What Is A Roasted Seahorse-on-a-Stick Worth?

Floating markets are a very popular tourist attraction in Thailand where tourists flock to shop many unusual items and especially ‘street’ food. However one vendor recently caused quite a commotion by selling roasted seahorses on a stick.  Despite having virtually…

Friday Smorgasbord: The raven, fake fish, ocean views and strange spheres

It’s hard to believe August is already here and that means MACNA is right around the corner. To start your weekend off right, we have a few tasty tidbits in this edition of the Friday Smorgasbord including a new whale,…

Aquapods are already leading the charge in offshore fish farming

We thought long and hard about the relevance of a fish farming story to our readers but the saga of Aquapods is a compelling one. You see, we tend to think of fish farming as the kind of thing that…

Friday Smorgasbord: Hobbyists save the wild reefs, bisexual fish and more

Can we get a “hellz yeah” for hobbyists doing their part to help save the wild reefs? We’ve known this for a while, but finally there is some scientific evidence that the hobby is helping to preserve reef ecosystems. A…

Barton Seaver explains why we need to make smarter decisions about making seafood sustainable

Most of us are well aware that eating seafood is often better for your health, but that many seafood choices come at a cost to the marine environment. For some time now Monterrey Bay Aquarium has worked on the Seafood…

Yummy Reef Fish too tasty to leave in the ocean

As these pictures of blotchy anthias at a seafood marke can attest, no matter how beautiful a fish looks they are still very yummy to eat. And why shouldn’t they be? Humans have been eating reef fish for much longer…