The Aquarium of the Pacifc is having a photo contest; any photo taken there over the last 10 years can be entered. I was thinking of these two:

Weedy Scorpionfish

Weedy Scorpionfish by *senoritafish on deviantART

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Anemones

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The Monitor has been running an interesting series on fisheries management:

Empty Oceans

Which I think is a bit of a misnomer because fisheries managers are trying to do their best to keep the ocean from being completely emptied. The most recent article, Alaska fishing: the merits and costs of a tamed frontier, could be echoed off almost every ( Read more... )

This is a really nifty little video. I always wondered why flying fish have that extra long lower lobe on their caudal fin (tail); sort of the opposite of a shark. This shows what it's used for - the fish is actually extending his glide out of the water with it by beating the water as if he's swimming ( Read more... )

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Getting to be that season - if you live in southern to central CA and are interested in particpating in a bit of Citizen Science, why not volunteer to be a Grunion Greeter? Workshops are coming up (oops, some are this coming week!), so go to ( Read more... )

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I'm sitting in the living room of a house, a condo actually, on Mission Bay in San Diego. I'm about to call John at home and go to bed. I've been sharing the place with three coworkers this week, attending two conferences back to back. The first I had been looking forward to; the CalCOFI conference this year was about jumbo squid "invasions" - ( Read more... )

Last week's Divebum's Photos of the Week has some beautiful video (2:44 minutes) of marine life off Cabo San Lucas, Baja...

http://week.divebums.com/2007/Sep04-2007/index.html
(last in the list of photos)