We're going to need a bigger bowl! Fisherman catches massive 30lb 'goldfish'
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It might look like an enormously generous fairground prize. But no goldfish bowl in the world could contain this catch. The orange koi carp weighs 30lb - the same as an average three-year-old girl - and is thought to be one of the largest of its kind ever captured.
Published on Wednesday 8th of September 2010 04:03:03 PM
Dead Fish Washing Up On NJ's Delaware Bay Beaches
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MIDDLE TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) ― Tens of thousands of dead fish have washed ashore along the Delaware Bay in southern New Jersey. State environmental and wildlife officials say it's not yet clear what killed the fish, which appear to exclusively small menhaden, also known as peanut bunker.
Published on Wednesday 8th of September 2010 04:03:03 PM
What In The World is This Animal In Bloomfield Township
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((MyFoxDetroit.com Staff)) - Do you know what this is? Joel from Bloomfield Township says this animal started showing up in his backyard yesterday. He took a few photos and sent them to us to help identify the animal. Please scroll through them. We've sent them off to Veterinarian but until we hear back, what's your call? Add your ideas in the comment box below. We'll post the answers from the experts once we get them. See if you're right. UPDATE: Some quick research has our staff thinking it's a mangy fox or a coyote. Still, what do you think? (Slide...
Published on Wednesday 8th of September 2010 04:03:03 PM
N.J.'s oyster industry faces shutdown if federal health requirements not met
Posted by admin / Under Fish And Game New Zealand
New Jersey faces a potential shutdown of its $790 million oyster, clam and mussel harvest if federally-mandated health inspections and coastal patrols are not improved this summer, according to state and federal authorities. How the state responds over the next few months to federal requirements geared toward preventing outbreaks of illness from contaminated shellfish is crucial to the mollusk industry, said officials from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The FDA contends the state Department of Health and Senior Services failed to conduct adequate inspections in 2008 and 2009 at plants that process the mollusks hauled in by small, commercial...
Published on Wednesday 8th of September 2010 04:03:03 PM
Doomed fish at ruined lake going down well as gator aid
Posted by admin / Under Fish And Game New Zealand
The fish that remain in what's left of Tempe Town Lake face certain death, so they'll be scooped out and tossed into the snapping jaws of alligators. The city showed off its lake-cleanup plan Friday by trotting out a 6-foot gator that is one of many creatures to benefit from the lake going bust. Several animal-rescue groups will use the fish to feed alligators, turtles, birds of prey and other recovered animals that feast on flesh. The city wants the fish removed before they die, or soon enough after they expire that they can safely be used as food. Other...
Published on Wednesday 8th of September 2010 04:03:03 PM
Got Hemorrhoids? Blame Your Inner Fish
Posted by admin / Under Fish And Game New Zealand
In part one of NPR's new series about human origins, “The Human Edge,” I look at how much of what makes humans human has actually been borrowed from much simpler creatures. For example, single celled organisms called eukaryotes figured out sex a billion years before humans did. But evolution has its drawbacks – like hemorrhoids. Evolutionary biologist Neil Shubin of the University of Chicago has written extensively about the debt humans owe other creatures. He has a popular book on the topic: Your Inner Fish. One of his claims to fame is that he discovered Tiktaalik, a fish that sports...
Published on Wednesday 8th of September 2010 04:03:03 PM
Giant, leaping Asian carp threaten US Great Lakes
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CHICAGO (AFP) – Huge Asian carp, which act like "aquatic vacuum cleaners" and leap into the air when spooked by motorboats, may have invaded the US Great Lakes despite a massive effort to block them, officials said Tuesday. Researchers analyzing water samples have discovered fragments of Asian carp DNA in Lake Michigan, although there is still no evidence that that fast-breeding fish have breached electric barriers set up along Chicago-area waterways. "Clearly this is not good news," said Major General John Peabody, commanding general of the US Army Corps of Engineers' Great Lakes and Ohio River division. The Corps is...
Published on Wednesday 8th of September 2010 04:03:03 PM
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