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The salt marsh south of the nature center.
Brooklyn, New York

Marine Park Salt Marsh

This preserved wilderness hides the remains of a colonial grain mill used to feed George Washington's troops.
Each bumphead parrotfish has a huge appetite, and produces several tons of poop (and sand) a year.
islands

Why Scientists Snorkled Behind Bumphead Parrotfish in Pursuit of Their Poop

To learn whether these giant, goofy fish are good or bad for beleaguered coral reefs.
Jessica Leigh Hester May 30, 2019
This Siamese fighting fish is the "most impressive" work National Fish Decoy Association founder Rod Osvold has ever seen.
art

These Are the Most Realistic Fish Ever Carved From Wood

The National Fish Decoy Association contest celebrates the best of the best.
Matthew Taub May 24, 2019
Gastro Obscura

Arbroath Smokie

Lauded by poets, a Scottish town's hot-smoked haddock may date back to the Vikings.
World's Largest Brown Trout Sculpture.
Baldwin, Michigan

World’s Largest Brown Trout Sculpture

This enormous fish commemorates the unplanned release of brown trout into a Michigan river.
Thanks to its years as a penal colony, Islas Marías has beautifully untouched reef systems.
abandoned

Mexico’s Newest Nature Reserve Will Be a Former Prison

Octavio Aburto and other Mexican ecologists want to preserve the pristine reefs of the Isla Marías penal colony.
Sabrina Imbler May 3, 2019
Gastro Obscura

Grimsby Smoked Fish

Five producers in one English seaside town use historic chimneys to cold-smoke salmon and haddock overnight.
Ocean Rider Seahorse Farm.
Kailua, Hawaii

Ocean Rider Seahorse Farm

Get up close and personal with these majestic fish.
The lagoon at Heron Island, speckled with reef halos.
landscapes

Scientists Come Closer to Solving the Mystery of Coral Reef Halos

These light blue rings can be seen from space.
Sabrina Imbler April 24, 2019
Madison, Minnesota

Lou T. Fisk

This giant fiberglass cod celebrates Madison's self-proclaimed status as the U.S. capital of lutefisk.
Fafaru made with steephead parrotfish, served with mitihue and taro.
Gastro Obscura

Fafaru

To find this fermented fish dish of notorious scent, you'll need to venture beyond French Polynesia's resort kitchens.
A sign warns visitors against fishing from the Passaic River in Newark.
food

The Swap-a-Fish Program That Traded Tilapia for Seafood Contaminated by Agent Orange

New Jersey's Passaic River has been unsafe to fish for decades.
Reina Gattuso March 15, 2019
Hang in there, buddy!
caves

A Visual Guide to the Creatures That Could Disappear From Each U.S. State

If you're endangered, it helps to be famous and cute.
Jessica Leigh Hester March 1, 2019
An Olsen Fish Company employee adds fresh water to a bucket of lutefisk.
food

Scandinavian-Americans Are Breaking Up With Lutefisk

But a new demographic is keeping America's largest lutefisk company afloat.
Kirstin Fawcett February 11, 2019
Gastro Obscura

Buffalo Ribs

In Arkansas, this order will land you a plate of fried fish.
El Jadida, Morocco

El Jadida Community Oven

Enjoy fresh-baked bread and fish from a repurposed Portuguese fortress.
National Trout Memorial.
Kalkaska, Michigan

National Trout Memorial

This tremendous trout welcomes visitors to a northern Michigan town with a rich fishing history.
Gastro Obscura

Flora-Bama Mullet Toss

Every April, contestants fling a dead fish over the Florida-Alabama state line for charity.