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Effective broodstock management is a critical aspect of aquaculture, directly influencing production quality, sustainability, and the genetic improvement of farmed species. To showcase the latest ...

How the TVA and TWRA are partnering to bring a prehistoric fish back to Tennessee after it was "wiped out" locally.

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Some seabreams start life as one sex and finish as the other, using sex change as part of their normal growth. In a study of 68 seabream species, researchers uncovered how this switch evolved and why ...

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