Fish - Page 30

June 18, 2021

Missouri conservation officials say tens of thousands of fish turned up dead in creek

Missouri conservation officials are monitoring a Kansas City fish kill where 50,000 fish have turned up dead in the past week.

June 18, 2021

Florida red tide prompts cleanup of dead fish from Gulf Coast beaches: reports

Scores of dead fish were being cleaned up from beaches in Pinellas County, Florida, this week, the result of "red tide" conditions in the area, according to a report.

June 5, 2021

90% of sharks mysteriously wiped out nearly 20 million years ago: researchers

An extinction event about 19 million years ago decimated shark populations by up to 90%, researchers say. 

May 29, 2021

East Coast's at-risk river herring see population growth

A small fish that has been the subject of conservation efforts for years appears to be growing in number in the rivers of the East Coast.

May 28, 2021

Genetically modified salmon head to US dinner plates

The inaugural harvest of genetically modified salmon began this week after the pandemic delayed the sale of the first such altered animal to be cleared for human consumption in the United States.

May 27, 2021

Study seeks origins of Hawaii's dangerous ghost nets

“Ghost nets” from unknown origins drift among the Pacific's currents, threatening sea creatures and littering shorelines with the entangled remains of what they kill.

May 11, 2021

Rare fish that lives thousands of feet under the ocean washes ashore in California state park

Don’t forget, this is what’s also swimming around in the ocean with you this summer.

April 8, 2021

Kentucky fisherman catches record-breaking fish, searches for certified scale

Sometimes, the hardest part of setting a fishing record is just getting the fish weighed.

December 30, 2020

Pennsylvania asks fishermen to stop tossing masks in water

Pennsylvania authorities are urging people to stop abandoning their masks in the state’s streams in response to a coronavirus litter problem.

December 8, 2020

Massive goldfish discovered in South Carolina lake: 'This might be... Methuselah'

A massive 9-pound goldfish has been discovered in a South Carolina lake after officials were performing a routine water quality test, a report says.