The rapid advancement of high‐throughput sequencing technologies has transformed aquaculture genomics, enabling unprecedented insights into the biology and improvement of non‐model aquatic species. Among crustaceans, lobsters represent one of the most commercially valuable yet genomically underexplored taxa. This review synthesises the current state of genomic and transcriptomic resources available for spiny and slipper lobste...

Introduction Nursery areas for sandbar sharks ( Carcharhinus plumbeus ) are well-delineated along the Atlantic coast of the United States, with only a single nursery area identified in the Gulf of Mexico on the west coast of Florida. Methods Fishery-independent surveys and fishery-dependent data were used to explore the frequency and seasonality of young-of-the-year (YOY) sandbar sharks off the coast of Texas. Results Data pre...

Rationale Polysubstance use, defined as the consumption of more than one addictive substance either simultaneously or sequentially, is an established contributing factor to drug overdose deaths. Almost 80% of opioid-related overdose deaths involve a second substance and 21.6% of these deaths involve cocaine. Beyond increased overdose risk, polysubstance use is also linked to poorer treatment outcomes as well as higher relapse...

Rotifers perform key functions in aquatic food webs and respond to environmental changes, thus providing sensitive indicators of water quality. However, rotifers are small, highly diverse, and difficult to identify for those lacking expertise. Monogononta are the largest taxonomic class of rotifers with over 1500 species described globally, and around 355 known from New Zealand; only four of these are currently recognised as e...

RNA interference (RNAi) has emerged as a key molecular tool in various commercially important decapod crustaceans, offering potential biotechnological applications in aquaculture. However, in the tropical rock lobster Panulirus ornatus , gene silencing through RNAi has proven difficult to achieve despite the availability of extensive omics data. This study investigates the RNAi response across life stages in P. ornatus , focus...

Aim Land‐use change is a major threat to biodiversity, yet there remains considerable unexplained variation in how it affects different populations of the same species. Here, we examine how sensitivity to forest cover changes depending on proximity to different limits of a species' range. By comparing responses as species approach their coastal (‘hard’) and inland (‘soft’) range limits, we aim to provide insight into the relat...

Shortfin mako sharks ( Isurus oxyrinchus ) are apex predators in marine ecosystems, yet the North Atlantic stock has declined drastically. Despite their imperiled status, limited research has focused on the movement and habitat use of mature individuals in the Gulf of Mexico (also known as Gulf of America; hereafter Gulf), a region hypothesized to serve as gestation and parturition grounds. From 2016 to 2021, 21 mako sharks (9...

Millipedes have long been known to produce a diverse array of chemical defense agents that deter predation. These compounds, or their precursors, are stored in high concentration within glands (ozadenes) and are released upon disturbance. The subterclass Colobognatha contains four orders of millipedes, all of which are known to produce terpenoid alkaloids—spare the Siphonophorida that produce terpenes. Although these compounds...

In the wake of global population increases and stagnating capture fishery production, there exists a requirement for novel biotechnologies to increase aquaculture productivity to offset demand. Through recognition of limitations imposed by aquaculture—increased incidence of disease, stress, cannibalism, and mortality in captivity—researchers continue to investigate RNA interference (RNAi) and clustered regularly interspaced sh...