Pacific coast sardines are facing a population collapse so severe that Oregon's multimillion-dollar sardine industry almost certainly will be shut down this summer. Anticipating fishermen will pursue ...

Gary Longo was looking for what he thought would be small genetic differences across a single species of ocean-dwelling fish: Pacific sardine. But as he examined the early data, he suddenly got a ...

The population has decreased almost 80% in the last 30 years. New study uncovers startling fate of over 60,000 penguins: 'The ...

Sardines collected during NOAA Fisheries 2023 Coastal Pelagic Species Survey. Genomic analysis later revealed that the catch contained both Pacific and Japanese sardine. The two species look so ...

West Coast fisheries managers will likely shut down sardine fishing this year in the face of evidence that the stock is declining. The commercial fishing fleet hopes that the Pacific Fishery ...

Climate Lab is a Seattle Times initiative that explores the effects of climate change in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. The project is funded in part by The Bullitt Foundation, CO2 Foundation, Jim ...

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Penguins living off the coast of South Africa have likely “starved to death en masse” amid collapsing food supplies. A new study from the South African Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the ...

The gulf’s sardine fishery has collapsed four times in the past 30 years, and researchers in California worry about the future of the sardine industry. Alfredo Giron of Stanford University and Octavio ...

Fins up, tins open, folks — “sardine girl summer” hath arrived. The fishy trend has TikTok on the hook with users posting clothes, accessories, home goods and snack spreads that feature the humble, ...