Posts Tagged ‘prey’

Sardines and Anchovy: Prey Species on Your Plate

Posted on March 7, 2009, 2:29 am, by Sarah, under conservation, marine mammals, sustainable seafood.

Oceana has brilliantly proposed a single question in their newest report Hungry Oceans: “What happens when the prey species are gone?” While most ocean conservationists are taking a serious look at the impact commerical fishing is having on the large predatory fish (like say bluefin tuna) we’ve forgotten that many of the largest fisheries [...]

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Patterns of Baitballing

Posted on January 2, 2009, 3:20 pm, by Sarah, under conservation.

Hundreds of ocean predators take advantage of a natural tendency of swarms to coalesce and to behave as a large synchronized group despite a lack of higher ordered thought or direction.  Steven Strogatz gave a beautiful presentation about this natural patterning in fireflies, swallows, and so many schools of fish, particularly as they evade predators.  [...]

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