http://www.reefhugger.net Reef and Ocean Conservancy, one hug at a time! Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:45:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Reefhuggernethttp://feedburner.google.com http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Reefhuggernet/~3/qLXJV0zsYNA/ http://www.reefhugger.net/2012/02/no-soup-for-you-come-back-never/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:45:22 +0000 ReefHugger http://www.reefhugger.net/?p=228 <p>Yay!</p> <p>Seems like that status symbol ain&#8217;t holding the cache&#8217; it used to&#8230; </p> <p>&#8220;As you may know based on increasing media attention to this important issue, shark fin soup is a symbol of status in some Asian countries — primarily China — and is a popular dish at weddings and other important events. However, shark [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Reefhuggernet/~4/qLXJV0zsYNA" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.reefhugger.net/2012/02/no-soup-for-you-come-back-never/feed/ 0 http://www.reefhugger.net/2012/02/no-soup-for-you-come-back-never/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=no-soup-for-you-come-back-never http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Reefhuggernet/~3/7SDnw1sm-IM/ http://www.reefhugger.net/2011/04/blogfish-the-joy-of-cooking-lionfish/#comments Thu, 07 Apr 2011 22:06:11 +0000 ReefHugger http://www.reefhugger.net/?p=220 <p>&#160;</p> <p></p> <p>A great little post/link over on one of our favorite sites, Blogfish&#8230; It really catches you off guard when diving in the Caribbean - every dive outfit is on board asking you to tag where you spot lionfish, while some actually arrange lionfish hunting dive trips. These beautiful buggers wreak havoc on a coral reef [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Reefhuggernet/~4/7SDnw1sm-IM" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.reefhugger.net/2011/04/blogfish-the-joy-of-cooking-lionfish/feed/ 0 http://www.reefhugger.net/2011/04/blogfish-the-joy-of-cooking-lionfish/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=blogfish-the-joy-of-cooking-lionfish http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Reefhuggernet/~3/mSibiIcBPpU/ http://www.reefhugger.net/2011/04/safety-bonuses-given-despite-gulf-spill-deaths-business-u-s-business-msnbc-com/#comments Mon, 04 Apr 2011 18:29:10 +0000 ReefHugger http://www.reefhugger.net/?p=218 <p>&#160;</p> <p></p> <p>&#160;</p> <p>Speechless&#8230;</p> <p>&#8220;Transocean Ltd. gave its top executives bonuses for achieving the &#8220;best year in safety performance in our companys history&#8221; — despite the explosion of its oil rig that killed 11 people, including nine of its own employees, and spilled 200 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico.&#8221;</p> <p>via Safety [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Reefhuggernet/~4/mSibiIcBPpU" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.reefhugger.net/2011/04/safety-bonuses-given-despite-gulf-spill-deaths-business-u-s-business-msnbc-com/feed/ 0 http://www.reefhugger.net/2011/04/safety-bonuses-given-despite-gulf-spill-deaths-business-u-s-business-msnbc-com/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=safety-bonuses-given-despite-gulf-spill-deaths-business-u-s-business-msnbc-com http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Reefhuggernet/~3/CNWlioKrRk4/ http://www.reefhugger.net/2011/03/pictured-one-sea-turtle%e2%80%99s-worth-of-plastic-wired-science-wired-com/#comments Thu, 24 Mar 2011 22:27:04 +0000 ReefHugger http://www.reefhugger.net/?p=215 <p>&#160;</p> <p></p> <p>&#160;</p> <p>&#8220;Joining the Laysan albatross as icons of ocean plastic pollution are sea turtles, which consume bellyfuls of debris while swimming through Earth’s five great ocean garbage patches.</p> <p>Pictured above (at left) are the stomach contents of a juvenile sea turtle accidentally captured off the coast of Argentina. The image echoes famous photographs [...]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Reefhuggernet/~4/CNWlioKrRk4" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.reefhugger.net/2011/03/pictured-one-sea-turtle%e2%80%99s-worth-of-plastic-wired-science-wired-com/feed/ 0 http://www.reefhugger.net/2011/03/pictured-one-sea-turtle%e2%80%99s-worth-of-plastic-wired-science-wired-com/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pictured-one-sea-turtle%25e2%2580%2599s-worth-of-plastic-wired-science-wired-com