by Tierney Thys | Jul 19, 2024 | News
Quigley, Phillips, Thys Read full paper. Abstract The ocean sunfishes are currently represented by five species within three genera: Mola mola (Linnaeus, 1758), Mola alexandrini (Ranzani, 1839), Mola tecta (Nyegaard, Sawai, Gemmell, Gillum, Loneragan, Yamanoue &...
by Tierney Thys | Jun 11, 2024 | News
From the Journal of Fish Biology, June 3, 2024 Electronic tagging was used to provide the first information on the movements of an ocean sunfish from the northwestern Mediterranean. READ...
by Tierney Thys | Oct 21, 2020 | News
NBC BOSTON Oct 17 , 2020 Nothing to Sea Here: Public Told to Stop Calling Police About a Sunfish, It’s...
by Tierney Thys | Feb 22, 2020 | News
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by Tierney Thys | Mar 2, 2019 | News
The ocean delivered an amazing surprise gift this past week in the form of a giant ocean sunfish species new to California waters, Mola tecta. How did this specimen get here? Did it bring friends or travel alone? Is this the first time it’s been here? Was it always...
by Tierney Thys | Aug 26, 2018 | News
Nyegaard et al 2018 published a report on the sunfishes of the South Western Pacific and Oceania findings that Mola alexandrini, Mola tecta and Masturus lanceolatus are the dominant sunfish species in those waters—not Mola mola. Read more here Tireless mola...
by Tierney Thys | Aug 26, 2018 | News
The reduction of incidental capture of non-target species in a fishery (bycatch) is a key objective of ecosystem-based fisheries management (EBFM) and critical to the conservation of many marine species. Read more…
