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Around the world, and particularly in Europe, governments are beginning to discuss how best to undertake a transformation from energy-driven to bio-driven economies.
(Scientifically, that is!) BIO has produced a “wave” of scientific articles about Heathlands recently.
Many from BIO and from around the world are involved in the debate that developed as a response to a report recently published by the Norwegian Environment Ministry concerning the proposed planting of new forests, especially the fast-growing Sitka spruce, as a climate change mitigation measure.
China is by far the biggest fishery producer, yet fisheries management in China is comparatively unknown. A new review is changing this.
It may be that reconciling the goals of conservation and greater yields is less difficult than was previously thought.
Fish ear bones (otoliths) provide important information about not only fish age and growth, but also about the environment during the lifetime of the fish.
What can free candy teach us about fisheries-induced evolution?
Researchers and school kids with a mission: bridging the gap between climate science and society
Female bearded gobies mature in anoxic waters off Namibia, finds Yusra Taha
Spawning area for bearded goby on outer shelf off central Namibia in anoxic waters reported recently by Maria L. Seivåg in her Master thesis
New article shows that maturation in male guppies is influenced by the social environment in which they grow.
A new article in the ICES Journal of Marine Science finds a widespread positive relationship between fish weight and price per kg in Norwegian fisheries.
Daniel Ricard from the Biology Centre (České Budějovice) is spending two months in Bergen.
PhD student Keno Ferter is studying this hotly debated issue.
A serendipitous visit to the dentist may have rescued a valuable fresh-water mussel population!
Evolutionary Fisheries Ecology and Evolutionary Ecology groups have joined the forces.
Piero Lopez has started his master's project on analysing growth in guppies based on their otoliths.

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