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Tag: Galapagos

  • Anatomy of a shark heist

    Below is a guest post by Lindsey Carr, a PhD student in my lab at UNC. Lindsey is doing her dissertation research on the dynamics of shallow subtidal communities across the Galapagos archipelago. Her post is excerpted from a report she wrote for the Galapagos National Park about the catch found on the illegal vessel.…

  • What a marine massacre looks like

    Yesterday I led a team of eight scientists and students from UNC, USFQ and the Galapagos Science Center that documented the catch aboard a vessel caught illegally long lining in the Galapagos Marine Reserve. We worked alongside a great team from the Galapagos National Park and were also assisted by the Ecuadorian Coast Guard.  We identified, sexed, and measured every individual (there…

  • Breaking news: 357 dead sharks found on illegal fishing vessel in Galapagos National Park

    Check back on SeaMonster or go here for updates and related posts I’m in the conference room of the Galapagos Science Center overlooking the harbor of Puerto Baquerizo Moreno on the island of San Cristobal in the Galapagos. There is a lot of commotion around a new addition to the habors fishing fleet: a rundown small ship from…

  • It’s blue footed booby day – get your blue shoes on

    Founded by the Galapagos Conservation Trust, today is the day to celebrate all that is brilliant about blue footed boobies. So, get out your best blue shoes (or socks) and be a booby for the day. (These are one of my many pairs of blue shoes – yes blue is my favourite colour, and yes,…

  • Galapagos intertidal research

    This is a cool video produced by Pat Davison, a photographer and professor here at UNC in the School of Journalism.  It is about research being done by Lindsey Carr and Pamela Reynolds (two PhD students in my lab) on San Cristobal Island in the Galapagos.  I plan to post a lot of Galapagos-relataed content in…