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by Julie Zeidner

The seafood preferences and perceptions of New York-area Hispanic consumers, often overlooked in the past, suggest ways for retailers, nutrition educators, and seafood policy-makers to serve this growing segment of the population.

by Peg Van Patten

A "come-hither" pheromone dubbed the "calling hormone," and a hormone associated with molting and reproduction, help explain crab endocrinology and may have economically significant applications in crab and shrimp fisheries.

by Tony Corey and Erik Williams

Fishermen, environmentalists, and scientists agree that bycatch is a problem to be reckoned with and are at last joining forces to find the best way to address it.

by Steve Adams

A technique for subdividing fish species into distinct stocks helps scientists determine the amount of intermixing among stocks and could lead to more effective management of economically important fish species.

by Tracey I. Crago

From the terminal at the next desk to the World Wide Web, from informal memos to full text-and-photo publications, Sea Grant programs are linking electronically to each other and to the world through the Internet.

by Andrea Cohen

Disease claims up to 30 percent of global aquaculture crops annually. But farm-reared fish, including larvae and fingerlings, can be effectively "vaccinated" via ultrasound baths.