Rogue Waves
by James Komisarjevsky, RJD Intern Imagine being out on a ship and facing a 60 meter high wave. An extremely large wave like that is known as a rogue wave. Rogue waves can be anywhere from two or more times higher than the average wave crest. They can be anywhere from 20 meters to 60 […]
Shark Tagging with the St. Thomas School
by James Komisarjevsky, RJD Intern October 13, 2012 It was a quiet morning having to leave my house at 5:30AM in order to make it down to Islamorada for the shark trip planned for that day. Like always, I was screaming with excitement for being able to go out on the water with the RJD team […]
Marine protected areas: a viable conservation approach for wide ranging species?
by Fiona Graham, RJD Intern Marine protected areas (MPAs) are regions of the ocean that have been zoned off and designated a level of protection. Different levels of protection can be offered by these zones, for example a no take zone, where regulations in that area do not permit fishing of any kind. Another example […]
The importance of forage fish
by Megan Piechowski, RJD Intern The intermediate position of forage fish species in the food chain creates a high level of importance of their presence to the health and success of an ecosystem. Forage fish, like herring or anchovies, contribute directly to the commercial fishery economy through their direct catch and contribute indirectly through forage […]
Shark tagging with Island Christian School
October 12th, 2012 by Dani Escontrela, RJD Intern It had been about two months since my last shark tagging trip, so needless to say, I was super excited. I barely got any sleep the night before thinking about how incredible this trip would be. At the same time however, I tried to not get my […]
Coral Reef Management in a Changing Climate
by Laurel Zaima, RJD Intern Ecological disruptions have been occurring at an alarming rate and have been affecting many sensitive marine organisms. Fortunately, the coral reefs have been fairly resilient to the climate change; however, these disturbances have created a high demand for solutions to conserve the resilience of the coral reef. The scientists of […]