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Image credit: Wikimedia Commons Farmed Atlantic salmon make up a popular portion of the more than 110 million ton-farmed fish industry—but a deadly and, until now, mysterious affliction threatens the commercial future of the fish. New research, however, may help researchers save Atlantic salmon on farms and in the wild….Read the full story on TreeHugger

Photo via ezioman The title of a new report from the New Economics Foundation says it all: Fish Dependence: The Increasing Reliance of the EU on Fish from Elsewhere. There are very few places left on the planet where fishing is sustainably done, but Europe is showing some real signs that their industry is going [...]

The Fish House integrates the built and natural environment via breezy natural ventilation, abundant natural light, a curved roof clothed in thin-film solar panels, a green roof/leisure area, and more. To read the rest of the story, please visit EarthTechling.

Image via Gizmodo It never hurts to have a little of the weird mixed in to your Friday reading, and this certainly fits the bill. For those of us tired of the classic goldfish tank, there’s a new option to hook the tanks up to our stereo systems and listen as the fish make five-part [...]

Credit: CSIRO These fish, pardon the pun, need a hand. There are 14 species of fish with hand-like fins. And nine are in danger of extinction. Don’t you hate it when you discover something amazing, only to find out that it’s almost gone? …Read the full story on TreeHugger

The blind Brazilian blind characid is related to tetras and piranha. Image credit: Dr. Cristiano Moreira, Federal University of Sao Paulo In 1962 a strange blind fish was captured in a communal water well in Minas Gerais, Brazil. Ichthyologists identified it as a new species of Characiformes, an order that includes tetras and piranhas, but [...]

My husband loves sushi, but given the fact that I don’t really like fish that much, raw fish is just a step too far for me. On the other hand, I really like the seasoning of much of Japanese cooking. So when Rebecca Vandevelde said she was going to make us some inari sushi it [...]

Photos via National Geographic I was going to say this fish has a face that only a mother could love, but chances are she just laid some eggs and got the hell out of there. But it turns out that this fish, a “longhead dreamer” anglerfish, is not alone when it comes to <a href="http://www.treehugger.com/gal…Read [...]

This is a Snakehead fish, but you can just call him “Fishzilla.” Australia has long battled with all sorts of harmful, invasive species–and wildlife authorities are concerned that they may soon be facing a new threat from what may be one of meanest-looking of unwelcome guests. The culprit is a particularly troublesome creature called the [...]

photo: J. Novak Fish farming has become a reality within an industry that over fished its way through global fish stocks at a remarkable rate. According to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization, 75 percent of the world’s fisheries are now either overexploited, fully exploited, significantly depleted, or recovering from overexploitation. And Hawaii is no [...]