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• Seaweed passion leads to crowd-funding research
  on May 14, 2013 in conservation exploration research science Warrnambool deakin japanese seaweed university
  Followers of education writing and/or interested in crowdfunding stories may have noticed this one pop up this week: a university academic, Dr Alecia Bellgrove, who is raising money to fund research into edible seaweeds growing along the Victorian so...
• Circle hooks more humane choice for sharks, rays and sportfish
  on May 2, 2013 in conservation fishing science sharks academics nature oceans trends
  Just saw this Southern Fried Science post (nothing to do with chicken, everything to do with shark conservation) about the benefit of using circle hooks – a method I’m yet to try but definitely support. Here’s their description of...
• A Photographic Tribute to The Ocean
  on Apr 23, 2013 in Uncategorized conservation earth day marine ocean photography
  – http://oneworldoneocean.com – This Earth Day, One World One Ocean is giving the ocean the attention it deserves with a special video collection of ocean photographs from our online community. Here is the ocean through their eyes. Happy...
• It’s leatherjacket season! Also, this is not a fashion article…
  on Apr 22, 2013 in conservation fishing fun photography sea life Victoria Warrnambool ecology fish fisheries marine
  Leatherjackets are amazing fish, in such colourful varieties. In the past two months, I’ve spotted five different species from the Horseshoe to the Yellowfin species (Meuschenia trachylepis) pictured. This species is often seen with the Six-sp...
• Osprey in Flight
  on Apr 14, 2013 in Uncategorized
  Reblogged from Photo Nature Blog: Copyright Jeffrey Foltice This Osprey had me in its sights as it flew overhead today. Also known as the Fish Hawk, it enjoys catching fish and will normally have a nest near a water source. (Click on this or any of m...
• Inventing a new species, one misspelling at a time
  on Apr 11, 2013 in science conservation fun cuttle giant words dictionary absurd revolution movie
  Having a quick browse over my Twitter feed this morning, the word-nerd in me spotted this: The flambouyant cuddlefish is the pygmy sea horse's worst enemy. They are smarter than house cats. #revolutionmovie— Revolution Movie (@film_REVOLUT...
• Zombie bees and killer shrimp
  on Apr 8, 2013 in Uncategorized
  Reblogged from Biodiversity Revolution: Those who know me know that I watch a lot of Asian films: some very high quality ones, and some very cheap ones, the latter often featuring zombies and killer seafood. It turns out, though, that truth is again...
• Giant squid biodiversity
  on Mar 22, 2013 in Uncategorized
  Reblogged from Biodiversity Revolution: I'm pretty fond of all things squiddly, so I was concerned that Nature has a post this week about the low biodiversity of the giant squid - it seems that the giant squid (Architeuthis) are all one species, all...
• Red snapper mislabelling rife in US restaurants: Oceana
  on Mar 19, 2013 in activism conservation fishing science sea life fraud oceana seafood snapper
  Global ocean conservation society Oceana published its US National Seafood Fraud Report earlier this year and this week released some choice stats from the report in the graphic below. The list of mislabeled fish found in restaurants and supermarkets...
• More than a planktonic relationship: microbes digest double the carbon previously estimated
  on Mar 18, 2013 in conservation research science sea life california krill marine ocean
  Microscopic plankton (of the plant and animal variety) drives global carbon dioxide absorption. While the Amazon rainforest is absorbing nearly 2 billion tonnes of carbon per year, scientists have calculated the global ocean currently absorbs about o...

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