The captain bellowed, “Just marked a nice one!” from the tower as everyone in the cockpit went on high alert. A giant red ball of bait occupied almost the entire screen of the sounder, and seconds ...

Sardines, herring and other small fish species are the foundation of the marine food web—they’re essential food for birds, marine mammals and other fish. But globally, demand for these so-called ...

AMHERST, Mass. - A slender little fish called the sand lance plays a big role as "a quintessential forage fish" for puffins, terns and other seabirds, humpback whales and other marine mammals, and ...

And by forage fish we don’t mean you’ll find them while walking in the woods. They are small fish — sardines, anchovy, mackerel, menhaden, squid — that serve as food to larger carnivorous fish.

Anyone who has seen a nature documentary knows a central truth of life in the animal kingdom: Predators depend on prey — and will perish if they cannot successfully hunt for their next meal. In the ...

West Coast fishery managers on Tuesday approved new protections for small forage fish in a move cheered by advocates as a landmark decision. The Pacific Fishery Management Council unanimously adopted ...