In bluefin tuna, fisheries science is never neat 
By Ben Goldfarb US Source: salon 8/2/2023
Ben Goldfarb
Credit: Getty Images/Antonio Busiello
Spend enough time in the world of fisheries science, and you're likely to hear an adage, coined by a researcher named John Shepherd, that neatly encapsulates the field's uncertainty. Counting fish, the saying goes, is not unlike counting trees — if the trees constantly moved around the forest, and also you had to somehow tally them blindfolded. The point is clear: Few natural resources so confound measurement, let alone management, as fish.
 

Fisheries biology is an inherently challenging science that's made even more difficult by its tense relationship with commercial fishing. The on-board observers who collect critical data sometimes face harassment and even, allegedly, murder by the crews they monitor. Illegal fishing runs rampant, making it hard to know how many fish are being pulled from the sea. And catch limits are set by councils beholden to the very industry they're supposed to regulate. Add it up, and it's hard not to conclude that, as Karen Pinchin puts it in her riveting debut book, "Kings of Their Own Ocean: Tuna, Obsession, and the Future of Our Seas," fisheries science is "an impossible, thankless job with no easy answers."

 
Atlantic bluefin tuna Continue...

News Id SourceStampcountry
4451Schoolboy, 13, lands giant catfish weighing 200lbs on half-term tripDaily Mail2010-11-04SP
4452Giant fish caught in Mekong Rivervietnam news2010-11-03VN
4453Study: Chemicals common in Minn. affecting male fishMPR News2010-11-01US
4454Deep sea fish take ugliness to new level, says NiwaNZ Herald2010-10-26NZ
4455Man sues over tuna 'poisoning'upu2010-10-19US
4456Big albino muskie landed in Wisconsinupi2010-10-20US
4457Salmon 'losing distinct genetic characteristics'BBC News2010-10-14UK
4458Death or Delicacy: The Notorious Fugu Puffer Fishfoodsided2021-02-23JP
4459The Plan to Rear Fish on the Moonhakaimagazine2021-02-22CA
4460Kitchener study links dog waste to change in fish populationkitchenertoday2021-02-23CA
4461New fish species foundsmh2010-10-14AU
4462The Shropshire mystery of the mutilated koi carpBBC News2010-09-29CA
4463Surprise: FDA Panel Unable to Reach Conclusion on Genetically Modified Salmonabcnews2010-10-20CA
4464Weird Facts About Genetically Engineered Salmonnpr2010-10-20US
4465АФК «Система» заинтересовалась рыбалкой на КамчаткеТАСС2021-03-02RU
4466State encouraging anglers to harvest fish in some — not all — watersBangor Daily News2021-03-01US
4467The 1,000 fish that DIDN'T get away: Angler breaks ultimate fishing recorddailymail2010-09-03UK
4468Is this the world's ugliest fish? Odd-looking creature nicknamed Shrek by scuba diversdailymail2010-09-02UK
4469Aquarium lands rare 'ribbon fish'belfast telegraph2010-08-29UK
4470Kayaker hit in the head by 30lb carptelegraph2010-08-26US
4471The monster fish who swallowed up my whole lifedailymail2010-08-20UK
4472Ashford anglers mourn death of giant carp 'Two Tone'BBC News2010-08-16UK
4473Angler ate his record-breaking fishexpressandstar2010-08-16UK
4474More Fishing, Higher Consumption Might Help Reverse Lionfish Invasion; 'Delicious'Underwatertimes2010-08-06US
4475Scientists Observe 'Fastest' Evolution; Tiny Fish Evolved To Tolerate Colder Temperature In Three YearsUnderwatertimes2010-08-04CA

214 215 216 178 of [217 - pages.]