For a number of reasons, I decided (both intentionally and unintentionally) to wait until over a week into 2015 to do a “year in review” post. Part of this is because I wanted to make sure I didn’t miss anything up to New Year’s Eve. …
This past week my latest paper, published in F1000 Research as part of their Elasmobranch Biology and Conservation collection, officially passed peer review. This paper summarizes data collected from some spiny dogfish captured during the Back and Core Sound shark survey that seemed to be…
The inshore shark survey got some press this week. Reporter Josh Birch from WNCT rode along with last week’s night trip to capture some North Carolina shark science in action. We caught a nice blacktip, and adorable baby sharpnose, and a decent-sized stingray on camera,…
Well, that brief break from blogging escalated quickly. Between a number of housecleaning tasks (both literal and metaphorical) and the onset of field season, I managed to let an entire month slip by without posting. Which is not to say post-worthy things didn’t happen. To…
It’s been a long time coming, but the work I’ve been doing on spiny dogfish feeding ration has finally seen publication. For those with access, the paper (published in the North American Journal of Fisheries Management) is now available online (and if you don’t have…
Some of you may recall a couple years ago (the summer of 2012) I had a series of posts under the category “Summer of the Shark” recounting the events of my field work trying to survey Pamlico Sound for sharks. The purpose of that project…
Field work season is heating up, figuratively and literally. Before I start another series of posts on updates from the water, here’s a quick recap with accompanying photos of a little project I’ve been involved with for the past couple months (and/or year). Readers who’ve…
North Carolina’s weather has never been what you’d call predictable, especially off of Cape Hatteras (all those shipwrecks have to come from somewhere). That said, what I saw yesterday while tagging sharks off of Hatteras takes the cake. During what had been an uncharacteristically nice…
A couple quick updates about things that have really slowed down my posting, but have definitely been worth it. First off, SciREN was a great time. It was awesome meeting all the teachers interested in bringing marine and coastal science into their classrooms, and also…
Earlier this month, I quietly added a new page called Teaching Resources to the blog. At the time it was just a placeholder, but now it represents my attempt to use this space for things other than recaps of papers, field work and conferences. As…