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• Feeding the Aquarium’s New Ocean Sunfish

  
  Sea Notes — Authority: 112
  It’s feeding time for the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s new ocean sunfish, or mola mola. Senior aquarist Michael Howard walks out a 20-foot walkway extending over the middle of the million-gallon Outer Bay exhibit. He places a red-and-white striped ball on...
  3 days ago

• Monterey County: An adventurer’s dream, a photographer’s fantasy, a place of unbridled beauty

  
  Tango Diva Travel Blog — Authority: 127
  No matter what your travel style, Monterey County is sure to please. Deemed one of the most breathtaking areas in the world, this coastal gem will undoubtedly leave travelers in a state of speechless awe at the wonder of natural beauty that is so much bigger than themselves. Monterey County boasts that kind of ...
  1 week ago

• Boneworms

  
  David Kirkpatrick — Authority: 143
  Let’s just leave this one at science fact and the ocean still leave science fiction behind . The release: 10 November 2009 MBARI News Release A motley collection of boneworms This photograph shows a female of an as yet un-named boneworm in the genus Osedax , which has been carefully removed from the ...
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• Behind the Scenes at the Seahorse Exhibit

  
  Sea Notes — Authority: 112
  Since opening on April 6, The Secret Lives of Seahorses special exhibition has become one of the most popular in the history of the Monterey Bay Aquarium. It’s also been a labor of love for the Aquarium’s husbandry staff. “It’s...
  1 week ago

• White shark released back into the wild by Monterey Bay Aquarium

  
  Fish and aquatic news — Authority: 123
  After being exhibited for two months at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, a young female white shark was released back into the ocean Wednesday this week. “ I’ve always said that these animals will tell us when it’s time to put them back to the ocean. Now was clearly the time ,” said Randy Hamilton, vice ...
  2 weeks ago

• A Passion for Fish and the Planet: Passionfish Restaurant

  
  The Inspired Economist — Authority: 406
  Some people say you eat with our eyes. At Passionfish restaurant in Pacific Grove, California, you do so with your heart — at a place where the local is celebrated, showcased, and conserved. Sometimes, savoring a meal can nurture our body while helping preserve or restore the planet.  One day, every meal will ...
  2 weeks ago

• Monterey Bay Aquarium tags, releases fifth white shark

  
  World Zoo Today — Authority: 146
  The Californian A young female white shark placed on exhibit at the Monterey Bay Aquarium in late August was returned to the wild today, marking the fifth time the aquarium has successfully exhibited and released a great white shark. Aquarium staff released the shark in offshore waters near the southern tip of ...
  2 weeks ago

• Where the White Things Are

  
  Sea Notes — Authority: 116
  Big news on the great white shark front today involving the young shark weve had on exhibit at the aquarium and publication of major findings about the lives of adult great white sharks off the California coast. First, the bittersweet:...
  2 weeks ago

• In Over Our Heads

  
  Sea Notes — Authority: 112
  More climate change impacts, in unexpected places. This time, its the deep sea -- another frontier where ocean animals are affected by what we humans do on the dry-land portion of the planet. Our colleagues at the Monterey Bay Aquarium...
  2 weeks ago

• Deep-sea ecosystems could be vulnerable to effects of global warming

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 716
  Washington, November 3 (ANI): Scientists have warned that deep-sea ecosystems occupying 60 percent of the Earth’s surface could be vulnerable to the effects of global warming.“Global-scale models are now estimating that climate change will affect the supply of organic matter from surface waters upon which most ...
  2 weeks ago

• Bloodybelly Comb Jelly

  
  Neatorama — Authority: 790
  A creature with a musical name presents a spectacular light show to the cameras of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute ’s remotely operated vehicle.  This ctenophore seems to be exhibiting bioluminescence, but what the “lights” actually represent is reflection or refraction of the photoflood lights ...
  2 weeks ago

• Monterey Bay Aquarium asks top chefs to help restore marine life

  
  Fish and aquatic news — Authority: 123
  The Monterey Bay Aquarium has launched a national campaign asking top U.S. chefs and culinary decision makers to take a “Save Our Seafood” pledge not to serve items listed in the “avoid” section of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch List.
  3 weeks ago

• Sustainable Seafood: An Interview with Chef Rick Moonen

  
  Sea Notes — Authority: 112
  Rick Moonen is the creator of Octobers Seafood Watch Sustainable Seafood Recipe: Chicken-fried Catfish with Green Tartar Sauce and Asian Slaw. In the 1980s, when Rick Moonen was starting out as a chef in New York City, few people thought...
  3 weeks ago

• Behind the scenes, undersea, in Monterey

  
  World Zoo Today — Authority: 146
  By CHRISTOPHER REYNOLDS – THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE Dawn is coming soon. The lights are off, the sound system silent, and the beasts of the Monterey Bay Aquarium have the place mostly to themselves: the otters, the anemones, the octopuses, the great white shark in the big tank, the lame young albatross in its rooftop ...
  3 weeks ago

• Halloween Hijinks

  
  Sea Notes — Authority: 116
  As you get ready for Halloween, the web team at the Monterey Bay Aquarium has put a few treats in your bag for your enjoyment -- and that of your friends. First, a very cool video, with a very cool...
  3 weeks ago

• To Eat (or Not to Eat) Seafood

  
  TakePart Social Action Network — Authority: 627
  You may know the Monterey Bay Aquarium for its famous Seafood Watch pocket guides to sustainable seafood . The pocket guide has gained such notoriety that its even got its own iPhone app , which enables you to make humane seafood decisions based on the region in which you live. But the aquarium is also esteemed ...
  3 weeks ago

• Monterey Aquarium’s McNutt new USGS director

  
  World Zoo Today — Authority: 146
  (AP) MOSS LANDING, Calif. — The former president of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute will be taking over as the new director of the U.S. Geological Survey. Marcia McNutt was confirmed Wednesday by the U.S. Senate, becoming the first woman to lead the scientific agency. The 57-year-old McNutt is ...
  4 weeks ago

• The End of an Exhibit

  
  Sea Notes — Authority: 116
  Just hours after closing the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s popular “Wild About Otters” special exhibition, workers erect temporary walls and a flurry of activity descends. Where visitors once stood, now there’s only dust, piles of debris and a steady stream of...
  4 weeks ago

• Blood Belly Comb Jelly

  
  Deep Sea News — Authority: 494
  Great video of a comb jelly with its silica plates that are reflecting light.  These plates are aligned in rows or combs and thus the name.  Comb jellies are not jellyfish.  The two are in different phyla, Ctenophora and Cnidaria.  The main difference is that Cnidarians have stinging cells and Ctenophores have the ...
  4 weeks ago

• Nudging Grocers and Consumers Toward More Healthy - and Sustainable - Seafood

  
  Green Inc. — Authority: 740
  With a new report and a "Super Green List," Monterey Bay Aquarium is aiming to nudge retailers and consumers away from problematic seafood products.
  4 weeks ago

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