MASNA Announces Quarter 2, 2017 Publication Funded by the Dr. Junda Lin Memorial Fund

MASNA is proud to announce that the Quarter 2, 2017 publication funded by the Dr. Junda Lin Memorial Fund for Publishing Open Access Marine Aquarium Research is now freely available to the public as an open access article. In 2017, MASNA introduced the Dr. Junda Lin Memorial Fund for Publishing Open Access Marine Aquarium Research with the goal to off-set the cost to students of publishing research as open access articles in order to promote the spread of scientific ideas to not only scientists, but to anyone who is interested in the research, by making it freely available. Dr. Junda Lin was a Professor of Biological Sciences at the Florida Institute of Technology and the Director of the Institute for Marine Research (IMR). Dr. Lin’s Lab focused on the

Let’s talk about LEDs!

LED Lights Ten years ago, it would have been hard to imagine that this form of lighting could become the most popular source of light for marine hobbyists, aquaculture facilities, and  public aquariums.…

Where in the world is ‘Mary Lee’? No pings from long-tagged shark

Photo courtesy: Osearch.org Mary Lee, arguably the most famous shark in America, has gone silent. After being tagged with a transmitter by research organization Ocearch off the coast of Cape Cod in 2012, Mary Lee gained a legion of loyal followers tracking her ocean journeys. She has nearly 130,000 Twitter followers. However, no ping has been registered since June, reports the Post and Courier of Charleston. The good news: It doesn’t necessarily mean the end of Mary Lee. Ocearch tells Jacksonville.com that it’s more likely the batteries in her transmitter, designed to last about five years, have finally given out. See related article: Probable Great White Shark Nursery Discovered off Long Island. Click here to read more at Fox News.