Sentences with phrase «shellfish populations»

Well, then diminished shellfish populations — overfished even before the spill — may face serious problems for generations to come.

Without large - scale restoration of degraded habitats to make them capable of supporting larger fish and shellfish populations there will be fewer fish in the future and without healthy growing corals there will be fewer beaches or tourism income, affecting all business owners on the island.

The Gulf of Maine coastline, historically home to one of the richest shellfish populations in the U.S., is undergoing a dramatic change, with once - flourishing wild blue mussels all but disappearing, according to a study led by University of California, Irvine ecologists.

However, a new study in eLife has shown that the long - tailed macaques of Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park in Thailand are threatening to drive shellfish populations extinct with their tools.

New York state will spend $ 10 million to boost native shellfish populations on Long Island, an effort Gov. Andrew Cuomo says will help improve local water quality.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has announced a $ 10.4 million effort to improve Long Island's water quality by restoring native shellfish populations.

Decades of runoff and pollution have decimated the local shellfish population and hurt the environment's ability to filter the water, Cuomo said.

Not exact matches

Biologists have long known that toxins produced by algal blooms — exploding populations of minute, marine algae — can accumulate in shellfish that graze on them.

Both Dr. Grizzle and UNH have played a key role in not only improving our understanding of the value of restored and farmed oyster populations in Great Bay and the Northeast, but also in promoting shellfish aquaculture and sharing valuable knowledge and experience with new growers.

Alaskan Native communities that subsist on fish and shellfish in the region only saw some of the dwindled sea life populations regain their pre-spill levels by 2003.

Their plans, instigated by the collapse of fin fish populations and the vulnerable nature of shellfish fisheries in the Clyde, are also being released this week.

The inverse correlation between the number of tool - using macaques, prey size and availability, suggests that predation pressure may be the primary cause of shellfish body size and population on these islands.

The use of stone tools by macaques in Thailand has reduced the size and population density of coastal shellfish; previously it was thought that tool - assisted overharvesting effects resulted uniquely from human activity.

Studies invertebrate larval dispersal, population dynamics and population connectivity with a focus on important shellfish fishery and aquaculture species

For example, the traditional Scottish diet, described in a recent article, was rich in fish liver oils, organ meats, shellfish and fats, thus corroborating the discoveries of Dr. Weston A. Price, who found that emphasis on foods rich in vitamins A and D was universal among primitive populations.

Warming temperatures, changes in precipitation, and more extreme weather are projected to increase populations of disease - carrying vectors like mosquitoes with West Nile Virus and of the types of bacteria and toxic algae that contaminate shellfish and recreational waters for activities like swimming and boating.