The U.S. EPA has proposed limitations to protect a highly valuable salmon fishery in Bristol Bay, Alaska, according to WaterWorld. The fishery is under threat, officials say, by a large-scale mining effort at the Pebble deposit there.
They might look like gummy worms, but the fish that swallow them sure don’t think plastic lures are sweet. New research shows that soft plastic lures don’t decompose, even after years underwater. In Ontario’s Charleston Lake, researchers...