Sun, sea and sewage
...the uptake and accumulation of chemical contaminants in teleost fish and sharks sampled from Kuwait Bay. Significantly, levels of metal contamination in the extremely rare smoothtooth blacktip shark (Carcharhinus leidon)...
Field Research
Cefas Science Highlights
Posted by:
Brett Lyons, Posted on:
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Categories:
Climate Change, Field Research, Fisheries, Monitoring, Oceanography
In a series of blog posts we will be showcasing some of the science recently published by Cefas scientists.
Unusual cockle mortalities in the Burry Inlet, South Wales
Posted by:
Matthew Longshaw, Posted on:
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Categories:
Animal Health, Aquaculture, Field Research, Monitoring, SFN 2015, Shellfish News
Mortalities in populations of edible cockles (Cerastoderma edule) have been reported across Europe in the past two decades from Spain, Portugal, France, Sweden and the Wadden Sea. Why are they happening?
Pacific oysters on the south coast of England
Posted by:
Stephanie Deane, Posted on:
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Categories:
Aquaculture, Field Research, Monitoring, SFN 2015, Shellfish News
The Pacific oyster is a popular aquaculture species, and I'm monitoring its distribution in Southampton and Poole.
Using evidence to manage shellfisheries and their wading birds
Posted by:
Kevin Wood, Posted on:
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Categories:
Field Research, Fisheries, Monitoring, SFN 2015, Shellfish News
Intertidal areas, such as estuaries, can be both important fisheries and key habitats for wildlife. During winter months, large flocks of wading birds (Order: Charadriiformes) gather to feed within estuaries.
Reducing the risk of introducing non-indigenous marine species
Posted by:
Hannah Tidbury, Posted on:
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Categories:
Field Research, Monitoring, SFN 2015, Shellfish News
Marine non-indigenous species (NIS) impact wild and farmed shellfish, as they are species which have been introduced into locations outside their natural range.
Gone fishing: between icebergs and humpback whales
It was January and therefore traditionally the time for a survey of fish stocks around the island of South Georgia, in the Southern Ocean.
C-Bass reaches out!
Since our last post, our scientists have been busy with outreach activity. On 24 February, our “All about that bass” presentation was delivered to a packed house of fishers and other stakeholders at the Seafood Cornwall Training Hub in Newlyn.
C-Bass raises the “bar” with Anglo-French collaboration
In C-Bass, we are working closely with our French colleagues at Ifremer, who are running a parallel bass research programme called “BARGIP” (“bar” is French for “bass”).
C-Bass in Action
Earlier this year, our first C-Bass Blog described the background and general aims of C-Bass - “Population studies in support of the Conservation of the European sea bass”.