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Listening for fish, glass sponges, and braking for whales: Thursday Afternoon Dredging: August 17, 2017

Posted on August 17, 2017August 17, 2017 By David Shiffman
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 Cuttings (short and sweet): 

  • Watch this tiger shark take on an albatross on some of my favorite National Geographic natural history footage 
  • Follow Dr. Maria Jose Juan-Jorda, a postdoctoral researcher studying sustainable shark and tuna fisheries, on twitter!
  • To see a coelocanth. By Steve Midway, for the Fisheries Blog.
  • Scientific expedition set to explore British Columbia’s glass sponge reefs. By Larry Pynn, for the Vancouver Sun.

Spoils (long reads and deep dives):

  • How do you clean an oil spill off a polar bear? By the NOAA Response and Restoration Blog
  • Whales die 70% less often if boats go slower. By Nathalie Sturgeon, for CBC news.
  • Measuring fish abundance through acoustics. By Danielle Bettermann, for MongaBay
  • Fish are mistaking plastic debris for food. By Fiona Harvey, for the Guardian
  • Can we feed the world with farmed fish? By Alastair Bland, for NPR.

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