THERE is now a website where, at least theoretically, anyone can download near-real time data on ocean temperatures, salinity and currents for the Australian marine environment. The Australian government contributed $52 million to the … [Read more...] about New Marine Data Website
Fishing
Think Like a Fish
UNLUCKY fishermen are all alike: We don’t know how to see. Read more here. … [Read more...] about Think Like a Fish
American Activists Target Australian Fishers
A VERY large American philanthropic organisation based in Philadelphia, PEW, has a few projects on at the moment. In Washington DC it’s renovating and refurbishing a building in what it describes as “the heart of the nation’s capital”. According to … [Read more...] about American Activists Target Australian Fishers
Shark Numbers and Shark Attacks
THERE have been three shark attacks in Sydney waters over the last three weeks, but there is no agreement as to whether shark numbers are on the increase – or not. According to NSW Deputy Premier, Carmel Tebbuts, there is no evidence of increased … [Read more...] about Shark Numbers and Shark Attacks
New ‘Save the Sea Kittens’ Campaign
Who could possibly want to put a hook through a sea kitten? Read more here. [Via Wes George] … [Read more...] about New ‘Save the Sea Kittens’ Campaign
Climate Change and the Commercial Fishery (Again)
I posted a graph from L.B. Klyashtorin via Walter Starck on May 4, 2008, with comment from Walter that "I have never seen a more succint and telling argument to refute carbon dioxide government climate change". The graph though was not of the … [Read more...] about Climate Change and the Commercial Fishery (Again)
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.