Author Archives: Chuck

Another Round on the Neuse

Posted on June 20, 2012 by Chuck

Late last summer, I embarked with an intrepid crew of Duke grad students to track bull sharks in the Neuse River.  We came up empty-handed that time, but a year later I found myself going back for another crack at … Continue reading →

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Declining Predators eat Mediterranean Jellies

Posted on June 13, 2012 by Chuck

It wasn’t my intention to keep picking on the Mediterranean, but this paper was just too damn interesting.  In the Mediterranean, like many other marine environments worldwide, numbers of jellyfish and ctenophores (those really colorful comb jellies, actually not related … Continue reading →

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How Italy Ate Up All Its Sharks

Posted on June 6, 2012 by Chuck

As dramatically imperfect as U.S. fisheries management can be, I still stand by my stance that we have the best-managed fisheries in the world.  Fishermen gripe about it being too restrictive and quick to change, conservationists complain about it being … Continue reading →

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Enjoying Seafood While Knowing Too Much

Posted on May 30, 2012 by Chuck

I freely admit that I enjoy seafood.  I grew up in New England, where the American seafood industry was practically invented, and now live in North Carolina, where the confluence of cold and warm water at Cape Hatteras makes for … Continue reading →

Posted in conservation, fisheries, fisheries management, North Carolina, rhode island, seafood, Uncategorized | 3 Comments

The Case Against Dolphin-Safe Tuna

Posted on May 26, 2012 by Chuck

Here’s another shining example of a post I should have had up a week ago before life intervened.  Last week the World Trade Organization ruled that the dolphin-safe label on canned tuna unfairly discriminates against Mexican fishermen.  The debate could … Continue reading →

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The Future

Posted on May 16, 2012 by Chuck

Posts have been a little sparse here for the past month or so, and it’s because I’ve been spending a lot of time a.) finishing up my first year of PhD school, and b.) setting up a new batch of … Continue reading →

Posted in blogging, gill nets, grad school, milestone, North Carolina, sharks, spiny dogfish, tagging | 2 Comments

My Thesis: The Liner Notes

Posted on May 9, 2012 by Chuck

Whew.  What a semester end that was (I’m still trying to survive the fallout).  The first year of the PhD is down, and with it hopefully most of my class load so I can get to the fun stuff.  This … Continue reading →

Posted in dorkiness, ecology, grad school, milestone, North Carolina, spiny dogfish, striped bass | 1 Comment

Busy Times, in a Good Way

Posted on April 10, 2012 by Chuck

Apologies for the lag time between posts this week.  I was going strong, but then the end of the semester reared its ugly head.  I’ll likely be slow getting stuff up in the next week or so as I deal … Continue reading →

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NOAA/NMFS Not Actually Culling Sharks and Whales

Posted on April 2, 2012 by Chuck

Just to clarify, that previous post was intended to be an April Fool’s joke.  Apparently it was a lot more convincing than my “pictures of dogfish attacking a pelican” post from last year, and is now threatening to go viral … Continue reading →

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NOAA/NMFS Plans to Reduce “Problem Species” Populations

Posted on April 1, 2012 by Chuck

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is often painted by fishermen as a rabidly pro-conservation agency hell-bent on putting them out of a job by protecting every species they used to fish.  However, leaked internal memos show that the agency … Continue reading →

Posted in conservation, cownose rays, dolphins, fisheries management, NOAA, spiny dogfish, whales, wtf | 3 Comments