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Lessons from Puerto Rico, mutant starfish, pictures of ships, and more! Monday Morning Salvage: October 9, 2017.

Posted on October 9, 2017 by Andrew Thaler

Flotsam (what we’re obsessed with right now)

A fish scientist’s 10 tips for surviving a hurricane: Lessons learned from Puerto Rico from our friends at the Fisheries Blog.
Commentary: For Hurricane-Hit Puerto Rico, an Insider’s Guide to Disaster Management by gCaptain.

The Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) arrives in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Oct. 3, 2017. U.S. Navy Photo

Shrinking fish, shipstrikes, and tracking Putin by wildlife. Thursday Afternoon Dredging: August 24th, 2017

Posted on August 24, 2017 by David Shiffman

Cuttings (short and sweet):

Watch this basking shark feed in a video from Basking Shark Scotland
Video by Basking Shark Scotland
Follow Ting-Chun Kuo, a seahorse conservationist who just defended her Ph.D., on twitter!
Climate change is shrinking fish. By Craig Welch, for National Geographic.
More whales are dying from shipstrikes then previously believed, because some sink. By KCBS news.
Scientists attached cameras to penguins. Here’s what they found. By Sarah Gibbens, for National Geographic