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Migrating mullet and expanding garbage patches: Thursday Afternoon Dredging, March 22, 2018

Posted on March 22, 2018 By David Shiffman
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Cuttings (short and sweet): 

  • Follow science illustrator Bethann Garramon Merkle on twitter!
  • Great Pacific Garbage Patch is sprawling with more debris than thought. By Oliver Milman, for the Guardian.
  • In Bali fish die-off, a human hand is suspected. By Luh De Suriyana, for MongaBay.

Spoils (long reads and deep dives):

  • Mullet Mania. By Michael Patrick O’Neill, for Hakai
  • Commercial fisheries of the Great Lakes. By Steve Midway, for the Fisheries Blog.
  • Exploring the mysteries of Cuba’s coral reefs. By Brynn Nelson, for Science News for Students
  • Antarctica’s krill fishery threatens whales and penguins. By Erica Cirino, for Oceans Deeply
  • Decline in hunters threatens how US pays for conservation. From NPR’s All Things Considered.

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