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  • Untouched coral reef hotspot found in Madagascar

    [vimeo]http://vimeo.com/34892701[/vimeo] Filmmaker Jon Slayer has just returned from a trip to a remote corner of Madagascar. I caught up with him to find out what it was like diving on one of the healthiest hotspots of coral reef left in the country. HS: So Jon, could you pin us on the map. Where exactly are…

  • Kite surfing Puerto Rico

    I kite surfed Shacks last winter: what a place! [vimeo]http://vimeo.com/35855576[/vimeo]  

  • Fish, Sustainability, and Used Cars: Guest post by Dr. Martin Smith

    [Editor’s preface: Yesterday, we opened our discussion of seafood eco-labeling with a guest post by Dr. Tim Essington of the University of Washington. Today we present the second perspective on the Marine Seafood Council’s report on environmental certification of seafood products. Dr. Marty Smith is the Dan and Bunny Gabel Associate Professor of Environmental Economics…

  • Is seafood certification the answer to sustainability? SeaMonster asks Dr. Tim Essington

    [Editor’s preface: How should the conscientious piscivore forage in the complex ecosystem of the modern market? Those of us who love seafood but want to do the right thing are confronted with a blizzard of information and advice  — often conflicting — on the status of marine fish populations and the various management measures intended…

  • Mating barnacles xxx

    [vimeo]http://vimeo.com/7461478[/vimeo] From Dr Casey Dunn at Creature Cast: Barnacles are stuck to rocks, which could make it tricky to get close enough to a partner to mate. They have solved this problem by evolving the longest penis relative to their body size of any animal. In this video the penises of several barnacles are probing the…

  • Bye Bye Bye wet suit version

    Another hit from the three seas program phenom: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0lK6GRO06E&list=UUw2OjYuEJKPDXkrAhaAGrJw&index=6&feature=plcp[/youtube]  

  • Cuttlefish are cool

    Yes they are. But don’t just take my word for it. Click & listen below to seahorse expert Heather Mason Jones from the University of Tampa making her pick of the oceans inhabitants for “Critter of the Month” in the latest episode of the Naked Oceans podcast. Cuttlefish are cool – Naked Oceans

  • Ride the open access wave

    This is a slightly modified version of an email I sent to several ESA officers and editors as part of a conversation we are having about ESAs recent position letter in support of the Research Works Act (read primers on the issue from an anti-RWA perspective here, here and here). It was written from the perspective of a…

  • Rise Above Plastics

    An eye-catching graphic from the Surfrider Foundation. Check out riseaboveplastics.org – a beautifully-designed website with an excellent message!

  • Cetacean size chart

    Just because…

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