Category: Ocean Science

Following our fish collecting expedition to Fiji in July with Dr Josh Drew here’s a catch up on what’s happened to the fish, in a guest post from Amy McDermott. Amy’s about to start her masters at Columbia University but for now Josh is putting her to work in the lab. It’s a gray afternoon in…

During our expedition in Fiji we caught a lot of fish to add to the collections at the American Museum of Natural History. But how did we get them there? Here’s Josh Drew explaining to me how to process the fish ready for packing up and putting on the plane. [vimeo]https://vimeo.com/71731020[/vimeo]

My recent trip to Fiji was my first time catching fish. Up until now, most of my research and work underwater has involved watching fish, writing notes on waterproof paper, sometimes filming them, but essentially coming back to land empty handed. And one of the many things I learned from Josh Drew during the expedition…

You’ll know if you’ve been browsing through Seamonster this past month or so that I’ve been in Fiji with Dr Joshua Drew and four research students from Columbia University. We’re all back home now but I still have heaps to share with you from our trip. Here’s the first of my latest batch of videos…

My plan for today in Fiji was to get up early, go out fishing with the women of Nagigi to record a piece for BBC Radio, then join the rest of the Drew Crew for diving to sample more fish. It hasn’t quite worked out that way. Last night the metal roof of the house…

The research team here in Fiji has been in the small town of Savusavu on Viti Levu for a few days now and we’ve all decided this is one of the most perfect spots in the world. The town lies along a tranquil stretch of water with dense mangrove forests and craggy, cloud-tipped mountains as…

Here’s Dr Joshua Drew just up from our first dive here in Fiji talking about the science we’re doing, studying the fish diversity on the coral reefs around the village of Naigigi (prounounced Nai – ni). [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgg2RN4dwsM[/youtube] #CUinFiji

Today we were supposed to catch a ferry out to our field site. But the ferry is delayed so instead we’re catching a bus-boat combo and arriving a day late (and we only have a week set aside for science). That’s tropical fieldwork for you. And just to show you that things don’t always go…

Bula. I’m in Fiji with Joshua Drew and his team from the Columbia University. We’ve been in Fiji’s capital, Suva, for a few days getting prepped for the field – sorting permits, meeting people, setting up equipment, all the things that need to happen before we head off to the study site. When Josh very…