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Comment on Spring Break: Continental Shelf – Days 1 and 2 by My Thesis: The Liner Notes | Ya Like Dags?

My Thesis: The Liner Notes | Ya Like Dags? — Wed, 09 May 2012 20:26:40 +0000

[...] and Coley Hughes aboard the R/V Cape Hatteras), can be found in the series of posts beginning with this one. In short, I spent an entire day more seasick than I’ve ever been, saw marine life [...]

Comment on Busy Times, in a Good Way by sara

sara — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 06:09:46 +0000

Coward.

Comment on Busy Times, in a Good Way by Chuck

Chuck — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 16:03:04 +0000

I keep toying with the idea of trying out spearfishing, and one of the factors is that it’s a great way to see sharks. However, it’s also a great way to get attacked by them.

Comment on Busy Times, in a Good Way by john

john — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 12:41:58 +0000

Went down the Bahamas a few years back, and got talking to a lot of the lobstermen–these guys spend a ton of time underwater diving on lobster pots. The pots aren’t baited. They set the pots on the Banks where it’s nothing but turtles grass. So the lobsters go into the pots for shade and cover. The lobstermen dive in about 60 or so feet of water, using hookah gear–no tank, just a long tube attached to an air compressor. These guys do long trips–6 weeks or so. 8 hours a day underwater. They “tail” the lobsters underwater and put the tail into a bag. The rest of the body just floats away behind them. Well you can imagine the armada of groupers and snappers that follow the divers around. Groupers, snappers, and sharks. The guy I talked to smiled when I mentioned sharks he said. “No problem when the sharks are around. We see them, swimming around us, they don’t bother us.” Then he showed me a scar on his face, went from one ear to the other right across his forehead. A big bull shark hit him. But not when he was diving on lobster. Shark hit him when he was spear fishing for grouper. “Lobster no problem–It’s the fish blood that gets the sharks crazy. Then you gotta watch them. This bull shark came and hit me. I didn’t even see him coming. 75 stitches across my face.”

Comment on Busy Times, in a Good Way by Chuck

Chuck — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 18:50:11 +0000

It counts. They don’t have to be Jaws stories, just interesting encounters. Thanks for posting.

Comment on Busy Times, in a Good Way by Jonathan Gonzalez

Jonathan Gonzalez — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 18:28:57 +0000

A few months back I saw a dead sevengill shark on the beach where I was surfing. I hadn’t ever seen one in person before either live or dead. I had no idea that their teeth looked the way they did. I didn’t have a camera with me, but someone else saw the same shark and posted some pics here: http://www.edhat.com/site/tidbit.cfm?nid=77619
Not the most exciting story, but this was my last shark encounter…

Comment on Busy Times, in a Good Way by Chuck

Chuck — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 18:20:53 +0000

Ah, memories.

Comment on Busy Times, in a Good Way by Jordan

Jordan — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 13:30:32 +0000

So I was booking this big music festival on campus and the people involved with advertising had no idea what they were doing. “Monty. Here”

Comment on NOAA/NMFS Plans to Reduce “Problem Species” Populations by Chuck

Chuck — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 14:37:00 +0000

This post was intended to be an April Fool’s joke (and apparently a pretty convincing one). There are, however, plenty of legitimate posts on conservation here. Check out the “conservation” category down the sidebar, and thanks for reading.

Comment on NOAA/NMFS Plans to Reduce “Problem Species” Populations by Laurice Dee, Ph.D.

Laurice Dee, Ph.D. — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 12:27:33 +0000

Where is the link to this info? In other words, where’s the memo, please!