The Department of Fish and Wildlife manages California's diverse fish, wildlife, and plant resources, and the habitats upon which they depend, for their ecological values and for their use and enjoyment by the public.
The fish language — fish-shell 4.7.1 documentation
This document is a comprehensive overview of fish’s scripting language.
Flukebook
Flukebook helps you study, identify and protect marine mammal populations!
Shellfish & Intertidal Foraging | brad.quest
Shellfish safety hotline: (800) 553-4133 Check the Recreational Bivalve Shellfish Advisory Map before harvesting any bivalves. Clam domoic acid closure info: (831) 649-2883
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Protecting marine and terrestrial ecosystems through scientific research and local community, place-based partnerships
Communicating Pollutants That Threaten Tribal Identities: PFAS Contamination in Local Fish and Shellfish
Indigenous communities that rely on the consumption of local fish and shellfish may have elevated exposures to environmental contaminants, such as PFAS (perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances). Conventional public health communication that focuses on reducing consumption can conflict with cultural identities tied to harvesting local fish. Through a series of focus groups and interviews ( n = 25) and a community-wide survey ( n = 155) among members of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe (Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA), we document the connection between local fish/shellfish consumption and Tribal cultural identity, how PFAS contamination may threaten this identity, and explore how to more effectively communicate health risks to Tribal communities.
Considerations and challenges in support of science and communication of fish consumption advisories for per‐ and polyfluoroalkyl substances
Abstract. Federal, state, tribal, or local entities in the United States issue fish consumption advisories (FCAs) as guidance for safer consumption of loca
Marine Biodiversity Observation Network
A global collaborative initiative contributing to the effective management of marine biodiversity and ecosystem services. A thematic node of GEO BON.
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Researchfish | Illuminate your research impact | Elsevier
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WEBFISHING
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
Birds of a Feather Eat Plastic Together: High Levels of Plastic Ingestion in Great Shearwater Adults and Juveniles Across Their Annual Migratory Cycle
Limited work to date has examined plastic ingestion in highly migratory seabirds like Great Shearwaters (Ardenna gravis) across their entire migratory range. We examined 217 Great Shearwaters obtained from 2008–2019 at multiple locations spanning their yearly migration cycle across the Northwest and South Atlantic to assess accumulation of ingested plastic as well as trends over time and between locations. A total of 2328 plastic fragments were documented in the ventriculus portion of the gastrointestinal tract, with an average of 9 plastic fragments per bird. The mass, count, and frequency of plastic occurrence (FO) varied by location, with higher plastic burdens but lower FO in South Atlantic adults and chicks from the breeding colonies. No fragments of the same size or morphology were found in the primary forage fish prey, the Sand Lance (Ammodytes spp., n = 202) that supports Great Shearwaters in Massachusetts Bay, USA, suggesting the birds directly ingest the bulk of their plastic loads rather than accumulating via trophic transfer. Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy indicated that low- and high-density polyethylene were the most common polymers ingested, within all years and locations. Individuals from the South Atlantic contained a higher proportion of larger plastic items and fragments compared to analogous life stages in the NW Atlantic, possibly due to increased use of remote, pelagic areas subject to reduced inputs of smaller, more diverse, and potentially less buoyant plastics found adjacent to coastal margins. Different signatures of polymer type, size, and category between similar life stages at different locations suggests rapid turnover of ingested plastics commensurate with migratory stage and location, though more empirical evidence is needed to ground truth this hypothesis. This work is the first to comprehensively measure the accumulation of ingested plastics by Great Shearwaters over the last decade and across multiple locations spanning their yearly trans-equatorial migration cycle and underscores their utility as sentinels of plastic pollution in Atlantic ecosystems.
Orca Behavior Institute
The Orca Behavior Institute is a non-profit whale research organization on San Juan Island, Washington. Inspiring conservation of wild killer whales.
Characterizing the Areal Extent of PFAS Contamination in Fish Species Downgradient of AFFF Source Zones
Dataset of targeted PFAS and extractable organofluorine concentrations in water, sediment, and biological tissue samples that support data included in two papers: "Characterizing the Areal Extent of PFAS Contamination in Fish Species Downgradient of AFFF Source Zones" and "Bioaccumulation of Perfluoroalkyl Sulfonamides (FASA)"
PFAS and Precursor Bioaccumulation in Freshwater Recreational Fish: Implications for Fish Advisories
Abstract. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a diverse class of fluorinated anthropogenic chemicals that include perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAA), w
