MBARI sustained our commitment to ocean exploration and discovery in 2021. The year brought more challenges, but exploring our big, blue backyard always inspires awe and wonder—and curiosity about the... continue reading

posted by newtboy 1 month ago • 305 views • 3:16

For over a century, one of the most important salmon runs in the U.S. has had to contend with historic dams in Oregon and California. These dams have been responsible for the death of hundreds of thousands... continue reading

posted by newtboy 8 months 3 weeks ago • 116 views • 3:07

The US government deterrent to keep Asian Carp from getting to Lake Michigan from the Illinois river includes tazers and bubbles.

posted by eric3579 11 months 1 week ago • 126 views • 6:31

From Youtube, "By the end of the 21st century, humanity is becoming desperate. Decades of heatwaves and droughts have led to unusually poor harvests, while the warming oceans yield fewer fish each year.... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 1 year 2 months 3 weeks ago • 502 views • 9:10

Warmer Pacific temperatures are decimating kelp forests, the most diverse and important ecosystems off the West coast. Without these nurseries for ocean fish, their populations are due to collapse quickly.

posted by newtboy 2 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 367 views • 11:07

YouTube description: I got to see an Ocean Sunfish (Mola mola) up close and personal at the Monterey Bay Aquarium recently and I fell in love. These things are the superlative of superlatives. They... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 2 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 1,834 views • 3:58

YouTube description: The Yucatan peninsula is one of the busiest tourist destinations in the world and every year just offshore from Cancun, the largest fish in the ocean aggregates in vast numbers to feed. ... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 2 years 11 months ago • 754 views • 5:26

"... You know you’ve wondered. Do fish actually pee? And what does that make the ocean… one big toilet? ..."

posted by ant 3 years 3 weeks ago • 42 views

YouTube description: Canned fish has been around for over a century and has been enjoyed around world. Still, no one loves their fish more than Portugal, where old traditions of fishing, canning and... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 446 views • 3:30

This video shows a deep-sea squid Gonatus onyx fighting to eat an owlfish Pseudobathylagus milleri. It was recorded using remotely operated vehicle Doc Ricketts.

posted by newtboy 3 years 4 months 3 weeks ago • 823 views • 2:17

YouTube description In 1800s, miners began working in exposed deposits of mud near the town of Messel, Germany. They were extracting oil from the rock and along with the oil, they found beautifully... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 years 6 months 1 week ago • 519 views • 8:34

YouTube description: The type of sushi you’re probably most familiar with is haya-nare, a quick form of sushi made and consumed within a day using vinegared rice and raw fish. But there’s a second... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 years 7 months ago • 561 views • 2:55

"BOO!" Look who's back!!!

posted by PlayhousePals 3 years 9 months ago • 1,626 views • 3:13

YT - Primitive Culture Published on Jan 18, 2018 My Video Show about Make the Kind of fish trap in the shape of a basket with a hole at the small end. the wide end is dropped over a school of fish to... continue reading

posted by Buck 4 years ago • 331 views • 10:58

YouTube description: On the little island of Kihnu, seven miles off the coast of Estonia, women run the show. The island still functions as one of the last matriarchal societies left in the world. Historically,... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 2 months 1 week ago • 655 views • 2:54

"... Deconstructed". "Deep sea creatures look so..... odd? But why? ..."

posted by ant 4 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 26 views • 6:37

For nearly 700 years, the shrimpers of Oostduinkerke, Belgium, have been training draft horses to help them pursue the local catch. Typically weighing more than 2,000 pounds, these horses are well suited... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 4 years 6 months 2 weeks ago • 94 views • 2:39

It is apparently a very common method to catch catfish and eels that are in the marshy paddies.

posted by Mordhaus 4 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 267 views • 10:03