Maybe they were sleeping.
Dead Sharks at the Flower Gardens
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Wow, someone caught me peddling bad science. How rare!You're right on the dinophyte toxins; I spend so much time now with invertebrates my algal expertise is slipping. I once maintained the monoculture stocks at UTMSI, which included non-toxic dinophytes like a Noctiluca and some other junk. How on earth could I have forgotten that...
Guess I'll be brushing up on algae this summer. It's SO NICE to have a phycologist-type on the scubaboard, or anywhere for that matter. Stick around please!
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Back to the topic, Emma emailed me that the recent shark deaths are most likely due to bycatch from hook and line fishing. I didn't know you could fish in the Sanctuary, but she says that's what happens at Stetson quite a bit.
I would have thought that released sharks would look more thrashed than the photos showed. They must die very well.
Guess I'll be brushing up on algae this summer. It's SO NICE to have a phycologist-type on the scubaboard, or anywhere for that matter. Stick around please!
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Back to the topic, Emma emailed me that the recent shark deaths are most likely due to bycatch from hook and line fishing. I didn't know you could fish in the Sanctuary, but she says that's what happens at Stetson quite a bit.
I would have thought that released sharks would look more thrashed than the photos showed. They must die very well.
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