Sentences with phrase «increasing numbers of fish»

Proof that community - authored rules are working, and hope for more local management of natural resources elsewhere in Hawaii and beyond, requires data linking new practices to increasing numbers of fish.

Another wrinkle, if CO2 increases ocean photosynthesis and increases the number of fish, their added urine is basic and will tend to offset the pH change due to the CO2.

Not exact matches

The industry has changed significantly in recent years and, with increasing regulations placed on commercial fishing, companies face a number of challenges.

Environmental water is being used to help prevent the decline of native fish in the Basin by increasing their health, numbers and diversity.

There was an increase (+2 %) in the numbers of procedures for safety testing (toxicology) to 399,000, due to increased use of fish in regulatory toxicology, with a higher proportion carried out to meet more than one legislative / regulatory requirement (75 % compared with 72 % in 2010).

The government will lobby the EU to increase fishing quotas in a bid to reduce the number of healthy fish being thrown back into the school.

If this environment is harmed by chemicals, such as through damage to gut cells, it could impact the health of the organisms and would lead to a number of fish diseases but this technique will enable us to increase the tests we can carry out and improve our understanding of how to preserve gut health.»

For instance, managers could monitor fish numbers in a marine reserve next to a fishery and curtail fishing if the distance from the fishery's edge to the nearest region of healthy fish populations increases.

The researchers found that total fishing efforts in the area expanded by more than 240 per cent between 1960 and 2010 because of an increase in damaging fishing practices and number of fishers.

Using a model of endangered Atlantic salmon in Maine's Penobscot River as a case study, NOAA researchers found that abundance, distribution and number of fish increased upstream when dams in the primary downstream segments of the river, also called «mainstem dams,» were removed or fish passage survival was increased.

In Western Australia, emerging evidence suggests that increases in the number of tropical fish are preventing the recovery of kelp forest damaged by a heat wave in 2011.

For plants, mammals, and fishes, the proportion of newly emerging alien species has remained constant during the last 150 years but the total number of alien species has increased.

«Increases in the number of plant - eating tropical fish can profoundly alter ecosystems and lead to barren reefs, affecting the biodiversity of these regions, with significant economic and management impacts.»

Climate change is expected to increase the number of Wisconsin lakes dominated by largemouth bass and decrease those in which walleye — a more popular recreational fishing species — thrive.

«Fishing expedition» nets nearly tenfold increase in number of sequenced virus genomes.»

Ainley says that the decline of this large, slow - growing, bottom - dwelling fish has knocked the Antarctic ecosystem out of whack and resulted in killer whales dropping in numbers, whereas silverfish have increased in abundance to compete with penguins and whales for crystal krill.

«Throughout the world, numbers of grey foxes, fishers and other midsized predators are actually increasing, and usually that happens because the bigger animals that are limiting them are decreasing.

«Sediment - exposed fish also increased the number of protective cells on their gills, presumably safeguarding the delicate tissue from the damage that sediment particles could cause.»

Due in part to increased human consumption of krill as fish stocks run low, blue whale numbers are only 3 % of what they were in the 1800s.

They speculate that a number of events that relate to historical fishing practices, both commercial and recreational, combined with the warming waters in the Gulf of Maine may be increasing the negative effects of the growth of kelp.

Team leader Professor Geoff Jones adds «We've known for some time that if you close an area of reef to fishing, both fish numbers and sizes within the reserve increase.

February 17, 2017 — The Fish and Wildlife Service reported that the number of Mexican gray wolves in Arizona and New Mexico had increased by 16 animals, up to 113 wolves from 97 in the previous count.

According to the authors of the study, this happens because the consumption of fish oil increases the number of a third type of fat cells, called «beige «cells, which «convince» the body to metabolize fat instead of saving it for later.

But labeling won't help the increasing numbers of people who are starting to react to the flesh of fish, poultry, lamb or cattle that were fattened on soy feed and to eggs laid by soy fed chickens.

Tucked away in the Pacific Northwest with my wife Denise, a Border Collie named Aoife (pronounced EYE - fa), a guitar collection, and an increasing number of aquariums sporting a variety of fish (cichlids are my new favorites), I live for football season when I can ch....

Tucked away in the Pacific Northwest with my wife Denise, a Border Collie named Aoife (pronounced EYE - fa), a guitar collection, and an increasing number of aquariums sporting a variety of fish (cichlids are my new favorites), I live for football season when I can cheer on the Oregon Ducks and my Super Bowl Champion Seattle Seahawks.

Most of these keep classical pets such as dogs, cats, rabbits, small rodents, birds and fish, but an increasing number of companion animals are exotic and wild animals, posing a poorly understood risk for both human and food animal health, due to the unfamiliarity with the infectious agents they may harbour and poor regulation of the wildlife trade.

While a squirrel may be an atypical companion, industry experts say an increasing number of consumers are becoming pet parents to an eclectic assortment of small mammals, reptiles, amphibians, fish and birds.

The total number of pets in the country jumps to 290 million when including small pets and fish, and is increasing quickly.

Since the population of fish is directly related to the production of phytoplankton, the growth in phytoplankton numbers increases the yield of local fisheries.

However with an increasing number of people coming to this tiny paradise island, we are eager to maintain the beautiful beaches, coral and fish life.

The lagoon is not exactly a marine reserve, but it's had a raui declared — a kind of local no - take moratorium — for almost a decade and that makes it the best spot inside the lagoon to see many species of juvenile and adult fish in increasing numbers.

Conservation have increased the numbers back to the thousands, and although the nesting beaches are protected areas, decreasing the threat of poaching, the turtles still face danger from run - ins with fishing equipment and nets.

The lower Chesapeake Bay is especially at risk due to high rates of sinking land (known as subsidence).96 Climate change and sea level rise are also likely to cause a number of ecological impacts, including declining water quality and clarity, increases in harmful algae and low oxygen (hypoxia) events, decreases in a number of species including eelgrass and seagrass beds, and changing interactions among trophic levels (positions in the food chain) leading to an increase in subtropical fish and shellfish species in the bay.66

An Increasing Number of Male Fish are Developing Female Traits Around the world, it is more and more common to find male fishes with female traits.

Hurrah for the Thames: the numbers of fish are increasing, with 125 different species recorded, with salmon as well as otter and sea trout populations returning.

In the years following Katrina, biologists observed a sharp increase in the number of bottlenose dolphins calves — and suspect that all the damage to the fishing industry may have had something to do with it.

They did so by improving fish catches, increasing the number of new jobs created (mostly through eco-tourism), empowering women and by generally ameliorating community health.

The report, written by Dr Carol Turley of Plymouth University, said: «Ocean acidification has also been tentatively linked to increased jellyfish numbers and changes in fish abundance.»