A lively time to be part of Louisiana Sea Grant!

Jim was a good fisherman, and a good man. He was one of us.

New research by Dr. Stephen Midway (Steve Midway) and colleagues shows the pandemic has been good for recreational fishing and potentially fisheries management due to "social fishtancing." Read more about it here: lsu.edu/mediacenter/ne… USGS Clemson University #LSU Louisiana Sea Grant

Time to count some fish.

Down in Kiawah Leigh Anne Harden tagged some turtles Many years ago meridian.allenpress.com/journal-of-her…

We found that more shark attacks happen closer to a full moon—although lunar influence on biology/ecology remains an untold story! (w/@Lindsay_French_, George Burgess, David Evans) frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

A new study from LSU CC&E's Steve Midway shows that, on average, more shark attacks occur during fuller phases of the moon. Are these sharks under a moon spell? Read more about this LSU Research: ow.ly/Tykp50HtHgt

Matt Blankman God this Wharf Rat is just a physical experience

Deepest of thanks to Steve VanderKooy, GSMFC, and nearly 100 participants in our Floundering Around symposum this past week. Research was shared and future priorites were identified—with support from Louisiana Sea Grant and too many others to thank.

It’s finally here!

Hard to estimate the centuries of cumulative author experience and expertise that went into the pages of #MFB2: 20 Chapters / 58 authors / 6 countries Now available in hard copy or PDF: fisheries.org/bookstore/all-…

New book: 'Methods for Fish Biology' (2nd edition), the first update of this tome in 30 years. This 800-page book features contributions from nearly 60 authors, and includes 20 chapters on taxonomy, physiology, applied ecology + much more. fisheries.org/bookstore/all-…

brief words on behalf of “U.S. Blues”

New Marine Extension agent Haley Gambill looks forward to continuing collaborations she established during her time as a graduate student at #LSU and creating new partnerships within Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes. Learn more about Haley at laseagrant.org/2022/gambill-h…

Chuffed to arrive at my desk and find this new book arrived in the mail. Congrats to Stephen Midway, CalebHasler and Prosanta Chakrabarty for wrestling all the contributors into line! I've provided my perspective on respirometry methodology if anyone's interested :) #fishsci

If the geek-police arrest you we can bail you out of geek-jail with all the royalties we made off the book.

You can give your data viz a paint job, or you can make it built to last Matthew Robertson @Brum_Lab Jim Cloern ASLO tinyurl.com/48dezv9w

New Scientific Data paper out sharing 30 years worth of CO2 in US flowing waters. >750K CO2 estimates (linked to USGS NHD) for your modeling needs: rdcu.be/c3a8N CalebHasler

Eager to share that my latest book is out: The Science of Writing: rb.gy/fb3cj This book is for anyone curious about what goes into scientific writing and how to navigate the publishing process. Best part: 12 custom illustrations by Rush Dhillon