Fish

Cormorant fishermen use sea cormorants to catch sweetfish on October 9th, 2018, in Gifu, Japan.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

New research finds that the biomass of the entire fish community was nearly 50 percent larger around the rat-free islands.

• By John C. Cannon

Lionfish are non-native invaders introduced to Florida waters 30 years ago that have since proliferated to pestilent levels and unleashed an ecological crisis that is only getting worse

• By Alastair Bland

A new study finds coral reefs are sounding less like suitable homes to baby fish.

• By Rebecca Worby

A recent study out of Malaysia illustrates that even responsible logging practices severely harm local fish populations.

• By Morgan Erickson-Davis

The fish, called O'opu, have developed the ingenious ability to climb hundreds of feet up the side of waterfalls in order to breed.

• By Alison Nugent

Researchers in Tokyo discovered a strain of herpes contained in a "jumping gene" found in fish and humans—the implications are still unknown.

• By Dan Samorodnitsky

Taste the rainbow trout.

• By Susan Cosier

Spending time observing an aquarium leads to improvements in mood and reductions in heart rate.

• By Zazie Todd

The Lacey Act, a 115-year-old law that seeks to protect threatened species, is still going strong.

• By Lauren Kirchner

• By Tom Jacobs

On land, the fastest-growing animals can adapt quickly to changing environments, but the same advantage doesn't carry over into marine ecosystems.

• By Kate Wheeling

New research finds just the implication of aquatic life has an effect, but more sea creatures produce a greater impact.

• By Tom Jacobs

Toshio Katsukawa is working to get the Japanese to eat only fish whose populations aren’t endangered.

• By Bonnie Tsui

Consumers are increasingly getting to know their local fish—and fishermen—through companies that cut out the middleman.

• By Alisa Opar

Protecting the fish that graze among coral reefs could be one way to save ourselves from rising seas.

• By John Upton

Pteropods need shells, but growing them can be difficult when the oceans are full of acid.

• By John Upton

As some of the world's top seafood consumers, Americans funnel billions of dollars a year to a shady network of exploitative fish launderers.

• By John Upton

And the extra pollution that comes with them.

• By Ryan Jacobs