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.
The Finding Nemo Project is expected to have wide implications for reef research.
This Mayan Cichlid
is native to the Yucatan in Mexico and to Central America.
A New Species
of Coral Found Off the Coast of Oman
At 28 feet high,
the Kelp Forest in the Monterey Bay Aquarium is one of the tallest aquarium exhibits in the world.
Plankton Blooms
350 Miles West of the Galápagos Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
Megamouth Shark when first discovered in 1976, new shark family, genus, and species names had to be created.
Many Amphibians, such as this South American Red-Eyed Tree Frog, face decline, researchers warn.
In
Papua
New
Guinea
The Finding Nemo Project Protects Fish Populations.
A research project has found that more than half of all clownfish
return to where they were born after being swept out to sea. Scientists from north Queensland and France worked together
at reefs off Papua New Guinea, using a new way to track adult clownfish and their offspring. Research leader Dr. Glenn
Almany says the research technique was also tested on butterfly fish and will be trialed later this year on coral trout
off Great Keppel Island. "We're fairly confident that our technique can be widely applied to a huge variety of species
in the sea incrementally, then we can gain more knowledge about patterns of movement in between populations," he said.
"That's going to enable us to make some important management decisions about how to best protect and conserve these fish
populations." Dr. Almany says the 'Finding Nemo' project will have wide implications for reef research. Click
here
to read
more.
Yucatan,
Mexico,
and
Central
America
Where
the
Beautiful
Mayan
Cichlid
Species
Lives.
The Mayan cichlid is native to the Central American Atlantic slope waters of southeastern
Mexico (including the Yucatán Peninsula), Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. The original type specimen came
from Lake Petén in Guatemala. Non-indigenous populations of Mayan cichlids, first reported in 1983, are now well
established in portions of Florida Bay and the Everglades in southern Florida, USA. Click
here
to read
more.
In the
Middle
East
A
New
Coral
Species
Discovered
Off the
Coast of
Oman.
Two new species of coral have been discovered off the Omani coast, as well as
other existing coral species that had previously not been known to live in the area. There are now estimated to be
approximately 130 species of coral off the coast of Oman, much more than was formerly thought to subsist in the region.
Scientists believe there are probably at least twenty more species yet to be discovered, possibly including five more
new to science. Click
here
to read
more.
Monterey
Bay,
California
One of
the
World's
Tallest Aquarium
Exhibits.
At the Monterey Bay Aquarium in Monterey, California, The Living Kelp Forest Aquarium looks so natural
you may think you're looking through a window into the bay. Sardines, leopard sharks, wolf-eels and a host of other
fishes weave among the fronds of kelp, just as they do in the wild. The exhibit opens to the sky and the light streaming
through the amber fronds helps the kelp grow more than 4 inches a day. In this forest, kelp is king! Click
here
to read
more.
350
Miles
West of
the
Galápagos
Islands
How
a Surge in
Plankton
may be
the
Savior
of
Mankind.
The first commercial venture into growing vast plankton blooms big enough to suck carbon from the
atmosphere starts this month. Tons of powdered iron will be poured into the Pacific to induce the growth of blooms big
enough to be seen from space. The scheme’s backers believe that the iron seeding technique could radically reduce the
carbon in the atmosphere and will open up a multimillion-pound carbon-offsetting industry. Simultaneously, they hope to
reverse the decline in plankton levels, which are estimated to have fallen by at least 9 per cent in the past two
decades.
Click
here
to read
more.
Deep in the
Oceans
of the
World
Where
the
Megamouth
Sharks
were Discovered
in 1976.
Although only 37 confirmed sightings of Megamouth sharks are reported, this species is now known from
Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic Oceans. As with the two other filter-feeding sharks, the basking, and whale sharks, this
species is wide-ranging. However, the Megamouth is considered to be less active and a poorer swimmer than the basking or
whale sharks. Poor mobility likely is a reflection of its flabby body, soft fins, asymmetrical tail, lack of keels and
weak calcification. There are conflicting hypotheses regarding the evolutionary relationships between the Megamouth
Sharks and other sharks.
Click
here
to read
more.
Throughout
the
World
Amphibians
Losing
Race
with
Environmental
Change.
Even though they had the ability to evolve and survive for hundreds of millions of years - since before
the time of the dinosaurs and through many climatic regimes - the massive, worldwide decline of amphibians can best be
understood by their inability to keep pace with the current rate of global change, a new study suggests. Click
here
to read
more.
In Idaho
An
Outbreak
of Ich
Kills
250,000
Trout at
a Fish
Hatchery.
About
250,000
rainbow
trout
died in
a sudden
disease
outbreak
at a
southwestern
Idaho
fish
hatchery,
a loss
of about
8
percent
of
Idaho's
annual
output
of
catchable-sized
trout.
It was
the
second
such
outbreak
of
ichthyophthirius
multifilis
in as
many
years at
the
state
Department
of Fish
and Game
hatchery
in
Nampa.
Officials
say it
likely
resulted
when
stress
from
overcrowding
weakened
the
fish,
making
them
more
susceptible
to the
parasite.
Click
here
to read
more.
Special
thanks
to Jay
from
Evansville,
Indiana,
for
sending
us the
link to
this
story.
A Big Sincere Thank-you
for calling during the show to
Jay from Evansville, Indiana,
Mike from Missouri, and
Evan from Colorado.
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