Wreck suggests Romans shipped live fish

Italian archaeologists say evidence from a sunken Roman ship suggests fish could have been kept alive in on-board tanks as they traded around the Mediterranean.

Due to a lack of refrigeration, historians have long assumed Roman ships catching fish could only deliver them locally or short distances away before the fish rotted.

However, a new report published in the International Journal of Nautical Archaeology concludes Roman fishing ships may have used a pumping system to supply oxygenated water to an on-board fish tank, PhysOrg.com reported Monday....