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The Valuable Fish We Eat

With modern shipping and fishing technologies, marine fish are available not matter how far you live from the coast. In the U.S. ... now you can find sushi in nearly every ... from a fish sandwich or taco to the mysterious "krab" in California rolls. The taste and health qualities of fish ...

The downside - tuna steaks and the fish in krab aren't just like beef steaks - cattle are farm animals while bluefin and Alaska pollock are wild animals of the sea, more like the cheetah. The problem with a taste for cheetahs seems obvious.

Scientific studies help to determine which fish are in danger, to learn more about their life cycles ...

In many cases, the kinds of fish stocked and used in everyday items such as fish sandwiches has changed because the original fish has become depleted. In fish sandwiches, hoki, pollock and cod have replaced... What used to be a lesser fish is now the primary fish and we are searching in more remote places, including mid and deep waters that were previously untouched.

Not only the glamorous tuna, but many wild fishes have declined in numbers to the point of extinction. And some of the tastiest contain significant levels of environmental toxins such as mercury. That gives marine biologists a lot of challenges to address. To insure sufficient numbers remain, knowing about the life requirements of each fish is key. It's hard enough trying to figure out where land animals such as ... live. Tracking fish in the deep is ... But strategies depend on the details and one size doesn't fit all.

As we begin to see new fish, we're also seeing evidence of loss of species at a rate equal to the greatest extinctions of life recorded in the Earth's history. American Food fish.

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Angling for fishes

Making a connection between anglers and scientific research and conservation of fishes ... Transitioning into commercial-scale fishing efforts ...

• Introducing and recognizing different constituencies
• Associating fish types and characteristics with habitat, adaptations and migratory nature of fishes.
• How fish are commercially caught - at sea and in farms.

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Where the wild fishes are

Hunting for wild fishes, as opposed to raising livestock ...

Increased demand for fishes by growing populations and an increasing taste for fishes ...

Where the fish are concentrated - upwelling areas and near the surface ...

Going into uncharted deeper waters with potentially very low recovery rates ...

The health aspects of fishes vs. the pollution of wild stocks in remote areas of the sea ...

The costs of aquaculture and open ocean ranching ...

Managing natural resources such as fish ...

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It takes fish to make fish

Anchoveta (Engraulis ringens story ...

Marine Capture Fisheries Production: Top Ten Species in 2004 (Worldwide) - FAO Status

Rank	Species	Million Tonnes
1	Anchoveta	10.7
2	Alaska Pollock	2.7
3	Blue Whiting	2.4
4	Skipjack Tuna	2.1
5	Atlantic Herring	2
6	Chub Mackerel	2
7	Japanese Anchovy	1.8
8	Chilean Jack mackerel	1.8
9	Largehead hairtail	1.6
10	Yellowfin Tuna	1.4

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Keeping our Oceans Stocked

Introducing major fish statistics ...

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Highlighted fishes