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Un pescador de una pesquería a pequeña escala de Honduras se embarca en una excursión de pesca.

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Medidas Inteligentes Rastrea las Presiones de Pesca

A blue parrotfish hides among coral.

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Tough Teeth and Parrotfish Poop

On coral reefs fish are important links in the food chain that sustains higher-order predators (including humans) and keeps everything in balance.

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Fish Get Risky Around Oil

A tornado of sardines swirls around diver and photographer Erwin Poliakoff in the Philippines.

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Why the Littlest Fish Matter a Whole Lot

A school of akule (Hawaiian for bigeye scad) explode into a camera's frame.

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Following the Akule

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On coral reefs fish are important links in the food chain that sustains higher-order predators (including humans) and keeps everything in balance.

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Fish Get Risky Around Oil

A screenshot from the video showing a school of swimming fish.

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Bite Size: Bull Shark Predation of Tarpon

Seven of the newly discovered Starksia blennies, small fish with elongated bodies

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Scientists Discover Seven New Species of Fish

Master carver Douglas Chilton rides in the Raven Spirit canoe at its ceremonial launch.

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The Sant Ocean Hall: Salmon Shape a Way of Life

a blue larval fish with fanning spines

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Blackwater Divers Illuminate Sea Life at Night

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Meet the Tiny Bacteria That Give Anglerfishes Their Spooky Glow

A red deep-sea fish specimen.

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The Whalefish Mystery

A large black grouper swims amidst coral.

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Protecting the Most Vulnerable Fish After an Oil Spill

The Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structure was developed to help scientists study coral reef diversity and have now been adopted broadly to study diversity around the world.

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Uncovering Biodiversity… with ARMS and a Submarine Claw

Grey reef sharks are among the most versatile and tough predators on a Pacific coral reef, but they are also among the most vulnerable species, as they are threatened by wasteful fishing practices like shark finning.

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Where the Shark and the Snapper Roam

A woman stands holding a white tray that displays lionfish jewelry.

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When Life Gives You Lionfish…

An image of a cell phone displaying the Fish App.

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There’s an App for That: Using Phones to Help Make Fishing Sustainable