• Experts estimate that, at this rate, it would take another 30 years to describe the 5, 000 species of marine fish that remain unknown today.

    UNESCO: THEMES

  • Roughly 150 new species of marine fish are described each year.

    UNESCO: THEMES

  • Coral reefs are home to 25 percent of the world's marine fish species, and cover 1 percent of the Earth's surface, making them the largest single living structure on Earth.

    CNN: All About: Coral Reefs

  • Not only are they home to 25 percent of all marine fish species, but the organization states that 500 million people rely on coral reefs for their food and livelihoods.

    CNN: Heroes: Reef restoration provides passion for diver

  • Mera has invested money in causes dear to her heart: a marine fish farming group, a company that looks for cancer treatments in products from the ocean, and a maker of a fingerprinting system for newborns.

    FORBES: Rosalia Mera

  • Striped bass are a big marine fish concern of the DEC not only because they are a prized game fish for recreational anglers, but also because they are full of PCBs, thanks to the General Electric plants upstream on the Hudson that pumped the contaminants into the water for 30 years until 1976.

    FORBES

  • Jantz has been studying the impact of marine debris in fish.

    CNN: Japanese tsunami debris makes its way into Hawaiian birds

  • And it called for a moratorium on the rearing of GM fish in marine pens.

    BBC: GM meat '10 years away'

  • Forty-eight years ago, King wrote part of his eulogy in Saunders' wooden boat deep in the Bimini mangroves, a winding swamp of thick bushes and trees where 100 species of fish and marine life fill the murky waters.

    CNN: A beach break in Bimini

  • Food and Agriculture Organization based in Rome, over 50 billion vertebrates are consumed by humans every year, a number that does not account for fish or marine and fresh-water invertebrates, or for biomedical victims of experimentation, from dogs to hamsters to rats and mice.

    FORBES: "A Memorial Day for the Environment"

  • Fish and other marine life are starting to come back, and Nedimyer is hopeful that in time, the Keys' ecosystem will recover.

    CNN: Florida group rebuilds vital coral reefs

  • Remember, with respect to birds, or fish, or marine mammals, or many insects, even amphibians and reptiles, for example: they do not acknowledge arbitrary human boundaries.

    FORBES: Don Binney (1940-2012): Tribute to A Great Artist and Conservationist

  • Because of its dense growth, it blocks sunlight from reaching the lake's native aquatic plants, which affects fish and other marine life-- and those who make their livelihoods catching them.

    CNN: Flower power threatens Kenya's Lake Victoria

  • But it would help fish, and other marine fauna, breathe a bit easier.

    ECONOMIST: Oceanography

  • She added that fish fingers and salmon nibbles were compliant with Fish For Life and Marine Stewardship Council-certified from sustainable fishing practices.

    BBC: DNA test

  • Nondivers teach English, work in clinics, conduct surveys of endangered marine turtles and gather data on fish catches from more remote villages.

    WSJ: Voluntourism: Doing Good on Vacation

  • These calcified deposits can grow to enormous sizes over long periods of time and form coral reefs -- one of the world's most productive ecosystems, which can harbor more than 4, 000 species of fish and many other marine life forms.

    CNN: Report: Coral almost as genetically complex as humans

  • It was recently downgraded from the Marine Conservation Society's list of fish suitable to eat.

    BBC: mackerel

  • Poseidon has had to wade through legal appeals from groups concerned about intake pipes sucking in fish and outflow pipes raising marine temperatures and salinity levels.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • He believes marine resources should remain at a European level because fish tend to cross borders.

    BBC: Photo of Scottish flag

  • The National Marine Fisheries Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently proposed the listing of eight river runs of North Atlantic salmon.

    CNN: Gene study seeks 'wildness' of Atlantic salmon - October 25 1999

  • Marine biologists on board the ship closely monitored the fish which were fed a sustainable diet of soy oil, soy meal and other sustainable proteins.

    FORBES: Best Food Innovations Of 2012

  • "It's a good sign for the marine environment too, because it shows there are enough fish in the sea for the dolphins to eat, " he said.

    BBC: Cardigan Bay dolphin survey marks 10 years

  • It has diverse ecosystems with many marine and coastal species of seagrass, coral reefs, fish used both for consumption and for sale, sea birds, turtles, cetaceans, and mangroves.

    UNESCO: EDUCATION

  • The global decrease of coastal marine resources and decline in marine biodiversity will impact countries dependent on coastal fishing, fish-processing industries and tourism causing economic hardship as well as destabilising food security for the 1 billion people who depend on fisheries for most of their protein diet.

    UNESCO: THEMES

  • Boris Worm, a marine biologist at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada says the weirdest fish of all is the one they call the rattail.

    NPR: Down Deep, An Unexpected Fish Boom

  • In March Eason served on a sustainable aquaculture panel with a seafood and deli executive from Wal-Mart, which says it will only source fish from farms that meet environmental standards set by the Marine Stewardship Council.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • In March Eason served on a sustainable aquaculture panel with a seafood and deli executive from Wal-Mart (nyse: WMT - news - people ), which says it will only source fish from farms that meet environmental standards set by the Marine Stewardship Council.

    FORBES: She Shall Overcome

  • Late last night, the California Fish and Game Commission voted to establish a large network of marine protected areas.

    NPR: California Cuts Coastal Fishing to Restore Ecosystem

  • To some extent, this is already happening: marine and inland farming now account for more than 30% of total fish production, up from around 26% in 1998 and single figures 30 years ago.

    ECONOMIST: The tragedy of the commons, contd | The

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