Fish in
the
News.
Each
week the
Bailey
Brothers
start
the Pet
Fish
Talk
Show
with
some fun
and
interesting
stories
about
fish in
the
news.
Sperm Whales
are being electronically tagged to learn more about how they feed on Jumbo Squids.
Jumbo
Squids
are also being electronically tagged, so their behaviors can be studied at the same time.
Celestial Pearl Danios, male above and female below, were first found in August 2006, and could now be nearing extinction.
Submarine model that is being used to test an artificial lateral line like those found in fish.
In Port
Elizabeth,
South
Africa,
Moorish
Idols
are now Abundant!
LARGE
numbers
of
Moorish
Idols, a
colorful
tropical
fish,
have
congregated
in rock
pools
west of
Port
Elizabeth,
sparking
debate
about
the
reason
for
their
arrival
and
whether
it is
linked
to
climate
change.
Aquarist
Steve
Warren
said,
"...
about 30
were
spotted
in one
gully
alone
... I
have
introduced
54 new
ones to
our tank
in the
past two
weeks.”
...
Dramatically
banded
in
yellow
and
black,
it has a
tubular
snout
and an
elongated
sickle-shaped
crest
extending
from its
dorsal
fin,
giving
rise to
its
Latin
name
Zanclus
cornutus,
meaning
crowned
scythe.
Moorish
idols
are
popular
aquarium
fish but
are
notorious
for
their
short
aquarium
lifespan.
They
need
relatively
big
areas
and
plenty
of
algae,
sponge
and
invertebrates
to eat.
Click
here
to read
more.
In
Mexico
Squids
and
Sperm
Whales
tagged
for
study.
For the
first
time
ever,
researchers
have
electronically
tagged
sperm
whales
and
jumbo
squid
swimming
together
off
Mexico's
Pacific
Coast to
learn
more
about
how the
giant
creatures
hunt and
feed.
It's
probably
the only
time
tracking
devices
have
been
applied
simultaneously
in the
same
waters
to
deep-diving
predators
and
their
prey.
Click
here
to read
the
entire
story.
In
Myanmar
A Newly
Discovered
Fish
Faces
Extinction.
Just
months
after
the
discovery
of a
colorful
new
aquarium
fish in
Southeast
Asia,
worldwide
demand
and
intense
exportation
are
already
causing
concern
about
the
survival
of the
species.
The
Celestial
Pearl
Danio
(Celestichthys
margaritatus)
was
first
found in
August
by a
commercial
aquarium-fish
dealer
near the
town of
Hopong
in
Myanmar
(formerly
Burma),
which
neighbors
China
and
Thailand.
Click
here
to read
the
entire
story.
In the
Philippines
Fish
Collectors
now use
PDAs.
Personal
Digital
Assistants
(PDAs)
are
currently
helping
ornamental
fish
collectors
of San
Francisco
town in
Camotes
Island,
Cebu and
Hambongan
Island
off
Inabanga,
Bohol
track
their
shipments
of
tropical
fish.
The
gadgets
also
enable
them to
evaluate
their
packing
and
handling
systems,
So they
can earn
more
from the
colorful,
sometimes
minute,
but
delicate,
marine
fauna,
that
they
collect.
Click
here
to read
more.
In
Monterrey,
California,
A
32-mile
long
Underwater
Cable.
In a
project
that
could
help
usher in
a new,
cost-effective
way to
monitor
the
world's
oceans,
crews
working
with the
Monterey
Bay
Aquarium
Research
Institute,
this
weekend
started
to lay
what
amounts
to a
32-mile-long
extension
cord
that
stretches
from
Moss
Landing
to a
point
nearly
3,000
feet
deep in
the
middle
of
Monterey
Bay.
Known as
the
Monterey
Accelerated
Research
System,
or MARS
Ocean
Observatory,
the $10
million
project
will
allow
scientists
to plug
in their
underwater
video
cameras,
rovers,
earthquake-measuring
devices,
biology
labs and
other
undersea
equipment.
Click
here
to read
more.
Washington,
D.C.,
US Seeks
to Allow
Fish
Farms in
Deep
Ocean
Waters.
Hoping
to grab
a
greater
share of
the 70
billion
dollar
aquaculture
market,
the Bush
administration
wants to
allow
ocean
farming
for
shellfish,
salmon
and
saltwater
species
in
federal
waters
for the
first
time. A
plan
being
announced
Monday
by
Commerce
Secretary
Carlos
Gutierrez
would
let
companies
operate
fish
farms
three
miles to
200
miles
offshore.
The
farms
would
not have
to
follow
some of
the
rules on
size,
season
and
harvest
methods
that
apply to
other
commercial
fishermen.
Fish
farms
already
operate
on
inland
and
coastal
waters
as far
as three
miles
into the
ocean,
which
fall
under
state
jurisdiction.
Environmental
concerns
have
arisen
about
wastewater
generated
by such
operations.
Gutierrez,
however,
says the
administration's
proposal
has
safeguards
and
would
permit
states
to ban
fish
farming
up to 12
miles
off
their
coast.
Click
here
for
more.
In
Illinois
Submarines
Get
Fish-like
Sensors.
Thanks
to a row
of
sensory
organs
along
their
sides,
fish can
avoid
obstacles,
swim in
schools
and seek
prey,
even in
dark
water.
Now,
inspired
by those
"lateral
lines,"
researchers
have
developed
an array
of
artificial
sensors
for
underwater
vehicles.
Equipped
with an
artificial
lateral
line, a
submarine
or
submersible
robot
could
potentially
move
through
the
water
like a
fish,
detecting
targets
and
avoiding
collisions.
"We are
trying
to
develop
a new
type of
sensor
for subs
that can
detect
underwater
events,
currents
and
obstacles
without
conventional
sonar
and
lights,"
said
Chang
Liu,
professor
of
electrical
and
computer
engineering
at the
University
of
Illinois,
Urbana-Champaign.
Click
here
to read
the
original
story.
Te
Papa,
New
Zeeland,
Fishing
Vessel
Catches
largest
Colossal
Squid.
The
colossal
squid
was
caught
by a New
Zealand
fishing
vessel,
owned by
Sanford
Ltd, in
the Ross
Sea in
early
February.
It was
carefully
brought
on board
the
vessel
and
frozen
in the
ship’s
hold.
Prior to
its
transfer
to Te
Papa, it
was
stored
in
Sanford’s
Timaru
depot.
Click
here
to read
more.
In the
Pacific
Ocean
How
Sperm
Whales
hunt
Jumbo
Squid.
In the
cold,
dark
abyss of
the
Pacific
lurk
thousands
of Jumbo
Squid,
aggressive
carnivores
up to
six feet
long and
100
pounds
nicknamed
"red
devils"
by
fishermen.
Still,
even
these
creatures
can
become
prey to
leviathans.
The
largest
predators
in the
world,
sperm
whales,
have a
voracious
appetite
for
squid,
devouring
perhaps
220
billion
pounds a
year or
more,
roughly
equivalent
to the
entire
annual
harvest
of all
the
commercial
fisheries
on
Earth.
Yet how
sperm
whales
hunt
jumbo
squid
has
remained
a
mystery.
Click
here
to read
more.
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