State Cites Mercury in Some Alaska Fish: FIVE SPECIES: For Good Health, Kids and Pregnant Women Are Advised to Limit Amounts.
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By Rosemary Shinohara, Anchorage Daily News, Alaska  Feb. 4--Samples from five types of Alaska fish contain too much mercury for unlimited eating, according to new data gathered by the state.
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By Anchorage Daily News, Alaska  Feb. 27--SOLDOTNA -- A subcommittee of Kenai Peninsula fishing interests  could not reach consensus on fishing methods for a subsistence fishery on the  Kenai and Kasilof rivers.
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By Kevin Klott, Anchorage Daily News, Alaska  Jun. 16--RUSSIAN RIVER -- This Kenai Peninsula fishery is the honey hole for red salmon this weekend -- and by Monday it should be even sweeter.
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TUESDAY, Sept. 19 (HealthDay News) -- The heart-healthy omega-3 fatty acids abundant in fatty fish like salmon and sardines may help protect your kidneys against cancer, new research suggests.
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Picture Alaska and most people in the Lower 48 think abundant forests, picturesque bears, frosted tundra and perhaps the odd salmon.
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By DAVID DISHNEAU  HAGERSTOWN, Md. - An environmental group asked the federal government Tuesday to ban a class of toxic chemical compounds that are found in industrial and household detergents and are believed to cause male fish to develop female characteristics.
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By The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Sep. 21--It's easy to sympathize with fishermen on Hatteras Island and elsewhere along the North Carolina coast who lament a pending rule that would limit catches of snowy grouper, a lucrative fish, and a few other species.
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Papa salmon plus mama salmon equals ... baby trout? Japanese researchers put a new spin on surrogate parenting as they engineered one fish species to produce another, in a quest to preserve endangered fish.
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Farmed salmon have been found to accumulate much higher levels of chemical flame retardants than their wild counterparts, raising alarm that they might pose an increased cancer risk.
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Fire retardants used worldwide in manufacturing vehicle parts and computers have been found in Puget Sound orcas, raising new concerns about the long-term health of the region's killer whales, a new Canadian study shows.
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Elevated mercury levels may be associated not only with neurological problems but with cardiovascular disease among adults as well.
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For species at risk, sport fishing accounts for one-quarter of the catch. Regulation could rise. By Peter N. Spotts | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor.
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More than one-third of the nation's lakes and nearly one-fourth of its rivers contain fish that may be contaminated with mercury, dioxin, PCB and pesticide pollution, the Environmental Protection Agency says.
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Five rivers in Minnesota are considered seriously polluted by pesticides and the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is recommending that they be designated as "impaired," which usually means there is a risk to aquatic life, but not human health.
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Fish is good for your heart and your brain. But do the benefits of eating fish outweigh the risks for pregnant women?
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Laboratory tests on sushi bought in Manhattan revealed tuna with mercury levels so high that a diet of six pieces a week would exceed accepted safety levels.
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Women with certain genes get an extra protective boost when they take fish oils called marine n-3 fatty acids that may reduce the risk of breast cancer.