Sentences with phrase «predatory ocean fish»

The coal industry downplays the serious threat of mercury in our food chain (particularly in predatory ocean fish like swordfish and tuna), by saying that there's more «naturally - occurring» mercury in our oceans and rivers so their mercury emissions couldn't possibly be harming Americans.

Other sources of mercury include coal - burning industrial plants, large predatory ocean fish, river fish, and dental amalgams.

In the 2007 outbreak, nine people fell ill due to ciguatera fish poisoning (CFP), which can occur after consuming predatory ocean fish — such as barracuda, amberjack, red snapper, and grouper — that have eaten contaminated plant - eating fish.

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But with climate change ripping away the ice shield protecting the ocean, vast stores of mineral and hydrocarbon wealth — and maybe fish stocks too — are becoming exposed to humanity's most predatory instincts.

After getting back in the boat we travel to the ocean edge passing wide sandy flats where rays, predatory birds, and many fish are found.

The university reports, «Over a six - year period, researchers investigated the stomach contents of 595 fish representing 10 predatory open - ocean species, including commercially valuable tunas and billfishes.

Such is the desperate status of the lionfish wars, an invasion of this predatory fish from the Pacific Ocean into the Bahamas and Caribbean region that threatens everything from coral reef ecosystems to the local economies, which are based on fishing and tourism.