Author: John Bruno
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Unravelling the international complications of tuna conservation
This is a repost from The Conversation by Quentin Hanich, Glenn Sant, and Sonja Fordham. The eighth meeting of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission concluded in Guam on Friday 30 March 2012. Five hundred delegates from more than 40 countries argued for a week about how to reduce overfishing in the Western and Central Pacific tuna fisheries…
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State shark finning bans gaining traction
Bans against shark finning and export have been passed by several states and seem to be slowly gaining traction. Since most shark fishing and export of shark fins happens outside of US waters, this type of legislation is relatively ineffective in reducing a global problem. But it is a start and I think may be…
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Someone who is both a Republican and a meteorologist who believes in Climate Change!
Note, this is NOT a piece from the Onion. There does appear to actually be a human, who is both a Republican and a meteorologist who believes in Climate Change! I know – remarkable. Meteorologist Paul Douglas has a great piece on Huff Post here. Paul is politically conservative but still “believes in” human-caused climate…
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Dreams with Kelia Moniz
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSJPZ_DQooo&feature=related[/youtube]
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I am the lionfish
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dRLDmprw-k[/youtube]
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The year in review
During SeaMonster’s one-year birthday week, I thought I’d share some of our traffic stats: We had nearly 100,000 unique visitors and nearly half a million page views. Our traffic came from 190 different countries including Syria, Uzbekistan and Tonga. People used a variety of different (non-computer) devices with the iPhone being the most popular to access SM.…
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Trophic cascade of the purple marsh crab
Don Strong, you are going to love this film. Not only does it animate one of your favorite ecological processes in a habitat you know and love; it even has an animated Dr Mark Bertness! The film is by Brown undergrad Stephanie Yin. It won the best student film competition at last week’s Beneath the Waves…
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In search of sharks and mermaids
That was Abel Valdivia’s talk title at #BEM2012 (not really). He just posted a nice piece on The Abaco Scientist (AKA Dr Craig Layman) explaining a poster he gave recently on his work that Iv’e reposted without permission below. Thanks Craig and Abel! I am currently a PhD graduate student in the John Bruno Lab…
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Gloop
This great video won the “peoples choice award” at the recent 2012 beneath the waves film festival. [vimeo]http://vimeo.com/15918611[/vimeo] By Gaby Bastyra & Joe Churchman Gloop is a dark fairytale that follows the meteoric rise of plastic from its inception in Leo’s gloomy laboratory 100 years ago. Told like a Brother’s Grimm fable, Gloop offers a…
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Interview with Rachel Graham
Excerpted from the NYT. Read the full piece by Claudia Dreifus here. You are a citizen of Belize. Did you grow up here? No. I spent a large part of my childhood in Tunisia, that little tinderbox that last spring sparked so many changes in the world. I’m very excited to be from there. My…