Craig is temporarily a post-doctoral fellow at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute who is looking for a permanent position. He spends most of his time balancing his overwhelming geekdom with normalcy so he can function in the real world. Luckily his wife likes his geekiness.
Peter Etnoyer is a Graduate Research Associate at the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. He studies deep corals and ocean fronts, and he loves to be on the water.
Kevin Zelnio is a Graduate Student Researcher at Penn State studying the ecology of hydrothermal vent and methane seep communities. He raises awareness of the plight of the spineless through folk music.
The "panda-people" at World Wildlife Fund are promoting a recent success protecting deep-water habitats in the "coral-rich waters off north-west Scotland". It makes me laugh just to read those words. 20 years ago folks would scoff.
WWF seems to be ahead of the curve in deep-water conservation. They enjoyed a similar victory protecting seamount habitat in the Mediterranean last year. How do they do it? Generally, it's localized autonomy with tender loving support from headquarters in DC. If cold corals count where you live, then that's your agenda.
The press release is here.
