Monthly Archives: January 2020

Martin Luther King Jr. Day

It takes all types to change the world.  Some are speakers, some are doers.  And rarely, we are given the gift of a person who is both.  On this day, let us reflect on the words and deeds of Dr. King and those of all the many people that still form the movement that he symbolizes.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDNV8dxYe-g

 

Fish seeking cooler waters

This article from the NY Times is related to Friday’s lecture:

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/30/science/fish-climate-change-northeast.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=second-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news

This article raises many questions that we’ll deal with over the next few weeks:

  1. What determines a species’ (fish’s) range?
  2. Where are they now?
  3. Where will they be in 5 years?
  4. How many fish are there?
  5. How many can we take each year?

And the many non-ecology questions that ecology can help to answer:

  1. How to set national and state catch regulations?
  2. Who “owns” fish? or fishing rights?
  3. How to invest in fishing fleet? tackle?
  4. Where to locate purchasing/processing/packing facilities now? in 10 years?