Al might be keeping it classy on TGIF with some wonderful underwater footage, but here in New Hampshire, I’m stuck in an empty office revising a manuscript while everyone else it out enjoying Veteran’s Day. Hence I have been procrastinating on the interwebz, and was referred to this (by) catch-y rap (HA!) via twitter: Note: . . . → Read More: TGIF – Overfishing Rap
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By Kevin Zelnio, on  June 29th, 2011  One comment  Conservation & Environment, Fishing, Scientist!  Guardian, Jason Hall-Spencer, Overfishing Recently discovered a fabulous new marine tweep, the British Oceanographic Data Centre {follow @BODC on twitter} (a national facility for preserving and distributing oceanographic and marine data), who has been tweeting some interesting links from the other side of the pond. They brought to my attention this morning a new article by marine biologist Jason . . . → Read More: Reforming “17th Century Ideas of Marine Exploitation”
By Dr. M, on June 8th, 2011 4 comments Biodiversity, Bringin' It, Cephalopods!, Climate Change, Conservation & Environment, Editor's Desk, Fishing, Industry & Government acidification, Architeuthis, climate change, conservation, Giant Squid, Overfishing, World Ocean Day How many of you see a panda and automatically think of conservation and the World Wildlife Fund? The well-known panda logo was designed by the famous conservationist Sir Peter Scott. one of the founding members of WWF. The idea originated from a panda named Chi Chi transferred into the London Zoo in the same year . . . → Read More: From the Editor’s Desk: The Giant Squid Can Be A Panda For The Ocean
By Archie Teuthis, on May 3rd, 2011 9 comments Conservation & Environment, Fish, Fishing, Opinion, Scientist! bottom trawling, Eric Heupel, fisheries, Fisheries Stock Sustainability Index, fishing, FSSI, Groundfish, Magnuson-Stevens Fisheries Conservation Act, MSA, New England, New York Times, Overfishing, Ray Hilborn, Scientist In Residence Eric Heupel is a graduate student at University of Connecticut in Oceanography. He keeps a personal blog at Eclectic Echoes and Larval Images, and used to be part of The Other 95% team along with me before we closed shop. You can find Eric tweeting as @eclecticechoes. —————————————————- A few weeks ago there . . . → Read More: Scientist in Residence: Is It Time to Relax Fishing Regulations?
By Dr. M, on February 24th, 2011 2 comments Biodiversity, Climate Change, Conservation & Environment, Dumping, Fishing, Industry & Government extinction, Overfishing, oysters, reef Add this to your growing list of Earth going to hell Enjoy your shucking while it lasts. Wild oysters are now “functionally extinct” in many places around the world where they were once plentiful. More than 85 per cent of their reefs have been lost due to overfishing, according to a new study via Wild . . . → Read More: Wild Oysters Functionally Extinct?
By Miriam Goldstein, on January 25th, 2011 5 comments Fishing denialism, Overfishing, seafood, Seafood Watch, sustainable fishery Legal Sea Foods’ “blacklisted” seafood dinner took place last night. From the Boston Globe: An e-mail invitation to the sold-out event, sponsored by Legal Sea Foods and the nonprofit Culinary Guild of New England, reads: “Presenting a menu of supposed ‘blacklisted’ fish, Legal’s President and chief executive Roger Berkowitz discusses how outdated scientific findings unfairly . . . → Read More: The science behind Legal Sea Foods’ “blacklisted” dinner
The domestic fish catching sector has remained stable and in good order as a result of improved structure of fishing vessels. Deep-sea fishing has continued to improve its structure. As a result, the ratio of high seas fishery has increased from 46 to 58 per cent. Damn. via FIS – Worldnews – Fisheries sector continues . . . → Read More: Deep-Sea fisheries increasing in China
By Miriam Goldstein, on December 29th, 2010 38 comments Fishing denialism, Overfishing, seafood, Seafood Watch, sustainable fishery Time: 9 PM, after a long day in the lab. Place: Lucha Libre Taco Shop Internal Monologue: Bad Miriam: “If I do not have a Surf ‘n’ Turf burrito I will surely perish!” Good Miriam: “No! Shrimp is bad! You know shrimp is bad! You are a goddamn marine biologist!” Bad Miriam: “But it is . . . → Read More: DON’T PANIC: Sustainable seafood and the American outlaw
By Kevin Zelnio, on October 25th, 2010 Leave a comment Bringin' It, Ecology, Fish, Fishing, Scientist! Curiouser and Curiouser, fisheries, Jai Ranganathan, Jarrett Byrnes, Larry Crowder, Overfishing, Podcast This is a special report Jarrett Byrnes, a marine ecologist at University California, Santa Barbara and blogger at I’m a Chordata, Urochordata. ————————————– Something new out there is rather curious. About a year and a half ago, National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) postdoc Jai Ranganathan decided he had an opportunity. Some . . . → Read More: Curiouser and Curiouser
By Dr. M, on September 23rd, 2009 2 comments Biodiversity, Carnivals & Link Love, Conservation & Environment bleaching, Caribbean, conservation, coral reef, David Shiffman, jeremy jackson, monk seals, NEAQ, OCEANS, Overfishing, Southern Fried Science, turtles …because it has already happened. During a conference this summer, I heard Jeremy Jackson give talk. He highlighted the severely degraded state, as measured by just about any metric, of Caribbean reefs. Observe one of his talks or take a quick read of his papers and you will find yourself in the fetal position crying. . . . → Read More: There Is No Marine Biodiversity Crisis…
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