For hundreds of years, young African penguins came of age by travelling long distances to southern Angola and South Africa’s Western Cape in search of food. Certain signs, like lower sea surface temperatures and higher chlorophyll concentrations, have reliably led young penguins to areas abundant in anchovies and sardines. But recent changes in climate and […]
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Seafood consumption 15 times higher in Indigenous communities than national average
For the first time ever, a global analysis has the numbers to demonstrate the importance of seafood to the diet and culture of Indigenous people. Authors estimate that members of coastal Indigenous communities, on average, consume 15 times more seafood per person than non-Indigenous people in the same country. The study collected data from 1900 […]
Overlapping fishing zones could be placing strain on oceanic sharks
Overlap in the ranges of sharks and fishing vessels is placing oceanic shark species at risk from overfishing say researchers. By monitoring the ranges of eight species of oceanic sharks by satellite, and tracking two fleets of longline fishing vessels over several years, researchers found about 80 per cent of the range of oceanic sharks […]
