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| Blog Name: | eyemocean |
| Url: | http://www.eyemocean.blogspot.com |
| Language: | English |
| Topics: | underwater, amazon, conservation |
| Description: | Blogging about underwater conservation, marine world imaging, amazonian conservation, conservation politics and the occasional bit of crazy sailing. |
| Popularity: | 4 Followers |
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Forensic Help for Shark Conservation
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AFP today reports that a group of scientists working in Hong Kong have been using DNA testing to try to trace the source of a batch of shark fins purchased amongst the city's notorious shark fin trading markets. The technique has been used previously to trace th |
Is this the world's first ever Shark Officer?
| BBC news today reports that scotland is to create the post of Sharks Project Officer. you can read the full report here. This could be the first creation of such a post anywhere by a government agency with the sole responsibility of developing shark conservation initiatives. Great move scotland!! |
ABC on the Farallon debate.
| ABC news in the states is airing this newreel piece about the controversial tagging procedures in the Farallon Islands. I must say after seeing the clips that the proceedure looks exteremely stressful to the shark. A hammer to crack a nut indeed. However, you have to wonder where this guy gets his funding. That is one expensive ship! I'm also moderately disappointed in National Geographic who gave this airtime. Shouldn't one of the world's most respected wildlife publication organisations be promoting non invasive research? |
Exitus acta probat?
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There has been an amount of controversy brewing this week about a certain new tagging program happening in the Farallon Islands. The incoming researchers are using a type of invasive methodology with which |
Wild Wonders for Nuno Sa
| I'm feeling proud today, I just heard that my friend Nuno Sa has posted his report about our Basking Shark expedition to the Inner Hebrides on the Wild Wonders of Europe site. You can see the link here http://www.wild-wonders.com/blog/?p=5763Wild Wonder of Europe is probably the biggest and most ambitious wildlife project ever to take place here and the exhibitions set to travel Europes cities will be quite something.You may have read on my previous blogs about the expedition, and these beautiful images by Nuno are a true testament to the beauty of these animals, and of course to the ability of Nuno as a photogra |
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