#fishing europe

[herpsandbirds]

Common Torpedo aka Eyed Electric Ray (Torpedo torpedo), family Torpedinidae, order Torpediniformes, Corsica

photograph by Robert Pillon

[dream-world-universe]

Sardine run, Mediterranean Sea, Europe: A woman experienced being captured when she came to photograph a school of sardines.. Sardines are small epipelagic fish that sometimes migrate along the coast in large schools. They are an important forage fish for larger forms of marine life.. Sardine and pilchard are common names for various species of small, oily forage fish in the herring suborder Clupeoidei. The term 'sardine' was first used in English during the early 15th century; a somewhat dubious etymology says it comes from the Italian island of Sardinia, around which sardines were once supposedly abundant. Wikipedia

[chimeride]

Vouivre, the 251th Known One.

[gemsofgreece]

Ultimate Greek Christmas tree... made by fishermen in Euboea island!

[illustratus]

The Mermaid by Howard Pyle

[alurayehulsey]

This me moments after nearly having an anxiety attack in the house hello o//

[uncharismatic-fauna]

Pucker Up for the Sea Lamprey!

The sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus), also known as the vampire fish, is the most famous member of the order of lampreys, Petromyzontiformes. Despite their similar appearance to eels, lampreys are actually jawless fish, and are more closely related to hagfish than eels. To add further confusion, sea lampreys actually reproduce in freshwater rivers and streams, and are only found in the ocean as adults. They are spread along the Atlantic coasts of North America and Europe, as well as the Mediterranean and Black Sea.

Sea lampreys are the largest member of the lamprey family, at an impressive 30 to 100 cm (11.8 to 39.4 in) long and weighing around 2.5 kg (5.5 lbs). They are generally olive or brownish grey, and their bodies are long and smooth. Perhaps P. marinus' most distinctive feature are their mouths, which are wide and circular with teeth arranged in a circle around the tongue and throat. When opened to attach to its prey, the mouth can stretch larger than the lamprey's head.

Vampire fish are widely known for their feeding habits. Adults are parasites that attach themselves to the sides of fish and feat on their victim's blood and tissue. But despite their fearsome appearance, P. marinus has a variety of predators as both juveniles and adults, including sturgeon, catfish, sea lions, seals, sea birds, and northern pikeminnows. Juveniles are particularly vulnerable, as they are smaller and, as deteriorates, are not equipped with the sharp teeth of adults.

Like many other fish, sea lampreys are anadromous, meaning they migrate from salt to freshwater to reproduce. From April to June, males and females travel up river to find rocky beds in which to build nests. Females lay anywhere from 30,000 and 100,000 eggs in their nest, which are then fertilized by multiple males. After mating, both parents die. The larvae take 3 to 8 days to hatch, and the young spend the next 1 to 3 years filter feeding in their home river. Once they reach maturity, they migrate back to the ocean, where they can reside for up to 5 years before returning to their spawning grounds to complete their lifecycle.

Conservation status: The IUCN has rated the sea lamprey as Least Concern. This species is invasive in the Great Lakes region of the United States. However, within its native range it is threatened by habitat degradation and over-fishing.

Photos

Paul Wilson

U.S. National Park Service

Sean Landsman

[famousinuniverse]

Lindos Acropolis, Rhodes, Lindos, Greece: Lindos is a captivating destination for those seeking to explore the impressive archaeological sites on Rhodes. The Lindos Acropolis, which stands tall at 116 meters above sea level, is a dominant feature of the area... Lindos is an archaeological site, a fishing village and a former municipality on the island of Rhodes, in the Dodecanese, Greece. Wikipedia

[seabeck]

When did the "chemicals in food bad" crowd move onto Tumblr

[fishyfishyfishtimes]

Recently extinct species make me sad for all the usual and normal reasons (loss of life, biodiversity and unique life forms that experienced the world wholly uniquely and acted in it like no other, to name three), but a big thing that also makes me so sad is the forgetting that comes right after. Many endangered species are greatly ignored to begin with whilst alive of course, which is awful, but the way that extinction also causes us to forget. A species could’ve been so abundant a hundred years ago, people would’ve used a fish species or a tasty plant for food, or parents would’ve warned their children to not put a poisonous toadstool or insect in their mouth, a diver would exclaim, “Aha!” after emerging from the shallows holding an especially big bivalve, or someone making a species diary would sketch out a local bird or fasten a single flower to the page. But.. then the species goes extinct. It doesn’t exist anymore. None of these events, these actions happen anymore. Not with these species. The people who had these experiences dwindle out and they may not even realise that their experiences were among the last of their kind. And we forget.

[mybeautifulpoland]

Nowe Warpno, West Pomerania, Poland by mynaszlaku

[herpsandbirds]

Blue Sharks (Prionace glauca), family Carcharhinidae, order Carcharhiniformes, North Atlantic Ocean

photograph by David Miller

[sonyaheaneyauthor]

Kyiv, Soviet Ukraine. Mid-20th century. X

[chimeride]

Merrow, the 244th Known One.

[vintageeurope]

Bushmills, Northern Ireland 1890/1900

[illustratus]

River Landscape with Fisherman by George Mullins