It’s #JacquesWeek! Also, lots of other ocean things happened last week. Monday Morning Salvage: July 24, 2017

Flotsam (what we’re obsessed with right now)

This incredible interactive map of deep-sea mining sites, associated ecosystems, and the threats they face, from the Royal Society. And, while we’re on the topic of Deep-sea Mining, I am Wilderness just launched the DSM Observer to track all the latest developments in deep-sea mining.
A whale making a rainbow. Share the love.

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

Why These Dolphins Behead Their Prey. The grisly behavior is exceptionally rare—and may be a cultural phenomenon.
Internet death threats hound a young Alaskan after a successful hunt: A Teen Whaler in the Age of Cyberbullies from our friends at Hakai Magazine.

Chris Apassingok, 16, holds the darting gun he used to harpoon a whale this spring outside his family’s home in Gambell, Alaska. Photo by Ash Adams

Good stuff from oceanbites – Deep Iron: Good for the Ocean’s Bones.
Cyclothones are the most common fish in the sea. They’re also really, really cool.
Look, it’s also Shark Week, so I guess we can share a few pieces about sharks. Trump’s love of Mar-a-Lago is bad news for sharks. The president is on record as being generally against sharks, anyway.
Pirates, or Storms? Archaeologists Find ‘Ships Graveyard’ in Greek Archipelago.
The evolving fallout from an incident several years ago are going to have fascinating implications for the future of maritime protests. Russia Told to Pay Dutch $6 Million Over Greenpeace ‘Arctic Sunrise’ Seizure.
I’m a scientist. I’m blowing the whistle on the Trump administration by former director of the Office of Policy Analysis at the U.S. Interior Department Joel Clement.
Wake up and smell the marine awareness…on social media?!
Crustacean parasites are common on whales, but how they survive on smaller, speedier ocean animals is a mystery: The Lonely Lives of Dolphin Lice.

Andrew Peacock / National Park Service

Lagan (what we’re reading from the peer-reviewed literature)

Shipping News (academic and ocean policy wonkery)

A stark look at how the grant funding cycle can make or break promising researchers’ careers: Another tenure-track scientist bites the dust
But, sometimes you can fight back: Nevertheless, she persisted and Rough rides at tenure time.

Driftwood (what we’re reading on dead trees)

White Man’s Game: Saving Animals, Rebuilding Eden, and Other Myths of Conservation in Africa by Stephanie Hanes. See this excellent review by John Platt: A Call to Look and Listen; The new book “White Man’s Game” challenges conservationists to look beyond their own personal narratives.

Derelicts (favorites from the deep archive)

Some Shark Week Classics:

Southern Fried Science