Scientists have a better understanding of fish capable of living in highly saline estuaries following an in-depth study of the Leschenault Estuary in south-western Australia. A group at the Centre for ...

A study spanning nearly four decades paints a clear picture of the transformation of fish communities in the Elbe estuary. Researchers at the Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change ...

Tourists on the Wild Coast of South Africa have been stopping in their tracks at the sight of hundreds of huge silver fish turning in tight circles in water barely deep enough to cover them. For years ...

A comprehensive study of a major California estuary has documented the links between nutrient runoff from coastal land use, the health of the estuary as a nursery for young fish, and the abundance of ...

In the Puget Sound region, reopening abandoned agricultural land back to nature will allow young salmon, steelhead, and other fish species room to access their historical habitats. For decades, human ...

STATSBURG, N..Y. — The 13th annual “Great Hudson River Estuary Fish Count” will take place at multiple sites along the banks and piers of the Hudson River on Saturday, Aug. 10, according to the state ...

Striped bass in the San Francisco Estuary are contaminated before birth with a toxic mix of pesticides, industrial chemicals and flame retardants that their mothers acquire from estuary waters and ...

Conservation partners, including NOAA Fisheries, have created new guidelines for monitoring fish and habitat in wetlands throughout the San Francisco Bay Estuary. They will improve scientific ...

While most commercial fishing occurs at sea, the seafood on our plates does not often start in the big blue ocean - it starts where the rivers meet the sea. The special places where freshwater rivers ...

A continental-scale analysis of five U.S. estuaries finds that urbanized systems showed unexpectedly high resistance to ...

Ocean life is largely hidden from view. Monitoring what lives where is costly – typically requiring big boats, big nets, skilled personnel and plenty of time. An emerging technology using what’s ...

An aerial view shows farm lands directly adjacent to Elkhorn Slough. (Photo by Keith Ellenbogen) Elkhorn Slough serves as a nursery ground for juvenile English sole . (Photo by Kirsten Ramey, ...