Thick ice blanketed Rangsdorf Lake in Germany, which is just south of Berlin, this winter which ended up starving the water of oxygen and is responsible for killing more than 300 tonnes of fish. The thick ice, which covered the lake for a long period of time, blocked all sunlight from getting to the water. [...]
If you’ve ever been to San Francisco, chances are you’ve been to Fisherman’s Wharf and stopped off at Pier 39 to check out one of the city’s most famous tourist attractions, the sea lions. Hundreds of sea lions call Pier 39 home, but since last fall the population has decreased dramatically. Sea lions are migratory [...]
The tsunami caused by the 8.8-magnitude earthquake that hit Chile on February 27 has had devastating affects on Chile’s fishing industry. According to Gonzalo Olea, a spokesman for Chile’s National Confederation of Small Fishermen, an estimated 1,000 fishing boats close to shore were destroyed by the tsunami. However, some of the larger ships that service [...]