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On Boston’s Fishweirs and the Demise of Coral Reefs
Andrew Revkin, in response to a NY Times op-ed claiming that the coral reefs are doomed, finds some other marine ecologists who disagree. Frank Bruno states: It is scary, but is it true? I don’t think...
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Fishweir on the Common
So there’s a fish weir on the Boston Common for the next few weeks: Here’s the reason why there is a giant fence in the middle of Boston designed to catch fish.
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Meet the Flying Gurnard
The New England Aquarium has finished renovating the Giant Ocean Tank. At the top level of the tank, some small exhibits have been added. One of them features a flying gurnard (a fish). They’re not...
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I Suppose I’m an Amateur Hipster Ichthyologist
There has been a spate of stories about the fish known as the opah, since recent work shows that it’s sort of <a href="http://First discovery of a warm-blooded fish!“>warm-blooded. The Mad...
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THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE11!!!!11
From Alberta, Canada: Goldfish, some the size of dinner plates, are being found from Lethbridge to Fort McMurray, the province says. “It’s quite a surprise how large we’re finding them and the sheer...
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Clear-Cut Fishing
A few years ago, in a post about a reconstructed fish weir–a fence used to trap fish–I noted that, historically, this was a good strategy: Every year, a fishweir is reconstructed on the Boston Common...
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Understanding the Limitations of Your Data: The Fisheries Edition
This is disturbing (boldface mine): Astudy published Tuesday in the journal Nature Communications suggests that the national data many countries have submitted to the UN’s Food and Agriculture...
View ArticleThe Oceans Might Not Be Suffering A Mass Extinction But The Carnage Is Awful
Before I get to the oceans, I’ll describe something that Boston builds every year on the Boston Common: a fishweir. A fishweir is a fence used to catch fish. Believe it or not, it used to work: During...
View ArticleWe Have Turned Oceans Into Deserts
At least when it comes to the macrofauna. Every year, Boston builds a fish weir: A fishweir is basically a large fence that is used to trap fish, which are then caught (usually scooped out of the...
View ArticleOceans as Barren Deserts
Many moons ago, I noted this about Boston’s annual display of a fish weir, which is a glorified fence used to catch fish–yes, a fence: Every year, a fishweir is reconstructed on the Boston Common (more...
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