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06/09/2026

06/03/2026

Woohoo!! 💙💙💙🐳🐳🐋🐋🦈🦈🫍🐢🐟🔬🧬🧪

New BWRI vessel alert! Thank you to a generous donor, we were able to acquire a new research vessel for the BWRI fleet. This vessel was previously owned and operated by the University of California Santa Cruz at the Bodega Bay campus. We are currently repowering the boat for a new life in Florida working on fisheries research and education as a floating classroom. Formerly the RV Mussel Point we need a new name to honor the boat and its new mission in life. We are leaning towards either the RV Blue World Guardian or the RV Coastal Guardian. What do you think? What would be a good name for the boat? Let us know in the comments.

05/26/2026

"How is it that the most intellectual creature to have walked the Earth is destroying its only home?"

-Jane Goodall

Jane says: humans possess a "clever, clever brain" capable of deep scientific understanding and technological marvels, yet we fail to apply that intelligence to our own long-term survival. She frequently attributes this failure to a deep disconnect between the human brain and the human heart—suggesting that we have lost the love, empathy, and compassion necessary to protect the natural systems that keep us healthy and alive.

05/24/2026

Just want to send a quick reminder to everyone in Florida who will be enjoying the ocean this holiday weekend that sea turtle nesting season is in full effect. While out surfing last night I spotted an adult(most likely) female loggerhead that had unfortunately been struck by a boat. She was flailing at the surface and barely able to surface to breathe. It was absolutely heart breaking to see this first hand . I made a few calls to friends and the FWC hotline. Hopefully they found her but there are no guarantees as she was still in the open ocean drifting with the current. Typically this weekend and the next few weeks are when the most turtles are killed by boaters . Please slow down when in the in shore waters and watch for turtles. There are so many factors that sea turtles have to contend with, boat strikes are something we can do something about! Please share this post and spread the word. Hope everyone has a peaceful easy weekend. 🙏

05/20/2026

Wow!!

05/20/2026

This is so freaking cool!!

I was lucky to help in this research last year and am hoping for a repeat this year!

The Gulf is such an interesting and important body of water. If you read the caption and then watch Larry the shark loop around the warmer loop current and other travels, it's fascinating, but also raises many more interesting questions.