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Ancient fish farming and popular invasive species: Thursday Afternoon Dredging, October 18th 2018

Posted on October 18, 2018 By David Shiffman
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Cuttings (short and sweet):

  • Follow everyone in this amazing thread of twitter wildlife biologists started by David Steen.
  • Ancient Egyptians farmed fish thousands of years ago. By the New Arab. This is a neat story about a new archaeological study, which tells us about ancient humans’ relationship with the sea.
  • Fun fish festivals around the world. By Dana Sackett, for the Fisheries Blog.
  • Drug trafficking at sea is devastating island states, ministers say. By Karen McVeigh, for the Guardian.

Spoils (long reads and deep dives):

  • What Happens When Humans Fall In Love With An Invasive Species? By Maggie Koerth-Baker, for 538. This is a really excellent long read about the cultural impacts of invasive species, and how they’re not always considered to be bad.
  • Herschel, the Very Hungry Sea Lion. By Katharine Gammon, for Hakai. This great story is all about how humans wrongly blame marine predators for our own overfishing.
  • Will Americans Embrace A Zeal For Eel? This Maine Entrepreneur Hopes So. By Fred Bever, for NPR.
  • Finding home, magnetically. From ScienceFriday.
  • Scientists map the impact of trawling using satellite vessel tracking. By John Cannon, for MongaBay
  • Scientists catch rare glimpses of endangered vaquita. By Elisabeth Malkin, for the New York Times.
  • The internet of animals that could help to save vanishing wildlife. By Andrew Curry, for Nature
  • And don’t forget to check out my first-ever op ed, about shark fishing in Florida

Please add your own cuttings and spoils in the comments!

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