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…
View More Curiouser and CuriouserCategory: Fish
Of eyes and sex in lizardfishes
145 million years ago, in the Cretaceous, the air was warm and the seas were high and rum flowed freely. On land, mammals were oppressed under dinosaur…
View More Of eyes and sex in lizardfishesHypocrites
Sure we’ll protect deep-sea fishes…uuhhh we changed our mind The meeting of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization, which concluded today, left conservation organizations disappointed with…
View More HypocritesNOM NOM NOM
Ahhh… Indian Summer in San Francisco. Warm, fog-free days. King salmon begin their run back into the Sacramento River. Tourist crowds thin a bit. And…
View More NOM NOM NOMDeep sea fishing is ‘oceanocide’
Claire Nouvian, author of The Deep, provides a blunt and passionate discussion of why deep-sea fishing is very, very bad over at CNN. In blatant…
View More Deep sea fishing is ‘oceanocide’Manta Absconds With $5000 Camera
I simply cannot wait till Friday for this one. How I do LOVE charismatic megafauna!
View More Manta Absconds With $5000 CameraHow One Sushi Chef Transitioned to Sustainability
Water Blogged, the blog of the Living Oceans Society, has a very nice post up about why it is important to educate yourself about sushi.…
View More How One Sushi Chef Transitioned to SustainabilityThe Fish That Walks on Stilts
One of the denizens of the deep is the 30cm long tripod fish, Bathypterois grallator. This unusual fish is typically found anywhere between 1-5km deep…
View More The Fish That Walks on StiltsStaring Down the Barrel of a… SHARK!
Former DSN rockstar and Aquanautix founder Peter Etnoyer, and colleagues, recently explored 900 meter depths off Roatan, Honduras and came across a 10 foot long…
View More Staring Down the Barrel of a… SHARK!This Jellyfish Doesn’t Have Chance
Just received this great photo from a friend of friend. Gary Bernier took this while diving at the ship wrecks off North Carolina. A cookie goes to…
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