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Amazing fish eyes, the real cost of halibut, and protecting local species: Thursday Afternoon Dredging, December 13, 2018

Posted on December 13, 2018December 13, 2018 By David Shiffman
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Cuttings (short and sweet):

  • Follow UBC’s wildlife conservation economics lab on twitter! 
  • The Deep-Sea Fish with the Telescopic Tubular Eyes. By Craig McClain, for Deep Sea News. 
  • How to take action to help endangered species near you. A Revelator News Podcast by John Platt. 

Spoils (long reads and deep dives):

  • Why does halibut cost so much? By Larry Pynn, for Hakai. 
  • Feed a fishery, starve a seabird. By John Cannon, for Mongabay
  • What I learned from an ocean radioactivity testing project.  By Ken Buesseler, for Scientific American
  • Unexpected consequences of hurricanes. By Dana Sackett, for the Fisheries Blog
  • The effects of anti-depressants span generations in fish. By Diana Kwon, for the Scientist. 
  • Surviving Great Barrier Reef corals have greater heatwave resistance. By Ben Smee, for the Guardian 
  • What does climate change mean for our oceans? By Sarah Cooley, for the Ocean Conservancy blog 

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