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Architeuthis Caught In Gulf of Mexico

From NOAA… Scientists from NOAA’s Fisheries Service have captured a giant squid while conducting research off the Louisiana coast in the Gulf of Mexico. This…

Conservation & Environment Coral Organisms

Protection For Deep-Water Corals Close

Dr. M September 21, 2009 Coral Crab deep sea Environmental Defense Fund Florida Lophelia NOAA North Carolina reef trawling

From the wire… A vast stretch of deepsea coral reefs in the south Atlantic passed a key step toward full federal protection as a special…

Carnivals & Link Love Conferences Coral

Coral: Symbol, Substance, and Significance

Dr. M September 21, 2009 Conference conservation Coral jewelry New York

October 30-31st you can catch the Coral: Symbol, Substance, and Significance conference in the Big Apple. Mercer R. Brugler a graduate student at the University…

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Sand Shack For Your Flippy Floppy Needs

Dr. M September 16, 2009 Brian Linton business flippy floppies Giant Isopod green I'm On A Boat lobster ocean conservation recycle Sand Shack trash

The Sand Shack is an environmentally friendly brand of apparel and accessories founded in Cape Cod. The company was started by Brian Lintonin 2006. After…

Conservation & Environment Organisms

Just Flip ’em

Dr. M September 15, 2009 conservation ERDG flip 'em horseshoe crab Limulus stranding

The Ecological Research & Development Group (ERDG), a non-profit wildlife conservation organization founded in 1995 with the primary focus conserving the four remaining horseshoe crab…

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Video Feed Live From 30 Meters

Dr. M September 15, 2009 Adrian Glover cabled observatory Darwin Center David Attenborough live feed Lonndon Natural History Museum Prince William Thomas Dahlgren underwater observatory video

It has been a long year waiting to announce this. Last year Dr. Adrian Glover, long time DSN fan from the Natural History Museum in…

Expeditions Organisms

NE Pacific Expedition Day 11

Kevin Zelnio September 7, 2009 Anemone Clam Ectenagena extenta Pioneer Seamount San Francisco Weather

A report from Dr. M while he is at sea in the northeast Pacific. You can also follow the expedition here. [mappress] Really no update…

Expeditions Organisms

NE Pacific Expedition Day 10

Kevin Zelnio September 6, 2009 abyssal plain bivalve Clam Ectenagena extenta Escanaba Trough Gorda Ridge Menocino Fracture Zone Pioneer Seamount Weather

A report from Dr. M while he is at sea in the northeast Pacific. You can also follow the expedition here. [mappress] Saturday, we steamed…

Conservation & Environment Fish

West Coast Fishermen to Adopt “Catch Shares”

Kevin Zelnio September 6, 2009 Cape Cod Cape Cod Fishermen Catch Shares Fisheries Management fishermen fishing Groundfish Massachussetts NOAA Overfishing Western Pacific

You may heard of vegetable coops, meat shares and perhaps even fish shares, now NOAA is advocating “catch shares” for western US fishermen. People can…

Expeditions Geology Organisms

NE Pacific Expedition Day 8 & 9

Kevin Zelnio September 4, 2009 Asteroid Barnacle Caldera Coral echinoderm Gastropod Gorda Ridge Hydrothermal Vent inactive hydrothermal vents invertebrates Juan de Fuca lava flow North Cleft President Jackson Seamount Rusticles Sea Star stormy seas Weather

[mappress] We dove Wednesday on North Cleft (45.030268, -130.182166), a massive ravine over 100 meters deep and a few hundred meters wide formed by the…

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