Author: John Bruno
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Storify of Duke’s fisheries panel
Did you miss Monday’s awesome panel discussion “Are fisheries turning the corner” organized by the Nicholas Institute at Duke? Then check out Clare “@SeaFiez” Fieseler’s incredible Storify of it here.
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Backhand barrel
How to get barrelled on your backhand by Ben Wilson [vimeo]http://vimeo.com/39988535[/vimeo]
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Enter the heroes
Having sat on their nests for weeks without a meal, the exhausted Albatross parents of the newly-hatched chicks head out to sea in search of food for themselves and their babies via Chris Jordan’s Midway Journey. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpmxEaKQtwM&[/youtube]
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Marine parks are fishy
Ray Hilborn and I don’t agree on much. But apparently, we do agree that “Marine parks are fishy”, in Ray’s words, or that they “suck” in mine. Or at least that is what I recently told an audience at the Benthic Ecology Meeting (more on this soon). No, no. I love the concept of Marine…
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Indirect effects of overfishing
These are the lecture notes from the second lecture of my Marine Ecology course (BIOL 462) at UNC last fall. The first lecture is here. Required readings for this lecture: A recent article by Dr. Emmett Duffy about the hints of a Cod recovery in the north Atlantic and the scientific paper (in Nature) it was based on (here). Also read…
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The ocean: not pristine but still wild and full of life
I was on the Outer Banks of North Carolina this week and was again reminded of how many wild places there are still left in the world, even close to home. It was very windy all week (often blowing 30-40 mph) and I had some epic ocean-kiting sessions with my new crazy friend Bill. Even…
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The return of the Seaster Bunny
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Sally and Mick take Rip Curl Pro at Bells, Australia
Sally Fitzgibbons won her second Rip Curl Pro against 4X world champ Steph Gilmore after taking out 2011 World Champ Carissa Moore in the semi. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sjys9XbUnNQ&[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLv43d2QgTc[/youtube] Mick Fanning beat 11 time world champ Kelly Slater in a controversial final, that many thought Kelly won based on some insane aerial work: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQNlRLB7Cyo[/youtube]
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Coast guard sinks ghost ship
SeaMonster reader Eric sent in this piece about the controversial decision by NOAA and the US Coast Guard to sink a “ghost” ship that was released from Japan by last years tsunami. It seems to me it would have been good to remove the fuel from the ship before sinking it, although maybe the fire…
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Mystery invert quiz
Annie, a recent student in my Galapagos marine ecology course sent me this photo of a lovely marine critter: Can you identify them, their habitat, and where the photo was taken? UPDATE: There you go Annie, JP and Jez both nailed it. The photo was indeed from a rocky shoreline on Maui, Hawaii and the…