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Fish on Prozac Are Violent And Obsessive | | | Share on reddit Reddit | Share on digg Digg | Share on stumbleupon Stumble | Share on email Email | More Sharing Services More Photo: USFWS Prozac’s host of side effects aren’t just limited to depressed humans. Fish, too, suffer when the drug washes into their streams, rivers and lakes. When people excrete Prozac’s active ingredient, fluoxetine, in their urine, the chemical finds paths into natural waterways through sewage treatment plants that are unequipped to filter it out. When male fish ingest the drug, it seemingly alters their minds to the point of dysfunction and even destruction. Nature News reports : To investigate the effects of fluoxetine, researchers have turned to a common US freshwater fish species called the fathead minnow ( Pimephales promelas ). Normally, fathead minnows show a complex mating behaviour, with males building the nests that females visit to lay their eggs. Once the eggs are laid and fertilized, the males ...

Small fish, big opportunity - KansasCity.com Small fish, big opportunity By PETER BAKER AND PAUL SHIVELY By PETER BAKER AND PAUL SHIVELY Updated: 2012-10-25T12:10:40Z   Sometimes the environmental challenges facing our oceans seem so large that it's hard to know where to start solving them. Changes in climate, degradation of habitat and rising demand to feed an ever-growing world population are just a few of the daunting ocean-related problems our nation faces. Over the past several months, however, a collection of conservationists, anglers and others have come together to urge federal policymakers to safeguard the array of species that serve as the foundation for a healthy marine ecosystem. And, to their credit, regional fishery managers on both coasts heeded the message these advocates delivered: If we want to protect the oceans, it makes sense to start small. Species such as menhaden, sardines and herring - commonly known as forage fish - are the lifeb...

U.S. seafood catch at 17-year high Last year's increase, up 23% by weight over 2010 levels, is evidence that fish populations are rebuilding. Still, a number of fisheries remain in trouble. Comments 0 Email Share Associated Press AP September 20, 2012 The U.S. seafood catch reached a 17-year high last year, with all fishing regions of the country showing increases in both the volume and value of their harvests. Commercial fishermen last year caught 10.1 billion pounds of fish and shellfish valued at a record $5.3 billion, according to a report by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration . That's a 23% increase in catch by weight and a 17% increase in value over 2010. New Bedford, Mass., was the highest-valued port for the 12th straight year, largely because of its scallop fishery. The increases are evidence that fish populati...

Thursday, September 20, 2012 Scallopers facing 30 percent catch reduction in each of the next two years | SouthCoastToday.com Scallopers facing 30 percent catch reduction in each of the next two years | SouthCoastToday.com NEW BEDFORD — The scallop catch could be cut up to 30 percent in each of the next two years in what fishermen say would be a heavy blow to the industry. Deirdre Boelke, a scallop plan coordinator with the New England Fishery Management Council, said the reductions are needed because fewer full-grown scallops are available for harvest. "The projected catch for 2013 and 2014 is in the neighborhood of 40 million pounds," Boelke told The Standard-Times after a meeting of the council's Scallop Oversight Committee in New Bedford on Tuesday. That's down from just under 57 million pounds in 2011, the latest full-year figures available. "It's a big hit that will affect everyone," said boat owner William Wells of Seaford, Va...

I started writing here over four years ago about seafood and fish and sustainability. The content has sometimes been personal, and at times has also served as a way of letting customers know what wares I am selling. Lets face it at the end of the day I just buy and sell dead fish in boxes. Or is it more than that? With over 20,000 visits and counting to this site I would like to believe that some good information has been shared. I sit here today miles and years removed from many good colleagues back in New York; I remember you all well and sincerely wish you all a joyous and prosperous New Year and a Merry Christmas. Today's challenges are the same as they were those four years ago: secure the last wild food source from points distant, on routes you have little control over to clients that often don't know or don't care about real circumstances that make that desired fish unavailable. So after a brief stint at a position I had the luxury of dressing nice and working the ...

Sysco Makes Seafood Pledge to Marine Stewardship Council - MarketWatch

Sent from my HTC on the Now Network from Sprint! ----- Forwarded message ----- From: "Google Alerts" <googlealerts-noreply@google.com> Date: Mon, Sep 19, 2011 5:31 pm Subject: Google Alert - seafood To: <mbhovey@juno.com> News 10 new results for seafood   Sysco Makes Seafood Pledge to Marine Stewardship Council MarketWatch (press release) HOUSTON, Sep 19, 2011 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) -- Sysco Corporation /quotes/zigman/242525/quotes/nls/syy SYY -1.20% has pledged to assess its current seafood supply and to develop ways to improve the sustainability of its seafood -buying practices and ... See all stories on this topic » Seafood firms fight Labor Dept. ruling The Star Democrat WASHINGTON Seafood industry representatives visited Capitol Hill Wednesday in hopes of changing new US Department of Labor regulations threatening to shut down local businesses. In a press release Tuesday, officials from the Coalition to Save America's ... See all storie...