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.
This just in. It's National Oceans Month.
That's like 30 World Ocean Days (June 8) all rolled into one.
(Can't touch this...)
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/05/20070531-6.html
In the press release, President George W. Bush reminds us of the good progress we've made under his administration (e.g. Northwest Hawaiian Islands Monument, Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act of 2006) then he goes on to advocate for secure navigational freedoms and more investment in offshore aquaculture.
OK. Now that you marked your calendar, how do we celebrate a month?
Comments
This is slightly off topic, but does it seem that the Bush admin is much more friendly to the ocean compared to other environmental issues. The Hawaiian Monument, no whale hunting at the IWC...
Posted by: chris | June 4, 2007 10:34 AM
the Chile agreement to end bottom trawling...
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200705/s1915287.htm
Posted by: Peter Etnoyer | June 4, 2007 7:23 PM