Author Archives: Walt Stearns

Shark Discovery! [Part Two]

Posted by Jan 15, 2016 Featured, Policy 1 Comment
Shark Discovery! [Part Two]

Lemon Shark Photo by Walt Stearns Open Season on Sharks: Unfair Fisheries Management Threatens Lemon Sharks, Ecosystems & Tourism In the first installment, I explained what scientists and angler/divers discovered about unique aggregations of lemon sharks in the vicinity of Jupiter. Because of archaic ways of valuing fish, these sharks are being decimated, despite ample […]

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Shark Discovery! [Part One]

Posted by Jan 13, 2016 Featured, Policy, Stories 2 Comments
Shark Discovery! [Part One]

Lemon Shark Photo by Walt Stearns Cooperative research off Palm Beach County, Florida yields important information about a vulnerable species On January 11th, 2001, I chanced upon something that had never been recorded in the waters off Florida’s southeast coast, near Palm Beach. On sand bottom, at a depth 87 feet were 40 — perhaps […]

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