Tag Archives: Twitter
CITES Upholds Historic Vote on Shark Conservation
On Thursday (13 March 2013) Delegates at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) ratified a vote cast earlier in the week, adding five species … Continue reading
McDonald’s Fish McBites Contain Seahorse Meat: A new Urban Legend
Beel loves it! CBS News recently reported “Fish McBites fail to spark McDonald’s sales.” Well of course they failed, they’re terrible (see Beel’s review). Anyway, Beel got all over this with … Continue reading
World-record Landlocked Striped Bass Captured in Alabama Excites the Twitterverse
Woo hoo, says Beel! A big fish brought to justice. Field and Stream (and other sources) report that James Bramlett of Dora, Alabama captured this beauty on 28 February 2013. The … Continue reading
Lamprey Caught Masquerading as Sea Monster in New Jersey
Bowfisherman Doug Cutler harvested this lovely beast from the Raritan River, New Jersey. A friend of his then posted a photograph of the fish on Reddit, where it went viral. … Continue reading
Fish McBites: Coming to a McDonald’s near You
Early last year McDonald’s began test marketing a new taste treat: Fish McBites. A fishy version of its popular Chicken McBites. Now, McDonald’s has announced its plans to sell Fish McBites nationally beginning in … Continue reading
The Mysterious Ocean Sunfish
Beel loves large fish. The ocean sunfish is the largest bony fish in the world. Therefore, Beel loves ocean sunfish. The best known species of ocean sunfish, the common mola Mola mola, reaches … Continue reading
Striped Bass Supported In California, Even If They Eat Salmon
Beel is pretty amused. Here is the text, in its entirely, from a brief report published in the Opinion Shop, San Francisco, California. “In California’s fight over water that has … Continue reading
A Look At Shark Finning
Shark finning is the practice of removing and retaining the fins of sharks, while the remainder of the shark is tossed overboard. This is done at sea, so that only … Continue reading
Two Hundred Years of Tuna
Andy Warhol once said, ”In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes.” For bluefin tuna, the future occurred on Wednesday January 4, 2012. By now, almost everyone is aware that a … Continue reading
Twittering The Alabama Rig
Beel has continuing interest in the Alabama rig and the fishery issue surrounding its use (see yesterday’s post). This issue may be more social than biological, as has been suggested, but Beel still … Continue reading
Kmart and the Dead Shark: Lessons to be Learned from the British Horse Meat Scandal
Last week there was extensive reporting on the death of a white tip shark that had been flown to California to star in a Kmart commercial. News of this began … Continue reading →