Captains and those fishing the Gulf of Mexico! Please consider taking a bit of time and filling this out truthfully! The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council would like to gain a better understanding of what’s happening with red grouper in the Gulf of Mexico. The Council recognizes that as active fishermen, you may notice trends or interesting things happening in the Gulf that the scientists and managers may not be aware of yet. We rely on your on-the-water expertise to guide our current understanding of what’s happening. A scientific stock assessment of red grouper is currently underway. The information you provide through our Fisherman Feedback Tool will help to inform scientists and managers as they formulate a current understanding of the red grouper stock. https://lnkd.in/dETqA2d4

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New video at Leadline Down! "What’s in a Name? Why the Florida Bass is Recognized as Different from the Largemouth Bass." It is great to see our work affecting management of this economically very important group of species! Watch the video here: https://lnkd.in/eMimqXup

See the Bird Inc. program in action and learn more about its history, the students' reactions, and more!

Are you an Upper Yarra or Victorian Community energy peep? Renewable Energy is one of the themes and Julian has a number of interesting community energy projects to explore

Want to know what it's like running a decentralized business with Kyle? You can read about his thoughts, observations and suggestions on how to be successful at running it1 If you're considering about taking the same path, this blog is definitely for you! Thank you again Kyle Waltz of Conserv Pest & Wildlife Services! If you guys want to get to know a little more and learn more stuff, check it out!! https://buff.ly/43A4S48

In the case of both lionfish and lawyers, it is difficult to tell from the outside what characteristics they do and do not possess. One of the few conclusions that can perhaps be drawn is that most people probably find a lionfish more appealing to look at. Click here for an overview of my areas of expertise: https://lnkd.in/eYBxQWec (© Karel Frielink) .

You asked, Jack answered! 👀 Find the answers to your Harbor Wetland questions and learn more about the wetland's materials, plant life and recent animal sightings: https://bit.ly/3Bhn3ld

We paused our sales experiment on the lake yesterday. We spent the past week communicating to our customers about the upcoming pause, and interestingly, our regulars understood why we were doing it and were ok with it, even if it means they need to source their produce from somewhere else for the time being. Why did we pause something that seemed to be working well, you ask? The reality of transitioning seasons was upon us. Seeds or saplings are planted, they grow and some time 45 days or so after planting, we start seeing the results of our efforts. They bear fruits and vegetables for some time and then they reach end of life, and must be replaced with new plants. This also typically matches with a change in season - in our case, from summer to monsoon. We had to remove our plants (mostly turn them over into the soil, so their nutrients are retained in the ecosystem), prep the fields by adding compost and other nutrients and remake the beds and sow new seeds / saplings. This could have been managed better - we could have had a phased transition where some farms were transitioned earlier and some later to ensure our produce did not stop. But, it required better planning, a diversified farm base and a lot of luck (we struggled for water in some of the farms at the peak of summer, which is when we would have had to sow new plants). Now, solving this problem using science, technology, planning & management is exactly why we started on this journey - but we do have miles to go before we get there 🙂 We did, however, increase our acreage this sowing season by 30%, bought a tractor of our own and achieved significantly better efficiencies SoS (Season on Season) in field preparation and sowing by some interesting and frugal engineering by Saurabh S.'s team - more on that in subsequent posts.

Really looking forward to discussing the value of insights in the era of the LLM