Invasive Asian Carp Threatens Great Lakes; DNA, But No Fish, Found in Tributaries

ICTMN Staff
September 26, 2012
Traces of Asian carp environmental DNA—such as mucus, scales and other fish remnants—have been found in waterways leading to Lake Erie, but environmental authorities both north and...

Snip, Snip: Piranha Used as Scissors in This Nail-Biting Video

ICTMN Staff
July 19, 2012
The piranha is a notorious eater of humans and anything else it can sink its teeth into...

Watch This Giant Squid Get Gnawed on by Blue Shark

ICTMN Staff
June 06, 2012
It all started when rock star big-game fisherman Al McGlashan went out seeking tuna and swordfish. Instead he found the rarely seen, apparently fresh carcass of a giant squid...

Omega-3 Fatty Acids May Improve Mental Health, Prevent Dementia

ICTMN Staff
March 02, 2012
Scientists have long known that omega-3 fatty acids play a crucial role in brain function, growth and development...

Are Pollution Rules Too Strict? Mining Company Says Yes, Two-Headed Trout Says No

ICTMN Staff
February 28, 2012
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) seemed happy with a report from mining operation J.R. Simplot Company—but other scientists were unnerved by the two-headed trout...
Billy Frank Jr.

Salmon Are for Everyone

I’m starting to wonder if Washington state’s budget problems mean it will no longer be able to co-manage natural resources with the treaty tribes. Even President Obama has said recently that the state’s budget crisis is a “huge problem.”...

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January 05, 2012

Oregon Sets Highest Fish Consumption Rate in U.S., Based on Native Peoples’ Higher Rate of Consumption

Coast Salish Gathering News
July 27, 2011
After 20 years of study and effort by tribes in Oregon, the state Environmental Quality Commission in June approved a dramatic change in water quality rules, setting some of the st...

Delta Farmers Excluded from CA Water Discussions

Dan Bacher
April 13, 2011
For several years, corporate agribusiness Astroturf groups and their political allies have claimed that protections for Central Valley salmon and Delta smelt have caused "massive u...

Eating Fatty Fish May Prevent Heart Disease and Diabetes

ICTMN Staff
March 28, 2011
Eating omega-3 fatty acids may reduce the risk of chronic diseases such as diabetes and heart disease that are associated with obesity, according to a new study of Yup’ik Eskimos i...

EPA Poised to Issue Industrial-emissions Rules

ICTMN Staff
March 16, 2011
Coal-plant mercury emissions will soon be regulated, good news for the tens of thousands of American Indians whose lives have been poisoned by mercury and other contaminants...

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