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 Afishionado | Jun 14, 2019 | Aquaculture, Conservation, Corals, Video
For this video, we headed to downtown Miami, Florida to visit Dr. Rivah Winter, the Inventor in Residence and Curator of Aquarium Content & Marine Science at the Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science.… by AquaNerd | Sep 2, 2018 | Conservation, Reef
When you think of coral reefs, the coast for South Carolina is probably no where near your latitude of thought by AquaNerd | May 5, 2018 | Fish
The Red Handfish (Thymichthys politus) is one of the worlds rarest fish. Thanks to a lucky discovery the known population has just doubled in size. A new group of these fish were just recently discovered off the coast of Tasmania, Australia. The newly discovered colony of rare Red Handfish could optimistically double their total population to 80 individuals. The Red Handfish gets its name from the hand-shaped pectoral fins which are used for walking on the seafloor. The fish doesn’t really swim – it walks slowly along the seafloor in search of prey. Until recently, researchers said they were aware of only one colony of this critically endangered animal, with around 20 to 40 fish. It only makes sense that by Afishionado | Mar 24, 2018 | Aquaculture, Conservation, Video
This year, I plan on focusing my interviews, articles, and other reefs work on aquaculture, conservation, sustainable efforts, and education. Why is that important? We as hobbyists need to know what is going on in our world, as well as what efforts are being made to...
