Author: John Bruno
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Let us eat…lionfish
Ray Hilborn famously urged Americans to eat more fish in his recent NYT op-ed Let us eat fish. I explained why this is a bad idea here, but one fish it would be good to start eating more of is invasive lionfish. Elisabeth Rosenthal wrote a great piece on the fledgling lionfish fishery Answer for Invasive…
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Fish head spill causes traffic jam
The AP is reporting that a huge pile of fish heads mysteriously spilled on an interstate north of Seattle is causing headaches for commuters: A Washington State Patrol trooper dispatched to check out a report of a lost load slowing traffic on northbound Interstate 5 in north Seattle found a pile of bloody fish heads…
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The climate show covers the oceans
The Climate Show 16: Keith Hunter on oceans, acids and the carbon cycle [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SJvHakMbvw[/youtube]
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Giant ice island breaking off Greenland glacier
More bad news about arctic warming and ice loss (and the sea level rise it is going to cause). Our sister outlet MSNBC is reporting that a second humungous (a scientific term) block of ice is about to break free: New photographs taken of a vast glacier in northern Greenland have revealed the astonishing rate…
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Sea turtle navigation research
A video about Dr. Ken Lohmann’s work to understand how sea turtles navigate. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eU4mTAaWb6k&[/youtube]
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Live chat today on Saving Coral Reefs
UPDATE: If you are interested, the transcript of the chat is avaiable here. Thanks to all the millions of SeaMonster readers who sent in questions! I am joining Dr. Mark Eakin of NOAA for a live chat here hosted by Science magazine about “Saving Coral Reefs” this afternoon (Sept 1) at 3PM EDT. You can submit…
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Kelly wins in Tahiti – highlights reel
Ten time world champion Kelly Slater won the Billabong Pro Tahiti yesterday. The contest was one of the best ever held; incredible waves, epic wipeouts and free surf sessions when the contest was on hold because the waves were too big! Check out the unbelievable highlights reel below: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cs0IJxOVbDs&[/youtube]
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Arctic ice melting facilitates more oil drilling
From the “Beyond Ironic” files comes this piece in the NYT: Exxon Reaches Arctic Oil Deal With Russians Exxon Mobil won a coveted prize in the global petroleum industry Tuesday with an agreement to explore for oil in a Russian portion of the Arctic Ocean that is being opened for drilling even as Alaskan waters remain mostly off…
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Life at sea
Miriam Goldstein has a super post up at DSN about the logistical challenges of floating libertarian paradises like the conceived “Seasteading” city above. She points out that it can get, well pretty rough at times at sea (in some places all the time). Stuff exposed to salt water and air tends to corrode (in a matter…
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Catch Shares
Michael Conathan of the CAP has a nice article on catch shares out here and another on some of the reaction in the US congress to it here. Catch shares is a way of regulating commercial fishing (and managing fisheries) that NOAA has been implementing for roughly the last two years that is based on a…