Fishes in the News

Fishes in the News (FINs): An occasional miscellany of recent stories about fish/fisheries

and their interactions with humans in the mainstream media

Lake trout in Lake Superior declared fully restored by Great Lakes Fishery Commission (GLFC Nov 21, 2024)
Fish-slapping Donald Trump (The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Nov 5, 2024)
Britons' failing grades in fish identification (The Guardian, Sept. 13, 2024)
End of "fish diplomacy" between Bangladesh and India (BBC News, Sept. 10, 2024)
A fish that swims upside down! (New York Times.com, Nov. 2023)
Raining fishes in Texarkana, USA (CNN.com)
Why does this building look like a fish? (CNN.com)
Otter accused of stealing $125,000 in fish from hotel pond (weather.com, Sept 10, 2023)
One of America's most famous fish is no longer Endangered (AL.com, Aug. 2021).
Fish fins inform materials design (Nextgov Tech, August 2021).
Fish-shaped nanorobotics developed to help deliver medicine in vivo (news.cn, October 19, 2021).
Many seek plant-based fish products as demand for fish set to increase by 50% by 2050. (The New York Times, Sept.20, 2021).

The beauty of fish scales. (US Fish and Wildlife Service, Oct 2019).

Scientists save bear with fish skin and stumbled across game-changing idea. (The New Republic, Jan. 2018).
Houston man catches fish in flooded home. (973TheDawg, Sept. 2017).

Implications of Brexit vote on UK Fishing Industry. (The Telegraph, October 2016).

Guinness to eliminate fish bladder as clarifying agent for its famous beer. (Quartz, November 2015).
Former Conservative Government Sidestepped Protection of Canada's Marine Fishes. (CBC.ca, October 2015).
Manitoba Lake to have first certified sustainable freshwater fishey. (The Toronto Star, July, 2014)
US EPA report points out threats of Pebble Mine development to world's biggest salmon fishery. (Alaska Dispatch, Jan. 2014)
Can a fish promote regime change? "Decandent" pufferfish sculpture causes outrage in China. (The Guardian, Oct. 2013)

Blobfish voted world's "uglist" animal - but with a major caveat! (Smithsonian.com, Sept. 2013)

Vlad the Piscator! Vladimir Putin, camouflage gear and all, (with buddy Medvedev in tow) catches big pike on fishing trip, then shows what a compassionate guy he is by kissing it! (BigLeadSports.com, July 2013).
Judicial Ruling: Environmental Assessment Not Required for Holmes River Hydro Projects (CBC News, May, 2013)
University of Louisiana (Monroe) wins US Intercollegiate fishing title (Wall Street Journal, April 2013) I wonder if they give 'full ride" scholarships?!
Tiger shark steals kayaker's fish ( KSN News, April 2013)
Japanese fish find their way to US coast in tsunami debris (The Washington Post, April 2013).
Water woe's continue for Bay Area fishes (KQED News Blog, March 2013)

BC's beautiful Elk River (and their westslope cutthroat trout), coal mines, and selenium troubles. Unfortunately, a problem that is decades old. (The Missoulan, Mar. 2013)
Pacific salmon named BC "provincial fish(es)". A noble choice. Let's hope it does some good! (CBC News, March 2013)
Fish with a see-through head filmed in natural habitat (National Geographic )
Which came first in fishes - the swim bladder or the lung? (Futurity, Feb. 2013)
Big Fish: Tuna sells for record $1.8 million at Tokyo auction. No wonder agreeing on conservation-based bluefin tuna quotas is so difficult! (Time, Jan. 2013)
Prize money of $1 million dollars at risk for lack of $15 fishing licence after a Hemmingwayesq-sized blue marlin caught (Cape Cod Times, Jan. 2013)
Global warming heats up "mackerel war" between Iceland and the EU (The Georgia Straight, Feb. 2013)
World's rarest fish (The Economist, Jan. 2013)

Ninety-seven percent of Canadians polled consider protecting species-at-risk "important"(Ipsos Reid Poll, Dec. 2012)

European catfish feeding on unwary pigeons! (Earth Times, Dec. 2012)

From bad to worse: Endangered shark species used in shark-fin soup in Vancouver restaurants (The Vancouver Sun, Dec. 2012)

Too much of a good thing? New York Aquarium Fishes Challanged by Hurrican Sandy (The New York Times, Nov. 2012)

Cohen Commission on Fraser River Sockeye Report Released: Curb fish farms, invest more in research, and re-orient priorities of DFO to fish conservation among key recommendations (The Globe and Mail, October 31, 2012).
Leopard Shark Falls from Sky and Lands on California Golf Course (The Telegraph, October 30th, 2012)

Iconic Fish Yet Another Hurdle for Northern Gateway Bituman Pipeline Proposal (Globe and Mail, Sept. 2012)
Giant swordfish eyeball washes up on Florida beach (nbcnews.com, Oct. 2012)

Editorial cartoon on dangers of exotic snakehead (Channa) in Burnaby pond (Arnould, The Georgia Straight, 2012)

Barcoding exposes fish fraud! (Barcode Bulletin, March 2012)

First observation of hagfish slime as a defensive mechanism and hagfish as active predators
Tool-using fish! (UC Santa Cruz news)

Sharks take over Australian golf course (video) (Globe and Mail, Oct 11, 2011)
Alberta's westslope cutthroat trout in trouble (Globe and Mail Aug 5, 2011)

Fishing for lampreys at Willamette R. (Oregon) falls (Globe and Mail. Aug 3, 2011)

After more the 150 years Atlantic Salmon returning to Lake Ontario tributary? (Globe and Mail video Aug 2, 2011)

How "Facebook" saved some ichthyologists (Science, April 2011)

Endangered Bluefin Tuna Quota Cut by only 4% (12/10)

The political storm watch on Fish Lake (09/2010)

Man reportedly catches goldfish as big as a dog (09/2010)

Nineteen Giant "Oarfish" surface in Japan: a sign of earthquakes? (CBC, March 2010)

Deepest live fishes ever found at 7,703 metres (25,272 feet)in Japan Trench! (2010)

Sports fishing in BC generates more $$ than downhill skiing and cruise ships! (Nov. 2009)

First ever baby coelacanth filmed in nature (The Daily Mail, Nov. 2009)

New species of "jellynose" fish from Brazil? (Sept. 2009)

A fish with tubular eyes and a transparent head! (March 2009)

Pack hunting by sailfish on "bait balls" (really amazing!) (Feb. 2009)

Wild Fish Conservancy (Northwest) Various Fish Videos