The Latest Breaking News from Fish

A boy stares into the remains of a fire during lockdown – Léonie Hampton’s best photograph

‘Water is there for fish to swim through. Air is there for birds to fly in. But we have to make fire – and how we go forward with our need is key to our place on Earth’

The Guardian - UK · Feb 1, 2023

‘Toxic’ barge that sank more than a year ago is still beached in a scenic bay

The barge was damaged during Storm Arwen in November 2021

The Independent UK · Feb 1, 2023

The ocean twilight zone could store vast amounts of carbon captured from the atmosphere – but first we need to build a 4D system to track what's going on down there

Deep below the ocean surface, the light fades into a twilight zone where whales and fish migrate and dead algae and zooplankton rain down from above. This is the heart of the ocean’s carbon pump, part of the natural ocean processes that capture about a third of all human-produced carbon…

The Conversation · Feb 1, 2023

No access to major NT fishing ground as barramundi season begins with permit system

The barramundi season begins in the Northern Territory but some fishing boats remain in Darwin with commercial and recreational fishers banned from the Mini Mini and Murgenella areas following a request from traditional owners.

ABC News · Feb 1, 2023

Discovered in the deep: the anglerfish with vampire-like sex lives

A deep trawl has brought up a potentially new species of a fish whose extreme mating methods include permanent physical fusion

The Guardian - UK · Feb 1, 2023

Noxious fish the oriental weatherloach found in the Riverland, causing concern for irrigators

The fish has been causing havoc for Sunraysia irrigators after a population boom, and now it is being detected by Riverland growers.

ABC News · Feb 1, 2023

Murray River businesses at Mildura still impacted by flooding with river levels now too low

House boats and paddle steamers that were floating level with some buildings on the riverfront are now beached, while dead fish litter once-flooded paths.

ABC News · Feb 1, 2023

WA's new fishing rules come into effect today. Here's everything you need to know

Tough new restrictions for recreational fishing along 900 kilometres of Western Australia's take effect today, aimed at boosting the recovery of species such as snapper and dhufish. So what's changing?

ABC News · Jan 31, 2023

Dolphins and humans both catch more fish when they work together, research in Brazil finds

Researchers have discovered that both dolphins and net-casting fishermen in Brazil have more success fishing when they join forces.

ABC News · Jan 31, 2023

Sharks and stingrays have been traded for centuries — here's why that history could help save them

Sharks, along with rays, and their products have been historically consumed and traded by many communities globally over centuries. Between 2012 and 2019, the trade in shark and ray meat was valued at over US$4.1 billion.

The Conversation · Jan 31, 2023