Save Our Seas
@saveourseas
In the effort to protect our oceans, we fund & support research, conservation & education projects worldwide, focusing on threatened wildlife & their habitats.
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We cannot live without the blue in our planet. 🌏 Discover why we need the ocean and how life below water affects our lives today. 🌊 via @WEF | Friends of Ocean Action
A review of elasmobranch breaching behavior: why do sharks and rays propel themselves out of the water into the air? Spoiler alert…it’s not all about white sharks and seals! #sharkscience Dr Tobey Curtis Manta Trust #PeteKlimely #EmmettJohnston link.springer.com/article/10.100…
Win-win: British Columbia is working with Indigenous communities to restore the region's sea otter populations & improve food sustainability. Indigenous knowledge is essential to keeping the province's ocean & coastal fisheries healthy. Lenfest Ocean Program pew.org/4dLJCfU
In addition to The Avengers & Star Wars, you can now add ‘Sawfish Conservation’ to the list of things that involve vaporisation by laser. Nikki Biskis from SARA - Sharks and Rays Australia explains how sawfish teeth can be used to identify their provenance. More below. saveourseas.com/update/the-jou…
Sanctuary burning: Sting in the tail for mangrove whiprays - James Cook Uni study E.Higgins Ian Bouyoucos Adam T. Downie B. Illing A. Martins Colin Simpfendorfer Professor Jodie Rummer #flatsharkfriday canberratimes.com.au/story/8745986/…
The fish on your plate might not be as fresh—or legal—as you think. Up to 80% of US seafood is imported, and much of it may be caught illegally. #PewMarineFellow Paul Greenberg & Carl Safina highlight the industry’s hidden risks in a The New York Times op-ed. pew.org/3Xp2JXy
Could the discarded egg cases of flapper skates hold the key to understanding their reproduction? With the world’s first flapper skate egg nursery recently discovered, Dr Catherine Jones is working to extract DNA that may offer insight for their protection. saveourseas.com/update/mermaid…