marine conservation

Conservation & Environment Industry & Government The Basics

Whale shark ecotourism: the good, the bad and the ugly

Practically nothing was known about the biology of whale sharks up until about 15 years ago. Since that time there has been a veritable explosion…

Cephalopods Conservation & Environment Coral Fish Fishing Industry & Government

Will marine conservation miss out at the next CITES meeting?

Alistair Dove April 12, 2012 CITES conservation marine conservation Nautilus sharks tuna

CITES is the 1973 Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, to which 175 nations are signatories. Along with the IUCN Red List, it’s one…

Conservation & Environment Fishing

Preemptive Conservation Communication Through the Lens of Negative Comments

Kevin Zelnio August 18, 2011 California Commenting conservation marine conservation Sardines Science Communication

Its a bit of a circular title, but I think it is honest. Marine scientists are constantly shouting at walls of reporters and news consumers…

Conservation & Environment Coral Ecology Fish Organisms Scientist!

What’s Eating You?

RickMac January 25, 2011 Caribbean coral reefs Field Work Invasive Species marine conservation

Feed a fish a fish, it eats for a day; Teach a fish to fish, it eats forever. That basically seems to be the crux…

Ecology Organisms

Marine Invertebrate Diversity Goes With The Flow

RickMac November 21, 2010 marine conservation MPA Science

Here’s an observation in which most recreational divers are familiar. Whether you’re diving the chilly coast of Maine or the tropical waters of Fiji, those…

Conservation & Environment

Earth Hour goes darkly this Saturday night

Peter Etnoyer March 23, 2009 conservation earth hour energy marine conservation

The WWF sponsored Earth Hour event calls on you to shut the lights for an hour this Saturday at 8:30 pm local time. This is…

Conservation & Environment Dumping Environmental Sciences New Research Organisms

Warfare Ecology

Dr. M March 12, 2009 anthropogenic biological and chemical weapons conservation deep sea ecologist economics energy energy flows Environmental Issues Eugene Odum famous ecologist marine conservation Organisms policy Savannah River Plant tactical oil spills war warfare

Six months ago in the yesteryear of 2008, Machlis and Hanson outlined in Bioscience a new subfield of study titled warfare ecology. As the authors…

Conservation & Environment Opinion & Editorial Vessels and Equipment

Sea Shepard: Only Making Matters Worse

Dr. M February 27, 2009 conservation law marine conservation ocean ramming sea shepard vessels video whale

In looking over Swimming With Sharks, I came across this video of Sea Shepard ramming a Japanese whaling ship. Appalled is the best word I…

Conservation & Environment Education Fish

Fear Sharks?

Kevin Zelnio February 3, 2009 marine conservation Save Our Seas shark

Tip of the fin to Penguin Wanderings.

Conservation & Environment

Fishing with dynamite in El Salvador

Peter Etnoyer July 23, 2008 coral reef dynamite El Salvador fishing marine conservation sea turtle

In an alarming trend, the practice of “dynamite” or “bomb” fishing has spread recently to Central America. Reports are coming in that hawksbill turtles are…

Deep Sea News

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