Three workers die in Vietnam fish sauce vatSeptember 21st, 2009 HANOI - Three workers at a fish sauce factory suffocated when they entered a fermenting vat and inhaled a toxic gas, Vietnamese press reported Monday. The newspaper Nong Nghiep (Agriculture) reported that Bui Dinh Tuan, 36, had climbed into a fish sauce vat to repair a pipe Saturday morning at the factory where he worked in the coastal town of Cam Ranh.
Aquaculture imposing heavy burden on marine resourcesSeptember 8th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Aquaculture, accounting for half the fish consumed globally, is imposing a heavy burden on marine resources, says a new report. The report attributes the burden to consumption of large amounts of feed derived from wild sea fish.
60yr-old Chinese man fights 17-kg fish for 2hrsJuly 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - A 60-year-old Chinese man fought with a 17 kg fish for two hours to catch it, while he was fishing in a river in Changchun, Jilin province, on Wednesday. He kept on fighting the 1.17-m long fish until it finally gave up.
Humans first ate fish 40,000 years agoJuly 7th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Freshwater fish remains a staple in many regions of the world, but it remains unclear when it became a year-round diet for early humans. A new study led by Erik Trinkaus, anthropology professor at Washington University, St.
Reduce taxes on hilsa fish, say Bangladesh, Indian tradersJuly 3rd, 2009 DHAKA - Bangladesh's exporters have made common ca use with Indian importers to urge Dhaka to reduce taxes on the prized hilsa fish and place it on par with frozen shrimp and other marine products it exports to other countries. Slackening export of Bangladeshi hilsa to India would make way for cheaper hilsa from Myanmar, besides affecting the lives of over 600,000 fisherfolk and traders on both sides, they said at a joint media conference.
Reef fish are 'homebodies', says latest researchJune 22nd, 2009 SYDNEY - Some fish species in Western Australia's Ningaloo Marine Park spend most of their time close to home and stay on the reef rather than travelling significant distances as was previously believed. Since November 2007, scientists from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) have tagged over 300 fish in the Ningaloo area off Western Australia's North West Cape.
World's fish may become extinct within 50 yearsJune 6th, 2009 LONDON - A global documentary has claimed that the world's fish will be extinct by the middle of this century if humans continue to plunder the oceans. Dubbed "An Inconvenient Truth for fish", the two-year global documentary, titled "The End Of The Line", highlights the fact around 75 percent of the world's fish stocks are severely depleted.
10yr-old girl breaks two fishing recordsMay 9th, 2009 LONDON - A 10-year-old girl has broken two fishing records after she reeled in a monster catfish that weighed almost as much as she did. Natalie Carter, who weighs five-stones, spent 45 gruelling minutes under the baking Thailand sun fighting a giant three-and-a-half stone Redtail catfish before getting it to the bank.
Fish get seasick too, says scientistApril 21st, 2009 LONDON - A German researcher has claimed to have solved the mystery that intrigued the science world for decades: hether or not fish get seasick?
Well, according to Dr Reinhold Hilbig, a zoologist from Stutgart, the answer is yes. The boffin studied the effects of weightlessness in water as part of research into how humans are affected in space.
Fish can count - but only up to fourApril 1st, 2009 LONDON - Fish have the limited ability to count directly up to four, say scientists. Christian Agrillo, an experimental psychologist at the university of Padua in Italy, said that it was during a study on North American mosquito fish that their limited mathematical ability was observed.
Now, a 'Fish n Flush' tank for your lavatory!March 20th, 2009 LONDON - Lavatory flush tanks can now hold fish too, thanks to a new type of fish tank. Maker AquaOne has named its extraordinary mini tank 'The Fish n Flush'.
Robotic fish to detect water pollutionMarch 19th, 2009 LONDON - Scientists in the UK have developed robotic fish that would released into the sea for the first time to detect water pollution. According to a report in the Telegraph, the carp-shaped robots will be let loose in the port of Gijon in northern Spain as part of a three-year research project.
"Walking fish" found in EnglandMarch 18th, 2009 LONDON - Scientists have spotted an exotic fish that can walk on land and breathe air, by the river Thames in England. According to a report in The Sun, the walking catfish, which was still alive, was discovered by baffled angler Birol Koca.
Pregnant fish was among the first on Earth to have sexFebruary 27th, 2009 LONDON - The fossil of a pregnant fish has shed light on the possible origin of sex, according to a new study. The fossil is an adult placoderm, an extinct group of armoured fish, and it contains a five cm-long embryo.
Avoid too much caffeine - it can trigger hallucinationsJanuary 13th, 2009 LONDON - Avoid too much of caffeine or you might end up hallucinating, hearing voices or seeing things that are not there, according to a new study. Those who consumed more than seven cups of instant coffee daily were thrice as likely to hear non existent voices, as compared with 'low caffeine users' who had less than a cup daily.
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