By now, we all know about fertilizer runoff and our marine ecosystems: when it rains, fertilizer from the fields is washed into streams and rivers, where it eventually makes its way to the ocean. The fertilizer causes algae blooms, which releases harmful toxins and deprives all other living [...]
It’s a simple concept. Limit or stop fishing in some areas to allow fish populations to regenerate and individual animals to reach a greater age and size, and there’s more fish ultimately available for everyone. Perhaps understandably, the fishing industry has been concerned about threats [...]
Almost three years ago, I shared some good news; Adidas had partnered with the collaborative environmental group Parley for the Oceans to design and produce a sneaker whose shoe upper was made entirely of yarns and filaments reclaimed and recycled from ocean waste and illegal deep-sea gillnets. [...]
Across the United States, more and more cities are banning plastic grocery bags with the goal of helping the environment and protecting ocean-dwelling creatures. I think that this is an important step in the fight to save our planet, and I’m pleased to see that the movement has inspired [...]
What do you think of when you hear the term “LFS”? ( local fish store) I hope for many of you it’s a term that makes you happy. I hope you smile and think about the last saltwater pet you bought and see him swimming happily in your aquarium. But that term too often these days makes people [...]
The success of a local fish store and the success of a town’s high school rests on some very similar factors: involvement with the community, engagement with its “customer base”, whether that’s the school’s students or the shoppers at the store, advertisement and [...]
Scientists from Rice University and Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi’s Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies, have discovered that sea-level rise might have occurred in bursts rather than a prolonged gradual increase. Close to the last ice age glaciers melted at a rate so [...]
An ultimate guide to dealing with Crown of Thorns outbreaks has just been released in open access format! The book “Biology, Ecology and Management of Crown-of-Thorns Starfish” expounds 30 years of COTS research, and compiles 18 different research papers and reviews, making it the most [...]