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11/23/2008
Correction: A Seafood Snob Ponders the Future of Fish (New York Times)
An article last Sunday about threats to the world?s fisheries referred incorrectly to the amount of nutrients and fecal matter released by a salmon farm with 200,000 fish. It is roughly equivalent to the amount that would be produced by 60,000 people, not 600,000 people.
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11/23/2008
Fluorescence Used To Develop Method For Detecting Mercury In Fish (Science Daily)
Researchers have developed a simple and quick method for detecting mercury in fish and dental samples, two substances at the center of public concern about mercury contamination. The technique involves a fluorescent substance that glows bright green when it comes into contact with oxidized mercury.
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11/23/2008
Author fascinated by state's lesser-known fish (Pioneer Press)
Former St. Paul resident Tom Dickson has always been fascinated by fish, especially lesser-known species. His recent book, "The Great Minnesota Fish Book" ($34.95, University of Minnesota Press) is a fascinating and nearly encyclopedic tome of Minnesota's fish species. Now living in Helena, Mont., Dickson was a staff writer for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources from 1987 to 2001. ...
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11/23/2008
Fish more expensive (The New Straits Times)
KUALA TERENGGANU: The price of fresh fish in the state has increased as many fishermen had not gone out due to rough seas in the past few days. South Kuala Terengganu Fishermen Association chairman Hasan Ismail said the price of fish had increased between RM3 and RM4 per kilogramme.
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11/23/2008
Frying Fish for B.I.G. Love (KTRE Lufkin and Nacogdoches)
South Nacogdoches County Volunteer Fire Department held a fish fry to raise funds and collect toys for the "B-I-G Love Cancer Care Toy Box."
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11/23/2008
Taste test: Area Long John Silvers testing the market for fish tacos, grilled items (Johnson City Press)
If fish tacos play at Tri-Cities Long John Silvers restaurants — and the man behind the idea thinks they will — they’ll eventually be part of a sea change at the national chain that also includes introduction of a grilled seafood menu.
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11/22/2008
Fish passage barrier survey results presented (Lebanon Express)
An Oregon State University graduate student will present the results of a fish passage barrier assessment at the South Santiam Watershed Council meeting at 6 p.m. on Nov. 19 at the Lebanon Senior Center.
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11/22/2008
VARIETY OF FISH BROUGHT TO LOCAL FILLET TABLES (Curry Coastal Pilot)
Dead fish tell many tails. As Brian Bullock, writer extraordinaire and former Curry Coastal Pilot reporter once told me, you could write an accurate and enthusiastic high school baseball article never having even been to the game. All you need as an accurate stat report.
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11/22/2008
Drastic increase in price of fresh fish due to rough seas (The New Straits Times)
The price of fresh fish in Terengganu has increased drastically as many fishermen are staying put on land due to rough seas since the past few days.
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11/22/2008
Plan in place to eliminate fish from Wright County lake (Monticello Times)
Minnesota has more than 10,000 lakes and, when people think of lake activity, having fish in them seems like one of the top priorities. However, at the Aug. 12 meeting of the Wright County Board of Commissioners, the board was proposed with a plan that would eliminate fish from it altogether.
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  • Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Species coding system for aquatic organisms in the Australian region. Includes standard English names for Australian fishes.
  • The Cyclostomes: Class Agnatha - Outlines the characteristics of this class of primitive jawless vertebrates which comprises the hagfishes and lampreys.
  • Discover Life - Fish - Checklists, images, and identification guides for world fish.
  • East Coast Fish-Watch Project - Designed to help people to learn more about South Africa's marine fishes and how to identify them.
  • Find a Fish - Australian Museum collection of factsheets on fish species. Listed by scientific or common name, or search the database.
  • Fish - Information from Wikipedia on the classification, anatomy, respiration and general biology of fish, and other aspects of their life.
  • Fish - Information on this paraphyletic collection of taxa.
  • Fish, A Quick Course on Ichthyology - Basic introduction to fish biology, by Odyssey Expeditions Tropical Marine Biology Voyages. Covers taxonomy, anatomy, reproduction, schooling behavior, how fish swim, how fish sense, and thermal strategies.
  • Fish Classification: The Classes of Fishes - List of all classes, orders, families, and genera of fish.
  • Fish FAQ - Fascinating facts about fish from U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service Northeast Fisheries Science Center.
  • FishBase - Searchable global database containing information on 25,585 species (110,000 common names), 71,000 synonyms, 28,000 photos, and 21,000 references.
  • Fishes of Canada: Annotated Checklist - Attempts to provide a definitive listing of the scientific, English and French names of all Canadian fishes.
  • Freshwater Fishes of Iran - A searchable database providing descriptions and illustrations of species found in Iran.
  • Freshwater fishes of Iraq - A searchable database providing descriptions and illustrations of species found in Iraq.
  • Gray's Reef Fish Guide - An illustrated guide to the fishes of Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary off the coast of Georgia, USA.
  • Hazardous Mediterranean Fish - An illustrated guide by the late Dr. Louis Zammit, M.D.
  • Key to the Fishes of Puget Sound - Identification key and guide to all families of fishes in Puget Sound (Washington, USA).
  • Marine Fish Fauna in Hong Kong Waters - The first fish Internet database in Hong Kong.
  • National Collection of Fishes - With roughly 19,000 specimens, this is one of the world's largest fish collections and is located part in Washington, DC, and part in Suitland, Maryland.
  • Native Fish Photo Gallery - Images of fish native to the north-central United States.
  • Neotropical Fish Image Gallery - Collections of photographs of fish species found in the tropical regions of the Americas.
  • North American Freshwater Fish - Images, distribution maps and other data on North American freshwater fish.
  • Orðabók 7 - English index to nine-language fish common name dictionary. Find out what a particular fish is called in up to nine other languages. Also includes scientific names.
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