by Jen Lowy | Dec 23, 2019 | Aquaculture, Conservation, Fish, Sustainability
Aquacultured angel fish are becoming more and more common these days. New species are being successfully raised all the time and its hard to keep track of them all. The multibar angel (Paracentropyge multifasciata) is a hard fish to... by AquaNerd | Nov 16, 2019 | Conservation, Reef, Video
Philippine fisherman Jocel Cabansay uses a bottle of sand to show how illegal fishing makes use of dynamite to catch fish.SOURCE CHRISTOPH SATOR/GETTY When there’s an underwater explosion, “it feels like the entire ocean collapses on you,” longtime diver and environmentalist Terence Lim says. Diving in Malaysia’s waters for 25 years, he has felt the pressure waves from fishermen’s homemade bombs and seen how explosions turn once vibrant reefs into rubble. Though outlawed, this explosive fishing method is common in Southeast Asia and along the Tanzanian coast due to its extreme efficiency. Now, after decades of largely futile attempts to crack down on blast fishing, environmentalists and marine scientists are turning to what they believe could prove the missing link in their efforts: acoustic data by AquaNerd | Oct 24, 2019 | Conservation, Science
A huge floating device designed by Dutch scientists for the non-profit Ocean Cleanup successfully captured and removed from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, the company announced Wednesday. Ocean Cleanup has been working hard to improve its device and attack the plastic waste environmental crisis for seven years. The device that captures plastic in its fold like a giant arm, according to Business Insider. The company announced that it was able to capture and hold debris ranging from large cartons, crates and abandoned fishing gear, lost netting and other debris and microplastics that are as small as one millimeter, according to an Ocean Cleanup press release. “Today, I am very proud to share with you that we are now catching plastics,” Ocean Cleanup founder and CEO by Admin | Oct 18, 2019 | Conservation
In my third post in this short series I have some images from a dive off the coast of Cozumel, a charming little Mexican island of the Yucatan Peninsula, that has some great diving, but is in my opinion in danger of being swamped by the vast number of tourists that... by Admin | Oct 14, 2019 | Conservation
This is the second in a short series of posts that I hope you’ll enjoy which highlights some of the artificial reefs I’ve visited over the past few years. There are many reasons for the creation of artificial reefs, assuming they were created on purpose of... by Admin | Oct 9, 2019 | Conservation
Most readers of this post are likely to be creating artificial reefs of their own, that’s kind of the point I guess. The thing is though, there are a great number of artificial reefs being created in the...
