Month: September 2011

Lobster Season

If you’re in California, Lobster Season starts this Saturday… Here are the official season dates: Saturday, October 1, 2011 through Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Monterey Bay Research Institute

Monterey Bay Research Institute The mission of Marine Operations is to enable MBARI scientists and engineers to unravel the mysteries of the world’s ocean utilizing better systems, methods and technology. Marine Operations enables scientists to be successful by understanding the scientific goals, and adapting equipment and methods to achieve these goals.

Foggy Week

It’s been a foggy week along the California coast. But it’s not completely drab, as lobster season is swinging into gear.

Accidental Sea Turtle Deaths Drop by 90 Percent

Improvements in fishing equipment seem to be preventing lethal ‘bycatch.’ The number of sea turtles accidentally caught and killed in fishing gear in United States coastal waters has declined by an estimated 90 percent since 1990, according to a new study by researchers at Duke University Project GloBAL (Global By-catch Assessment of Long-lived Species) and … Read more

Kitty Currier Flies a Kite for Marine Research

UCSB Geography graduate student Kitty Currier wrote the following description of her attempt to supplement her SCUBA-based observations of reefs and fish populations by using kite aerial photography (KAP) as a relatively inexpensive means of generating high-resolution aerial imagery for her marine research. For more, read Kitty Currier Flies a Kite for Marine Research