By Eric Sorensen, WSU News science writer VANCOUVER, Wash. – Washington State University marine biologists for the first time have documented a wealth of fish in the “vastly underexplored” deep coral reefs off Hawaii Island.
Along the banks of the Caspian Sea, fishermen hawk tins of caviar and thick cuts of beluga sturgeon. Unfortunately, most of it is black-market fare — illegally harvested and traded. Despite strict regulations, the vulnerable — and valuable — sturgeon has been greatly overfished and is on the endangered list in many parts of […]