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Deciphering age, growth and maturity patterns in one of the smallest but data-deficient shark species, slendertail lanternshark from the East China Sea onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... "This life strategy, typical of deep-sea elasmobranchs, underscores the vulnerability of E. molleri. "

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#Amphipods #giantamphipods "They estimate that about 59 per cent of the sea floor falls within this range. The genetic data also suggested the specimens, although distributed across this vast area, all represented one genetically similar species." www.newscientist.com/article/2480...

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Giant #amphipods may be more common in the #deepsea than we previously thought royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

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Florida has more homes at risk of #hurricane #flooding then any other state in the USA. Government is now trying to encourage coastal residents to raise their houses "This year, the state launched Elevate Florida, offering roughly $400 million in federal funding for residential mitigation..."

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After Dr. Meghan Martin’s home flooded three times in 4 years, she had contractors raised the house 12 ft so future coastal flooding and hurricane storm surge will be less likely to reach the interior.

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After hurricanes Helene and Milton, the Tampa Bay area has seen demand spike for raising houses "At least three houses on her block have already been elevated, she said, and about six more are in the process within the neighborhood. Another dozen are hoping to get started soon."

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#SouthCarolina is now allowing recreational #fishing for #redsnapper in state waters "A bill allowing recreational anglers to fish all 55 species in the red snapper–grouper complex year-round within state waters was recently signed into law by Governor Henry McMaster." wpde.com/news/local/g...

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#Coral #bleaching #Hawaii "It's sad and disheartening," Taylor said. "It was really colorful probably two years ago. And now it's all bleached white." AOL.com search.app/DNxuJ

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Folks, my course that teaches professional skills to graduate students is going to discuss professional email etiquette when emailing potential PhD advisors, committee members, colleagues, or employers.

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Just saw a grown-ass adult scientist post, only slightly paraphrased, "don't panic about the loss of Federal funding, apply for this grant" for grant that can fund a maximum of $500. Begging people to realize that "trying to help" is not the same thing as actually helping.

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I’ll say this again and every time a new story comes up. I’m not anti-trawling. But we should not do it in sensitive habitats or marine protected areas! If they’re not protected against this, they’re not protected against much!

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Salmon aquaculture "There are up years and down years in salmon supplies -- nothing new about that. What is new, though -- nearly unprecedented -- is for hundreds of thousands of additional metric tons of salmon to come onto the market in a single year." www.intrafish.com/opinion/tari...

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#salmon #sealion #Washington www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...

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New #sharkscience from Cornelia Erk & stellar cast of ghost shark researchers. Genetic diversity of American elephantfish showing "recent" arrival in South America. And as a bonus, relationship between the 3 Callorhinchus spp doi.org/10.1111/jfb.... @britfinucci.bsky.social @iucnshark.bsky.social

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The air traffic controller shortage, explained.

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#deepseamining insideclimatenews.org/news/1805202...

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#Pensacola #Florida #⁶⁸dronefishing #drone #dronerescue "He grabbed one of the flotation devices scattered across the beach, attached it to his Swellpro drone, and flew it out to the girl' www.fox10tv.com/2025/05/16/p...

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#whales #humpback #whales #crabfishing #California Most crab fishing is stopped when whales are around to avoid entanglement. Now there's a solution "...a remote-controlled pop-up balloon-like device that signals the crab cage to head to the ocean's surface.' www.cbsnews.com/news/crab-se...

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One of the options mentioned in the article quoted below is turning unwanted sargassum into biofuel, a project that has been funded by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) www.forbes.com/sites/kensil...

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Two of the solutions that St Lucia is looking at to solve the problem of excess sargassum: turn it into either fertilizer or paper pulp www.forbes.com/sites/kensil...

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Toxic #Hydrogensulfide gas from rotting #sargassum #algae is an air quality and #healthcare problem in Guadalupe www.gwadair.fr/publitheque/...

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Huge amounts of #sargassum #algae are choking #Caribbean islands, disrupting tourism and even causing health problems for residents. This article lists a number of locally grown solutions to mitigate the problems. phys.org/news/2025-05...

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Has anybody seen recently appointed U.S. government officials wandering along the beach with a chainsaw? "Officials are offering $20,000 for information about #dolphin, originally found intact but later with its head removed" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Good organization to help if you like to support #shark science

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Devonian can opener now comes in a more convenient size.

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#Fossil #fish #dunkleosteus New analysis says most dunkleosteus were probably under 4 m in length www.q-quatics.org/2023/03/24/f...

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" #Alaska #salmon processing giant Silver Bay Seafoods on Wednesday...it will begin the 2025 Bristol Bay season with a price of $1.30 (€1.16) per pound for bled and chilled sockeye" www.intrafish.com/processing/s...

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" #Chinook #salmon are the most prized of the five Puget Sound species for their size and nutritional value."

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#salmon "The most recent numbers for the South Fork Chinook spring salmon run, the 2022 season, show a run of 4,009, including natural origin, hatchery origin and pre-spawn mortality numbers." salish-current.org/2025/05/14/s...

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#Alaska #crab #fishing www.undercurrentnews.com/2025/05/14/t...

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Cruise ships and intensified tourism in Mexico threaten whale shark habitat

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Fun fact: David Zaslav, who everyone is mocking for various nonsense surrounding Warner Brothers and HBO MAX, used to be the CEO of the discovery channel. My writing about Shark Week bullshit was read at the board meeting where they ousted him.

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‘A horror movie’: sharks and octopuses among 200 species killed by toxic algae off South Australia

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#Kareniabrevis is usually the organism behind Florida's toxic #redtides. Right now, Australia is having a similar outbreak of the closer related #toxicalgae Karenia mikimotoi www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Our two days of “Shark scientist for a day” fundraiser trips raised $10,000 that will go towards providing low-resource Miami public schools with free marine biology field experiences in the future. Thanks to my 20 social media followers for joining us and supporting this important cause!

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A quick note: -Our “Shark scientist for a day” fundraiser was a huge success, raising $10,000! -We’re not doing it again any time soon. It’s too much work. -We are always available for group charters, where you organize and provide the group (of up to 15 people).

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Quick programming note- I am now speaking at the July Nerd Nite DC event, not the June. Other upcoming talks in May and June: www.southernfriedscience.com/sustainable-...

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Farmers Sued Over Deleted Climate Data. So the Government Will Put It Back. - The New York Times

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#Alaska #salmon #fishing Click through for breakdown by species "If the numbers hold true, a statewide salmon catch of nearly 215 million salmon would more than double a 2024 harvest that barely topped 101 million fish." www.nationalfisherman.com/alaskas-2025...

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