Wednesday, October 30, 2013 at 8:47AM The smallest fish in the world are the Pygmy Goby and the Luzon Goby, they are only one-half of an inch long when they are fully grown. Gobies are mostly found in shallow marine habitats, including coral reefs, and tide pools.
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Monday, October 28, 2013 at 12:48PM Wahoo is a cousin of mackerel and is found in warm oceans around the world. In the Atlantic, they’re harvested commercially in hook-and-line fisheries along the Atlantic coast and Gulf of Mexico. Most wahoo in the U.S. market is harvested in the Pacific and landed in Hawaii, where the fish is called “ono,” meaning “good to eat.”
"While wahoo is believed to be abundant and can support a high rate of harvest, managers have adopted a precautionary approach to managing these fisheries. Recognizing the significant importance of wahoo to the recreational fishing community in the Atlantic and Gulf, managers seek to maintain the current harvest levels of wahoo and ensure that no new fisheries develop to preserve the historical and current allocation of the resource between recreational and commercial fishermen."
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Friday, October 25, 2013 at 11:17AM That the blue whale, the largest animal to have ever existed, is 96 feet long and weights 125 tons. This is as much as 4 large dinosaurs (Brontosauri), 23 elephants, 230 cows or 1800 men!
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Wednesday, October 23, 2013 at 9:52AM Haddock is a close relative of cod and the two fish look very similar. This whitefish is distinguished from cod by a dark lateral line running on its side and a distinctive dark patch or “thumbprint” mark above the pectoral fin. Haddock also has a whisker on its chin similar to cod but is much smaller. It is almost impossible to tell the two fish apart. Haddock is fished on both sides of the North Atlantic and unlike cod and polluck, there is no equivalent Pacific species. Although haddock reaches 20 pounds or more, few fish over 5 pounds and 24 inches are caught.
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Thursday, July 11, 2013 at 11:03AM According to the experts, yes, we should because of the constant changing of our climate. The warmer oceans and fewer predators (less regulation on halibut, hake, etc.) are creating much larger lobster populations.
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