Deep sea fish

diet of many transient killer whales in the North Pacific Ocean that was once thought. They identified three particular ecotypes of whales observed in the North Pacific which include residents and offshores that both feed primarily on other smaller fish, and transients which feed on marine mammals. The research involved acquiring four female killer whale specimens from four different locations. Two of these killers were West coast U.S. transients, one was an Eastern Tropical Pacific pelagic from…

requiem sharks, and various large fish. Despite their lack of a hard shell, the huge adults face fewer serious predators, though they are occasionally overwhelmed and preyed on by very large marine predators such as killer whales, great white sharks, and tiger sharks. Sea turtles are dependent on beaches for nesting and the sea level rise, uncontrolled coastal development, vehicle traffic on beaches, and other human activities have directly destroyed or disturbed sea turtle nesting beaches…

Introduction. Sharks have been around for hundreds of millions of years Subclass Elasmobranchii: Sharks and Rays are classified in the Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Chordata, Class Chondrichthyes(Greek, chondr- 'cartilage', ichthys 'fish'), and Class Elasmobranchii. Elasmobranchs are fish which all share one main characteristic: cartilaginous skeletons. There are over 1,000 species of elasmobranchs ranginging from great white sharks, to spotted rays to sawfish to skates. Sharks and rays are the…

needs more of. A second passion that struck during this enlightening time in my life was environmental consideration, furthermore environmental rehabilitation. These matters first grasped my attention as I began scuba diving in the Yellow Sea and Sea of Japan. I had witnessed first hand…

The International Whaling Commission (IWC) is considering lifting the ban on whaling. Many people are horrified at the thought that anyone could even contemplate it. Whales suffer from all types of threats like ship strikes, over fishing of krill, habitat loss and chemical and sound pollution. Many problems have arose from climate change like less krill, food-rich areas moving south. However, the most disturbing threat is whaling. Before whaling began in the 11th century, there were than…

As a Georgia native you can imagine my shock when I found out Georgia has it’s very own loch ness monster! The monster’s name is Altamaha-ha, it was given to him by the Creek Indians that lived near the Altamaha-ha river. The monster has been spotted in Darien and Butler Island, Georgia. The Altamaha River is a beautiful place. It’s known for it’s vast marshes and 18th/19th century rice fields and canals. Scottish people from Inverness (the home of Nessie), were recruited in 1735 to come live…

disease prevents the fish from fighting any other disease it might catch and begins to deteriorate the internal organs. To protect the interest of the salmon farm industry the government allows the farms to keep the information pertaining to the salmon confidential. Farms just poor out disease and pathogens and wild fish just swim through it. The most obvious symptom that can be seen on the fish after it encounters a disease is a sea lice, who don’t naturally carry lice. Sea lice aren’t the…

This story takes place way up in the mountains of Arizona. There was a tribe of navajo indians that lived on the edge of the colorado river. The chief of the tribe Qaletaqa Golden was having a meeting with the elder. They were meeting about a hunting trip in the mountains for elk and bison. The chief's son Wakkan was a very scared of everything maybe even scared of his shadow at times. But Wakkan was an avid hunter and fisherman. Some people would even say that he is the best fisherman of the…

killing each other in order to survive. Hatchery fish have been in the endangered species list because there has been a lot of predators that need the fish to survive or else they will starve. Hatcheries are doing what they can, especially the Salmon River Fish Hatchery they raise and release different type of fish such as steelhead, chinook salmon, coho salmon, brown trout, and landlocked salmon. The hatchery releases over one million pounds of fish in more than 1,200 public streams, ponds,…

discovered by scientists. Whale sharks are the largest fish in the sea, measuring lengths of up to 40 feet long. That is about the size of a bus. Even though the largest whale shark in the world was 40 feet long scientists think that the species could grow even larger than that. Whale sharks are carnivores so t hey eat meat. That means that they have an giant menu of small sea creatures to choose from. Their favorite meals to eat are plankton, krill, fish eggs, red crab larvae, and small squid.…