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  1. Everyday garbage -- not tsunami debris -- is what we should fear. The Great Pacific Garbage Reality. latimes.com/news/opinion/c…
  2. @oceansresearch Q is, can aquacult provide affordable, sustainable seafood to growing pop given costs of farms doing what nature did free?
  3. @MayaPlass That's clever! Can't wait to see it.
  4. @MayaPlass Psst. I think you went full-on aphasiac halfway through there.
  5. @RustproofBottom Weird that they call those "the little things." They sound kinda perfect.
  6. @collegeatlantic Up my alley. Is there a link for where to hear presentation or see her studies?
  7. @oceansresearch Makes me think of factory farmed cattle vs free range. Factory farmed produces so many more issues than we realized.
  8. @oceansresearch Possible to do that without cost of water/nutrient circulation, oxygenation, filtration becoming prohibitive?
  9. @RustproofBottom "Breathe the free air again."
  10. @oceansresearch Scary. Especially if intensive aquaculture is only viable alternative to overfishing wild stocks.
  11. @Shalyn67 @bangordailynews I think it all comes back to that we're most attracted to those people we think we deserve.
  12. @burnsy06 Like! But yes, stress level x50.
  13. @Shalyn67 Good to see serious eyes focus & ask right Qs. Yes NOAA should do more. But w budget slashed & ties to corp interests, can't. :(
  14. @holly_latham Another example of "green" "recycling"
  15. Watch as another nation with ZERO regulation "recycles" -- this time Bangladesh and its ship-breakers. bbc.co.uk/news/world-asi…
  16. Life, light, & beauty inside underwater caves off Bahamas. Wow! dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2… (hattip @jlojackaboo)
  17. @burnsy06 So true. Caught many foot-stompings in some of my posts before hitting "Publish." Sadly have missed a few!
  18. @oceansresearch I hope he -- all of them actually -- find somewhere to continue research & retain influence. It will be increasingly hard.
  19. @LauraJMoss Curse you Beryl!