Experts Join Forces to Stop Aquatic Pests
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The mitten crab may not strike terror into the hearts of the average American along the West Coast &#151; yet.
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A panel of experts from Israel and abroad on Sunday urged the government to immediately halt fish farming in Israel's Red Sea coastal waters, saying pollution from operation is killing a unique coral reef.
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By Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif.  Feb. 19--FOR A QUARTER OF A CENTURY, government officials, farmers and environmentalists have been trying to find a way of prevent dangerous agricultural runoff from polluting the Delta and other state waterways.
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One of the most common types of fish in the US is enlisted in the fight against terror to safeguard public drinking water.
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Floridaâs season of âsturgeon strikesâ â collisions between the leaping fish and hapless boaters â is under way.
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By Heath, David  Seagrasses, an ecologically important group of flowering plants that have adapted to life submerged in seawater, are in dire need of a targeted global conservation effort to protect them and lhc services they provide, according to an international team of scientists.
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A move to ban saltwater ships from the Great Lakes, at least temporarily, got a boost this week. Ninety organizations asked for a moratorium on such shipping until Congress enacts meaningful laws to stop the continuing influx of harmful invasive species.
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U.S. scientists say they have made a discovery that could help public health officials know instantly when pollution moves into the coastal ocean.
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By JOHN FLESHER  TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - It hardly seems fair, but water creatures nimble enough to avoid being gobbled up by predators might harm their species more than help, new research suggests.
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Fish are not just simple animals with a short memory, say researchers from two UK universities.
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Invasive species appear to be killing off crucial segments of the Great Lakes food web, from large predator fish to tiny freshwater shrimp, an environmental group said Thursday.
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ITHACA, N.Y. - A new test will help scientists quickly detect a fast-spreading aquatic virus that threatens the Great Lakes fishing industry, according to its developers at Cornell University.
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By Anonymous  Researchers at West Virginia University's West Virginia Water Research Institute have received a grant to develop a water quality trading program aimed at reducing pollution in the Chesapeake Bay.
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By Mike Lafferty, The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio  Sep. 12--The widely prescribed antidepressant Prozac is ending up in streams and rivers, endangering freshwater mussels, scientists said yesterday.
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Hundreds of fish are believed to have been killed in a pollution incident in County Antrim.
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Scientists have called for almost a third of the world's oceans to be turned into protected areas for marine wildlife - to maintain food supplies and stop damage to underwater habitats and wildlife.
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As pollution and a killer fungus decimate frog populations around the world, scientists work to quarantine a stock of healthy croakers. By the Associated Press.