I’ll admit I was a bit skeptical about Twitter for a while. However, since jumping on the bandwagon I’ve actually found it to be an incredible source of information and news that I would never have had the time to track down on my own. …
NOAA/NMFS has released a statement asking commercial fishermen to release mako sharks caught alive. They also ask that fishermen report where the makos are released so they can update their information on mako movements and distribution. The reason for this is that stock assessment research…
Spiny dogfish are one of the rare success stories in the management of shark fisheries, with the U.S. Atlantic population representing one of the few shark stocks ever to fully recover from overfishing. At first glance this doesn’t seem to make any sense: spiny dogfish…
This post isn’t about sharks, but I do like to give props to those working-class fish that help feed the predators of the marine world. Here are a couple items of interest for fans of those delicious and declining fish, the river herring. First off,…
The past few posts have been quick short-form recaps of what’s been going on that day. Now that I’m back in town (after we called the trip early due to weather) I finally have a chance to upload the pictures from the trip and give…
Just a brief one today. Yesterday we got out on the water again for what should have been a nice half-day excursion to wrap up this round of tagging and surgically implant acoustic receivers into live dogfish. What it turned into was a comedy of…
I want to start this post off by apologizing for forgetting the upload cable for my camera. Because of this glaring oversight, I won’t be able to post any pictures from the trip until I get back. Here’s hoping I describe everything well enough to…
The posts for the next couple weeks will likely be pretty brief, because I’m up in Cape Cod helping out with a little dogfish tagging, plus working on refining my own shark puking technique. Unlike last time, we’ll be working primarily off of fishing vessels…
As I get ready to head up to Cape Cod to help out with the latest round of dogfish tagging, some exciting news popped up on Underwater Times. A great white of impressive proportions was sighted off of Martha’s Vineyard today by a fisherman checking…
Tip o’ the hat to Jen for bringing this to my attention. Oregon is among the states putting through bans on the trade and sale of shark fins. However, looking at the legislation itself, I can’t help but notice a key part. The legislation explicitly…