Sentences with phrase «of small fish»

Schools of small fish, the occasional nurse shark, turtles and lobster make this a super dive not to be missed.

That's because populations of these small fish naturally alternate between abundant and scarce.

There are some very nice coral formations and a number of small fish to be seen in this area.

How ludicrous is this, considering that fish are meant to eat a diverse diet of smaller fish, worms, bugs, etc..

There are also several reef systems all around the islands — Beautiful coral reef formations full of small fish and marine critters.

As far as sea monster movies go, you can't do much with a bunch of small fish.

I've read elsewhere that the big players — banks, hedge funds, etc — consider the smaller time frames the domain of the small fish.

For those who not into surfing Medewi is an excellent choice for hideaway and submerged into the everyday life of small fishing village.

Expect to see a lot of smaller fish such as anemone fish, pipefish, and gobies.

In 1980, John Carpenter wrote and directed «The Fog,» an eerie tale of a small fishing town targeted for revenge by a killer fog.

For a minimum of one dollar, readers receive five titles which include Black Bird by by Greg Ensien, Blood Red Turns Dollar Green by Paul O'Brien, Diary of a Small Fish by Pete Morin, The Marinara Murders by Erik Hanberg, and Dire Means by Geoffry Neil.

But it took Bob Johannes of the CSIRO Division of Fisheries to think of tapping into the accumulated knowledge of the small fishing communities which account for almost half the world's catch.

Switch from carnivorous fish (sea trout eat large quantities of smaller fish, so contain higher levels of persistent synthetic chemicals) to those that feed lower on the food chain (like cod and other white fish).

Like the earlier warming event and migrations, the most recent northward advance of small fish such as sardines, anchovies and herring correlate very well with the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation and the current distribution of fish from southerly waters is «almost identical to that described by Aurich for 1951.»

Fly Point, further west on the other side of Little Beach is part of the same Aquatic Reserve and another popular dive site, with plenty of small fish life: bream, yellowtail and snapper.

Occasional manta rays and schools of chevron barracuda add to the rich variety of smaller fish which seem to prefer the calmer waters of Ped.

The viz here is often not to great, but the mix of smaller fish life and abundant hard corals makes up for it.

That's because fishing ships can efficiently trap schools of small fish in nets near the shore, without burning much fuel.

But tuna consume 20 kilograms (44 pounds) of smaller fish for every kilogram (two pounds) of their own weight.

But it also consumes energy, pollutes coastal waters and depletes populations of the smaller fish on which the salmon are fed.

To experience the ultimate Italian holiday, head to Cinque Terre, a group of small fishing villages that are nestled in the rugged hills and mountains by the coast.

A species of small fish uses a homemade coral - scented cologne to hide from predators, a new study has shown, providing the first evidence of chemical camouflage from diet in fish.

Set to a beautiful score and narrated by actor Pierce Brosnan, the movie takes viewers underwater where they meet, among other things, a marine iguana, several types of sharks and a myriad of smaller fish that tag along with a big buddy as a kind of protection insurance.

Possible over-fishing of tuna could be an indirect threat, as predatory fish herd shoals of small fish to the surface where they become available to surface - feeding seabirds (Ratcliffe 1999).

With its fleet of small fishing boats returning their catches to port daily, Looe has a reputation for producing excellent fresh fish.

The highlight of this dive, though, was the amount of smaller fishes hovering around the colorful soft coral garden in the shallower part of the reef.

Its diet consists of small fish, crustaceans and squid.

Amongst them play many of the smaller fish that are so often overlooked.

The fish cruises the Pacific and Indian oceans in search of smaller fish to devour, and sometimes uses its spear - like upper jaw to stun its prey.

«Sri Lankan fishers say the mangroves are the roots of the sea,» says the founder of the Small Fishers Federation, Anuradha Wickramasinghe.

A smattering of small fish and crabs mingled outside on a grassy patch of sand.

A development aid worker caught a scene on video where a wave devastated parts of a small fishing village (see Fig. 1).

In a study of small fishing communities, Xavier Basurto, an assistant professor of sustainability science at Duke University and colleagues, show that the coexistence of pro- and anti-sociality in groups may be more common than previously thought, especially for fishers living in marine protected areas.

Two broadly different techniques evolved: simply salting a mass of small fish or fish parts and allowing it to ferment; and salting larger fish lightly, then embedding them in a fermenting mass of rice or other grains, vegetables, or fruits.

The dominance of small fish is partly due to overfishing, which has shifted the range of fish in the seas towards smaller sizes and to smaller species such as plaice and dab.

Fish reared in large groups showed more submissive and less aggressive behaviour to big fish in the group, social behaviour which greatly enhances the survival chances of smaller fish.»

The changes in biomass are worrying, says Michael Hirshfield, chief scientist of the advocacy group Oceana, based in Washington, D.C. Populations of small fish tend to boom and bust — making ecosystems less stable — much more when the ranks of top predators have been gutted.

Based on a previous analysis of mitochondrial DNA, the southernmost group of this small fish diverged from those along the rest of the state between 2 and 4 million years ago.

They say these oscillations are likely due to changes in the feeding behavior of the smaller fish that result from the presence of the introduced predators.

Then there are the almost countless fish, some with the tail of a smaller fish grotesquely hanging out of their mouths.These fossils offer more than beauty: they preserve in wonderful detail early forms of modern birds and mammals, including the first bats in the fossil record, making them vital windows into evolution.

The dangling blobs themselves are harmless, but nearby tentacles are equipped with a battery of potent stinging cells, that make quick work of the small fish.

Limit these types of fish to a couple times a month and focus more on fish such as salmon, trout, and many other types of smaller fish to reduce your mercury load.

Farmed salmon on the other hand are fed on man made food pellets made from a mish mash of feed including a mixture of smaller fish such as whitebait and herring, GMO soy beans, yeast and chicken feathers.

Its diet consists mostly of small fish.

Unfortunately, many of the major networks haven't had a lot of luck with the genre, which is why the idea of a smaller fish like TNT dipping its toes into the sci - fi pool sounded like a disaster waiting to happen.

The Copper Kingdom tells the tale of the times and tribulations of the lives of our ancestors and of the transformation of a small fishing village into one of Wales» most industrious towns of the 18th and 19th centuries.

If you've never been to Amed, this is how to imagine the village — it's really an accumulation of small fishing villages that stretches about 10 km along the north - east coast of Bali.