Image from University of Maine. Maine is running out of lobster bait. Is salmon the answer? Maine lobster is one of the more well-managed, sustainable, feel-good fisheries around - and it is particularly unique given the close coordination between fishermen, scientists, and government to share management. As a former scientist working on the Maryland blue... Continue Reading →
I spoke just a few weeks ago (and I'm sure before that, too) about how my primary focus here is to present positive news about the ocean and the environment - breakthroughs, discoveries, success stories, and the like. That said, a full 2/3 of all R.A.D. as Hell stories have depressing undertones or are rooted... Continue Reading →
Image clipped from the video. Just some pure fun today, guys, with one of my favorite all-time Planet Earth clips. Sharks may be the ubiquitous ocean predators, but don't count out the giant trevally (Caranx ignobilis) when it comes to voracious feats. Like, you know, plucking (pun intended) seabirds out of the sky. As world-treasure... Continue Reading →
Last Thursday I attended a presentation about local sea level rise completely unaware of the crushing despair and expensive therapy bills this decision would leave me with. There was a happy hour beforehand for chrissakes. How bad could it be? (Tellingly, it was a booze-free happy hour. My first sign?). Very bad, Johnny, very bad... Continue Reading →
Image clipped from the film. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5M2_tXG5Zo Lazy title puns aside, Gaelin Rosenwaks is a woman after my own heart. Faced with the doom and gloom of most marine and environmental science reporting (which is valid and important, just soul-crushing to read after a while), she's chasing down bright spots so we can all still get... Continue Reading →
Image from here. Blown Away: Measuring Hormones from Whale Blow at Sea “'For the first time, we don’t have to wait around for these whales to poop,' said Dr. Scott Kraus, vice president and senior science advisor at the Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life at the New England Aquarium." [Emphasis added] That right there... Continue Reading →
Image by J.P. Sylvestre from the linked article. A New Orca Species May Have Been Spotted Off the Coast of Chile First the dang tortoise and now an orca? Where in the heck are all these new species coming from?? If you're not hip to it, orca is another name for killer whales - which... Continue Reading →
Image from designboom courtesy of Volvo Volvo Develops 3D-Printed 'Living Seawall' to Save the World's Oceans from Plastic Pollution Volvo, Swedish automakers of the "Most Mom-est Station Wagon of 2014", aren't just a one trick pony, it appears. They've also got a hand in marine habitat engineering. <--- Not a typo, that's the gist of... Continue Reading →
Photo from imgur The Ocean Cleanup - Updates Putting the Ocean Cleanup back on blast (in a good way; though they have received some rough press lately). When we last checked in at the end of October, System 001 (now affectionately named Wilson) had just been deployed to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP) to... Continue Reading →
