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New research begins to understand how Weddell seals navigate under Antarctic ice
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New research begins to understand how Weddell seals navigate under Antarctic ice

PORT ARANSAS, Texas – Weddell seals routinely dive for 20 minutes at a time and travel up to a mile from where they started before returning to their breathing hole in the ice covered waters of Antarctica. How they find that...
Global Status Report on Fish Spawning Aggregations Just Released: Suggests Widespread Declines
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Global Status Report on Fish Spawning Aggregations Just Released: Suggests Widespread Declines

At the recent International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI) meeting in Okinawa, Japan, Science and Conservation of Fish Aggregations (SCRFA) and the ICRI Ad Hoc Committee of Reef Associated Fisheries launched the most up to date information with a report on how...
Community Leaders Meet to Discuss Resiliency
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Community Leaders Meet to Discuss Resiliency

Local elected officials and planners met on December 11th at the University of Texas Marine Science Institute to discuss resiliency needs and tools for planning in your area. The forum was hosted by the Texas General Land Office and the Mission-Aransas...
Library Arts and Crafts Holiday Party Raises Awareness of Marine Debris
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Library Arts and Crafts Holiday Party Raises Awareness of Marine Debris

Last week UTMSI staff, students and friends celebrated the holidays in their 4th Annual Library Arts and Crafts Holiday Party. The art theme this year was marine debris and the UTMSI Green Team sponsored an art contest. There were over 11...
UTMSI's Bryan Black Leads International Workshop
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UTMSI's Bryan Black Leads International Workshop

From otolith archives to networks of biochronologiesWorkshop held to study growth-increment chronologies in marine fishAt its meeting last week, the first Workshop on Growth-increment Chronologies in Marine Fish: climate-ecosystem interactions in the North Atlantic (WKGIC)​ identified several otolith archives that could...