Category Archives: conservation

AFS 2011 – Big Ol’ Recap

Posted on September 11, 2011 by Chuck

I’ve spent the last week at the 141st Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society, where nearly 4,000 fish nerds from the worlds of academia, management, and even art descended on Seattle for four days of talks, socials, interesting conversation … Continue reading →

Posted in AFS, conference, conservation, dorkiness, fisheries management, grad school, research, sharks, skates, spiny dogfish, striped bass, tagging | 4 Comments

Harpoon Fishing is Totally Badass

Posted on August 9, 2011 by Chuck

Bycatch is a huge problem in commercial fishing operations.  The need to make trips out on the water worth the expenses of gas, gear, and work-hours means that often commercial gear is designed to capture as many fish as possible … Continue reading →

Posted in conservation, fisheries, fishing, methods, MSC | 8 Comments

Win: PCS Withdraws Sulfur Burning Plant

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Chuck

Governor Bev Perdue traveled to Morehead City this afternoon to announce that Potash/PCS Phosphate is voluntarily withdrawing their plans to put a sulfur burning plant in the State Port in Morehead City.  This is after almost instantaneous and spirited public … Continue reading →

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PCS Phosphate Tries to Sneak Sulfur Burning Plant Into Morehead City

Posted on July 22, 2011 by Chuck

Something downright dirty is happening in the Morehead City Port, and it could potentially impact one of the most active parts of the North Carolina coast.  PCS Phosphate, a division of Potash Corporation, is apparently trying to sneak a sulfur … Continue reading →

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Get Psyched for Tidewater ’12

Posted on July 18, 2011 by Chuck

Hope you’ve all enjoyed my brief time off as much as I have.  While I don’t necessarily consider blogging to be work, the two tend to coincide more often than blogging and vacation.  So in that spirit, let’s get back … Continue reading →

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AES 2011 Day 4

Posted on July 10, 2011 by Chuck

Today marked the last official day of shark talks at JMIH/AES, though there will still be plenty of bony fish a reptile talks tomorrow.  Most likely I’ll be exploring Minneapolis, and then it’s time for the long trip back and … Continue reading →

Posted in AES, conference, conservation, fisheries management, North Carolina, research, sharks, tagging | 1 Comment

AES 2011 Day 3

Posted on July 9, 2011 by Chuck

Time for the recap of day 3 of JMIH/AES 2011.  Read on below the jump…

Posted in AES, conference, conservation, dorkiness, fisheries management, new england great whites, research, sharks, spiny dogfish | 1 Comment

AES 2011 Day 2

Posted on July 8, 2011 by Chuck

It’s day 2 of JMIH/AES, and, as usual, there were too many great talks for me to go through them all.  Make sure to check WhySharksMatter and labroides on Twitter to fill in some of the gaps, and if anyone … Continue reading →

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European Dogfish Updates

Posted on June 25, 2011 by Chuck

Still up in Massachusetts doing a little dogfish tagging, but we’ve taken a couple days off to recuperate and let the weather finish clearing up.  It’s already been much better weather and far more productive than the last time we … Continue reading →

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New Pier on the Block

Posted on June 6, 2011 by Chuck

  I just got back from a nice, much-needed weekend in the Outer Banks, and had an opportunity to check out the latest addition to the Nags Head coastline.  Jennette’s Pier has a long history among Outer Banks fishing piers, … Continue reading →

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