Category Archives: dolphins

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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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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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

Cape Cod Dogfish Tagging Round 2

Posted on June 30, 2011 by Chuck

Finally managed to get enough time between recuperating from the trip and moving apartments to sit down and give you all a recap of what I and the rest of the Rulifson lab have been up to for the past … Continue reading →

Posted in dolphins, fishing, gill nets, grad school, new england great whites, photography, research, spiny dogfish, striped bass, whales | 4 Comments

Orcas Spotted off Oregon Inlet

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Chuck

And you thought dogfish stealing your catch was bad…  Recently a group of fishermen looking for bluefin tuna off of Oregon Inlet here in North Carolina’s very own Outer Banks had quite the show as a pod of orcas appeared … Continue reading →

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Ocean of Pseudoscience: Flipper is a Fraud!

Posted on September 9, 2010 by Chuck

This little bit of pseudoscience is a perfect example of how popular culture can distort our view of how nature works.  Most people are familiar with Flipper, whether it’s the old TV show from the 60′s, the short-lived 90′s reboot … Continue reading →

Posted in dolphins, ecology, Ocean of Pseudoscience, sharks | 18 Comments

Shark News Briefs

Posted on July 26, 2010 by Chuck

Not really a true post, but there are a couple noteworthy shark-related items available on the internet today that I wanted to make people aware of. First off, in response to my post on the general lack of trustworthiness in … Continue reading →

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You Just Can’t Trust Dolphins

Posted on July 23, 2010 by Chuck

The title of this post has been a personal philosophy of mine for a while, and one of the things that makes me glad to be a part of the Southern Fried Science network is that I am among like-minded … Continue reading →

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Ew, Just Ew

Posted on April 8, 2010 by Chuck

As a budding marine scientist, I’ve had to see fish dismember themselves in fishing gear, dissect things that look like they crawled out of the Star Wars cantina, dispose of rapidly-thawing specimens dated from 2003 (while the wind was blowing … Continue reading →

Posted in dolphins, dorkiness, wtf | 26 Comments