Deep-sea gator bait, a mining company’s continued decline, why are there so many Garfield phones on French beaches, and more! Monday Morning Salvage: April 1, 2019.

Foghorn (A Call to Action!)

Flotsam (what we’re obsessed with right now)

Each giant isopod is around the size of a football. LOUISIANA UNIVERSITIES MARINE CONSORTIUM

Jetsam (what we’re reading from around the web)

There will be more. NO BLEIZ/AR VILTANSOÙ
Thaler with some of his ROV underwater robots. Stephen Voss for New Scientist.

Shipping News (academic and ocean policy wonkery)

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