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Striped bass survival tips amid spawning slump

Maryland anglers play a key role in protecting the state’s iconic striped bass, also known as rockfish, by adopting safe ...
A new study provides the first detailed documentation of a shallow-water fish diving 450 feet deep to spawn. Uncovering this very rare spawning behavior in bonefish (Albula vulpes) is unprecedented.
A new study examining fishes’ reactions to heat at different stages of their life process has revealed that warming waters could impede reproduction in up to 60% of species. Saltwater and freshwater ...
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – On Nov. 3, 2023, the U.S. Forestry Service temporarily interrupted the water flow to Taylor Creek from the Fallen Leaf Lake dam for three days. This raised concern from ...
The 'Fish Doorbell' now has millions of fans helping Dutch fishes migrate and reproduce safely.
Climate change may be depriving juvenile fish of their most crucial early food source by throwing off the synchronization of when microscopic plants known as phytoplankton bloom and when fish hatch, ...
You know it’s fall in the Ozarks when leaves start to turn color, temperatures start to cool… and brown trout start to leap upstream out of Lake Taneycomo. Odd though it may sound, “leap” — not swim — ...
Salmon born in captivity become domesticated in as little as one generation, a new study finds, explaining why hatchery-born fish don't do as well as wild-born ones in Oregon rivers. Researchers ...
Dr Peter Walker is a technical director and aquatic ecologist at RSK Biocensus The UK is home to important species of fish.
A consistent metabolic ratio found across 133 Chinese marine and freshwater fish species provides new evidence in support of the idea that fish become sexually active – and spawn for the first time – ...
Every crappie angler loves the spring. All across the country crappies go through their spawn-season progression at various times depending on region. And during certain parts of the spawn, crappies ...
Lake Raven, like namesake Sam Houston, has a well-earned reputation that has generated considerable admiration and a steady stream of fans. The 200-acre reservoir in Huntsville State Park that bears ...