After two weeks off, we’re back and bigger than ever!

Cuttings (short and sweet): 

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• Archaeologist makes case for seafaring Neanderthals. By Christopher Ingraham, for Scientific American.
• Larson Creek trout may have been wiped out. By Randy Shore, for the Vancouver Sun.
• US Coast Guard steps up efforts to protect right whales. From GCaptain.
• The US and Britain are teaming up to study a massive glacier in Antarctica. By Laurel Wamsley, for NPR.

Spoils (long reads and deep dives):

• Fish with a switchblade and other animal weapons. By Liz Langley, for National Geographic.
• Fish and chips shops battered by soaring costs: Brexit threatens Britain’s national dish. By Jamie Doward, for the Guardian.
• Noisy reefs help fish find their way home. By Sue Palminteri, for MongaBay
• Something slithery this way comes: the difference between sea snakes and eels. By Emily Brauner, for the Ocean Conservancy blog.
• Catch and deceased. By Christopher Pollon, for Hakai.
• Why Atlantic species are invading the Arctic. By Eli Kintisch, for Vox.
• New Brunswick fishermen not happy with rules to protect whales. By Alexander Quon, for Global News.
• Chinese fish farm tests the waters with the world’s largest salmon cage. By Frank Tang, for the South China Morning Post.
• Unique Amazon coral reef at risk from oil drilling. By Amelia Urry, for OceansDeeply.
• Feds agree to list 75 remaining pink dolphins as endangered. By Ramona Young-Grindle, for Courthouse News
• How to save the high seas. By Olive Heffernan, for Nature.

Please add your own cuttings and spoils in the comments!

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