Sea turtle biologists in the Gulf of California in northwest Mexico are having continued success with efforts to monitor and restore sea turtle populations in…
View More Hawksbill turtles tagged by satellite in Gulf of CaliforniaAuthor: Peter Etnoyer
PhD candidate at Texas A&M University- Corpus Christi and doctoral fellow Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies.
Federal fisheries address shark butchery
Surfrider Foundation’s online newsletter Soup is reporting new rules from the National Marine Fisheries Service that federal shark fisheries in the Atlantic ocean and Gulf…
View More Federal fisheries address shark butcheryWho remembers the Falklands War?
At the time, few knew of the Falkland Islands, and fewer knew Argentina was capable of mounting an amphibious attack. Now, 25 years later, the secret’s out. It was all about oil.
View More Who remembers the Falklands War?Planet Herzog
New York Times reviews Werner Herzog’s Antarctic documentary “Encounters at the end of the World” calling it ‘hauntingly beautiful’. The film is set at McMurdo…
View More Planet HerzogBush's BOP; the President's Big Ocean Plan
The Bush administration has outlined plans for a “blue legacy” that would use Presidential authority to establish new national monuments, along the lines of Papahanaumokuakea…
View More Bush's BOP; the President's Big Ocean Plan4th Deep-Sea Coral Symposium accepting abstracts
Deep-sea corals bring people together. Geologists, ecologists, taxonomists, managers and climatologists all get a kick out of our heartless, brainless, colonial friends. So, we get…
View More 4th Deep-Sea Coral Symposium accepting abstractsDivers rescued from Komodo dragons
A group of five European recreational divers separated from their dive boat in Komodo National Park, Indonesia later came ashore on a nearby island only…
View More Divers rescued from Komodo dragonsTGIF: GODAC deep-sea video database
The Global Oceanographic Data Center (GODAC) has a webpage of favorite deep-sea videos from the Japanese Agency for Marine Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) with…
View More TGIF: GODAC deep-sea video databaseFriday Deep-Sea Picture (06/06/08)
The deep-sea cup coral Flabellum deludens Marenzeller 1904, from the Philippines between 200 – 700 m depth. More here at the Ocean Biogeographic Information System.
View More Friday Deep-Sea Picture (06/06/08)Can speed limits protect right whales?
Ship strikes are a common source of mortality for right whales and humpbacks in the North Atlantic. CNN runs a story on how a plan…
View More Can speed limits protect right whales?