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Seagrass restoration, seabirds, and sea turducken! Thursday Afternoon Dredging: November 2, 2017

Posted on November 2, 2017November 2, 2017 By David Shiffman
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Cuttings (short and sweet): 

  • Watch this skate seen on a SCUBA dive in Scotland! Video by Catherine Hollingdale

    Video by Catherine Hollingdale
  • Follow fish parasitologist Isaure de Buron on twitter!
  • Judge halts Hawaii aquarium fishing until environmental review. By the AP.
  • There are more fish in the sea, because the Magnusson-Stevens Act is working. By George Leonard, for the Ocean Conservancy blog.

Spoils (long reads and deep dives):

  • A krill’s eye view of New Zealand seabirds. By Abby McBride, for National Geographic Voices.
  • Indonesians plant trees to nurse seagrasses back to health. By Sean Mowbray, for MongaBay.
  • This sea slug eats the turducken of the sea. By Steph Yin, for the New York Times

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