ...

Microscope looks into cells of living fish

May 16, 2012
Microscopes provide valuable insights in the structure and dynamics of cells, in particular when the latter remain in their natural environment. However, this is very difficult especially for higher organisms. Researchers of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, and the American National Institutes ...

Nature: Microscope looks into cells of living fish

May 16, 2012
This release is available in German . Microscopes provide valuable insights in the structure and dynamics of cells, in particular when the latter remain in their natural environment. However, this is very difficult especially for higher organisms. Researchers of ...

Nature: Microscope looks into cells of living fish

May 16, 2012
(Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres) Microscopes provide valuable insights in the structure and dynamics of cells, in particular when the latter remain in their natural environment. However, this is very difficult especially for higher organisms. Researchers of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, ...

Finding an alternative to feeding fish fish

May 15, 2012
Scientists at the University are developing a new plant-based product that could replace fishmeal, reducing the need for farmers to feed fish to other fish at a time when more than 90% of EU waters are at risk from overfishing.

Growing risks from hatchery fish

May 15, 2012
A newly published collection of more than 20 studies by leading university scientists and government fishery researchers in Alaska, British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, California, Russia and Japan provides mounting evidence that salmon raised in man-made hatcheries can harm wild salmon through competition for food and habitat.

The gut could reveal effect of climate change on fish

May 14, 2012
As sea temperatures rise, stocks of some fish species can decline while others may grow, reveals new research from the University of Gothenburg looking at gastrointestinal function in fish.

New species of fish in Sweden

May 14, 2012
Reticulated dragonet have been found in Väderöarna – "Weather Islands" – off the west coast of Sweden. It is not often that a new species of fish is discovered in Sweden.

New species of fish in Sweden

May 14, 2012
Reticulated dragonet have been found in Vderarna "Weather Islands" off the west coast of Sweden. It is not often that a new species of fish is discovered in Sweden. Lars-Ove Loo is the underwater photographer who has captured the fish on film. He saw it ...