Fish anatomy

I dove right into the water and feel the coldness of it come up my wetsuit. Swimming through schools of fish, and recognizing different species of coral and reef. Bubbles are emerging from my regulator, they glide past my mask like mini jelly fish talking to me in their own language. They make me relax and take in all the excitement and forget about all my worries. I’m diving down to look at a giant vivid purple clam, I swipe…

Farm-raised Fish Molly Reamon The introduction of aquaculture, or raising fish on farms, was intended to relieve the pressure of the commercial fishing industry on the ocean. These fish farms do add to the global fish market which directly reduces the need for commercial fishing, but also indirectly contributes to the problem of overexploitation, or taking more resources from the ocean than is sustainable. This leads us to ask, which is more environmentally sustainable; raising fish on a farm…

sport as well as the demand for catfish in the dining industry has placed a greater importance on the catfishing supplies industry. Catfish are a popular breed of freshwater fish that frequent waters of southern North America, Mississippi in particular. Asia, Africa and Europe are also home to a number of catfish. These fish reside in freshwater bodies of water ranging from roadside ditches to lakes. Catfish get their…

Fish from Walmart are not properly cared for at the store, and the uneducated employees give out the wrong information. I am writing to express deep concern about the living conditions of all the fish in your store, mainly focusing on betta fish. At the store, the betta fish are stored in small containers no bigger than a small tissue box. In my experience, the water is dirty and the fish contained in the bowls are obviously distressed. I have witnessed frighteningly filthy water, with the fish…

Fishing pressure is the main anthropogenic process threatening shark populations on a global and local scale. According to the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) landings in the last six decades have nearly tripled, resulting in a worldwide decline of shark populations. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) carried out extensive assessments worldwide on the conservation status of shark species, and recently considerable effort has been placed on local…

reproducing the plankton. When Antarctica’s great whales were nearly extinct in the 1960s the krill population collapsed by eighty percent. As the number of great whales declined so did the fish and krill. It turns out whales maintain the populations of their prey. This is because Whales not only eat the fish and krill but keep them alive. They help to support the entire ocean system. Living systems have a far more impact on the planet than we expected. Their all-important purpose boils down…

sharks like color, appetite, migration, and where they live. The sharks are similar in their coloration with gray upper bodies and white/pale under bodies. These sharks will eat anything they can get. They both eat fish, turtles, smaller sharks, dolphins, and many more marine mammals and fish. Both sharks are found in all oceans in the world.…

The Great White Sharks along with a few other marine organisms such as stingrays, chimaera and skates are unique as their skeletons are made of cartilage rather than bone. Majority of Great Whites can measure up to a whopping 15 feet (4.6 metres) with an average weight of 1,500-2,450 pounds. Females tend to grow larger than males and some specimens have been recorded exceeding 20 feet (6 metres) and weighing up to 5000 pounds. The Great White has a slate, grey upper body which aids them when…

our fishing gear and casted our rods in the water. Nick caught a couple of flat head and I only caught one small brim. After a while of fishing I spotted a dark patch of water in the distance but surugged it off as a patch of sea weed. I continued to fish but it kept getting closer so I told Nick he said it is probably just a dolphin or sea cow. We reeled the rods in so that what ever was passing us wouldn’t get caught on our…

than the females at 3.7 feet long, 12-32 pounds, and their tail is also ⅓ of their total length. They also have webbed feet to help them go faster in the water, and waterproof, velvety fur that keeps them warm and dry. The River Otter’s diet includes fish, crayfish, crabs, frogs, birds’ eggs, birds and even reptiles! They chase their prey by swimming up to 6 miles per hour! They then catch their prey with their sharp teeth and vibrissae to find and catch their prey. Vibrissae is the whiskers of…