Season salmon with salt and pepper. Place salmon, skin side down, on a non-stick baking sheet or in a non-stick pan with an oven-proof handle. Bake until salmon is cooked through, about 12 to 15 minutes. Serve with the Toasted Almond Parsley Salad and squash, if desired. Mince the shallot and add to a small bowl.
Scroll down for video. Scientists have discovered 1,451 new species in our oceans in the past year alone, according to an international audit of the seas, including the frilled shark (pictured) which was found off the coast of Namibia. The Indonesian Psychedelic Frog Fish (pictured) was found off Ambon Island in Indonesia by marine experts.
Last year researchers at Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia released the most rigorous estimate yet of how many species live on our planet: 8.7 million, not counting bacteria. Nearly 6.5 million of these species live on land versus 2.2 million in the ocean, according to the analysis. âHumanity has committed itself to saving species from extinction, but until now we have not had a good idea of even how many there are,â says coauthor Boris Worm, a marine ecologist at Dalhousie. Previous estimates have ranged from as few as 3 million species to as many as 100 million. To arrive at a more certain answer, marine ecologist Camilo Mora examined lifeâs diversity at higher levels of taxonomy (genus, family, order, et cetera).