Read more fish stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/3813/fish.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 5:16:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74364/live-fish-dinner-on-youtube-sparks-uproar.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFootage of Chinese diners tucking into a still-breathing fish has outraged animal rights groups. The video, which has attracted thousands of viewers on YouTube, shows the fish being picked apart with chopsticks as diners laugh and the fish gapes. It had been kept alive during cooking with a wet towel...http://www.newser.com/story/74364/live-fish-dinner-on-youtube-sparks-uproar.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 19 Nov 2009 4:34:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73645/cigarette-butts-are-toxic-waste-study.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe chemicals in cigarette butts are lethal to fish, and the finding is bolstering researchers who want coffin nails classified as toxic waste. San Diego State University researchers submerged filters from smoked cigarettes in tanks of water for 24 hours, then added fish. Within 5 days, half the fish died....http://www.newser.com/story/73645/cigarette-butts-are-toxic-waste-study.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 09 Nov 2009 17:30:59 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71016/mediterranean-diet-beats-the-blues.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Mediterranean diet has been shown to cut the risk of cancer and heart disease and researchers now say it can help prevent depression as well. Spanish researchers followed 10,000 subjects for nearly 5 years and found that, even when personality traits and other factors were taken into account,...http://www.newser.com/story/71016/mediterranean-diet-beats-the-blues.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 06 Oct 2009 8:05:18 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69007/overfishing-plagues-filet-o-fishs-main-ingredient.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhat exactly is the fish in a Filet-O-Fish sandwich? It’s a bug-eyed creature from New Zealand called the hoki, and it is apparently under pressure from overfishing, the New York Times reports. New Zealand—while not specifically citing that cause—has been cutting the allowable catch as conservation groups express...http://www.newser.com/story/69007/overfishing-plagues-filet-o-fishs-main-ingredient.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 10 Sep 2009 10:01:25 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67583/dna-testing-snags-fish-imposters.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIf you ordered grouper ($12 per pound) at a restaurant, and the chef slipped you catfish ($2.50 per pound) instead, could you tell the difference? Most diners can’t, which is where Mahmood Shivji comes in. Shivji’s a DNA researcher, who’s developed a method of testing the DNA in seafood...http://www.newser.com/story/67583/dna-testing-snags-fish-imposters.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 24 Aug 2009 8:38:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67347/test-finds-mercury-in-every-fish.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCatch a fish in one of America's streams, and there's a good chance it will have at least trace amounts of mercury. The most comprehensive survey to date from the US Geological Survey tested more than 1,000 fish from nearly 300 streams around the nation—and found mercury in...http://www.newser.com/story/67347/test-finds-mercury-in-every-fish.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 20 Aug 2009 12:04:59 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66724/paris-anglers-again-catch-salmon-in-seine.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tag"A world of slime without human form": that was how Victor Hugo once described the Seine, the murky, polluted river that divides Paris in two. Yet recent efforts to clean up the river, from skimming the surface to pumping it with oxygen, have led to a resurgent fish population swimming...http://www.newser.com/story/66724/paris-anglers-again-catch-salmon-in-seine.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 12 Aug 2009 11:23:11 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66215/anchovies-arent-yucky-theyre-magical.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMany people quake at the mention of anchovies, but if history is any judge, those people are dead wrong, Howard Yoon writes for NPR. In the past, the fish was “so highly prized that it was used to make a condiment, garum , during the Roman Empire that cost as much...http://www.newser.com/story/66215/anchovies-arent-yucky-theyre-magical.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 08 Aug 2009 6:14:24 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65723/makeovers-spell-doom-for-oceans-ugliest-fish.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDon't like the sound of slimefish fillets? How about some orange roughy instead? Efforts to "rebrand" ugly, unpopular types of fish to make them more palatable to consumers have been successful— too successful, the Washington Post reports. Many species once considered "trash fish" have become dangerously depleted as fishermen run...http://www.newser.com/story/65723/makeovers-spell-doom-for-oceans-ugliest-fish.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 31 Jul 2009 6:32:02 CDT