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Commercial Break!
on Oct 29, 2009 in Good Fun ...



SFMI: finally, the Signage!
on Oct 29, 2009 in The International Year of the Shark Stuart Gow Conservation Bootstrapping Fiji - once again at the Forefront of Shark Conservation Shark Free Marinas Shark Conservation Fiji Shark Conservation and Awareness Porject Smart Conservation Matava From the Facebook page of the Fiji Shark Conservation and Awareness Project.New signs ready to be distributed to all supporting marinas, resorts and fishing boats in Fiji! Funding was provided by Project AWARE! The dock signs are printed and laminate...



If you have a Heart
on Oct 27, 2009 in Pollution Great Pacific Garbage Patch Bottle Caps Hopeless Situation Algalita Foundation Somebody just sent me this link.The title of the message was if you have a heart, these images will disturb you - and yes, they do! Very much so!It's a local tragedy affecting a colony of Laysan Albatross - but much more than that, it's a terrible t...



The Goby
on Oct 25, 2009 in Shark Reef Marine Reserve Jack Randall Fish Taxonomy Stonogobiops The end of the Bull Shark season is clearly approaching.To witness, the animals are skittish and infuriatingly picky.One day, they are ravenous and turn up in impressive numbers; the other, they stick to the sidelines and will only deign to approach...



Florida - update on Lemon Sharks
on Oct 25, 2009 in Grassroots Conservation Endangered Species Dr. Samuel Gruber Petition Lemon Sharks Shark Conservation Florida Looks like the public workshop about the Lemon Sharks went well.As does the petition!That's what I gather from the messages I get and from the recaps on Oceanic Dreams and the Shark Safe Network blog. What I particularly approve of is that dialogue i...



Knopp's Shark?
on Oct 25, 2009 in Bignose Shark Shark Video From the website of the Florida Museum of Natural HistoryOne sure never stops learning!Apparently, that's the other name for the Bignose Shark, Carcharhinus altimus, in itself a rather obscure species, at least to this scribe. Even Compagno's FAO cat...