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Wrasse control, oyster farming, and the economic benefits of saving whales. Thursday Afternoon Dredging: June 15th, 2017

Posted on June 15, 2017June 11, 2017 By David Shiffman
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Cuttings (short and sweet):

  • Watch this horn shark hatch in this video from the Monterey Bay Aquarium!

    Video from Monterey Bay Aquarium
  • Follow environmental lawyer Linda Nowlan on twitter!
  • Salmon farmers use wrasse to combat sea lice, threatening wrasse stocks. By Robin McKie, for the Guardian

Spoils (long reads and deep dives):

  • Can marine reserves help counteract climate change? By Kim Smuga-Otto, for Monga Bay
  • 7 years after the BP oil spill, oyster farming takes hold. By Debbie Elliott, for NPR.
  • How whale conservation spurred an economic revival in Mexico. By Katherina Audley, for National Geographic

 

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