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Back from the Gulf Ecosystem Initiative held at the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis: Cobia

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Cobia Connections: Angler Workshop Held in Destin, Florida

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Receiver moorings destined for St. Joe Bay Grid with USGS Crew.

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Media Featuring: Whale Shark Tourism

Our recent study on whale shark tourism compliance off Mexico's Yucatan coast, which appeared in the Journal of Sustainable Tourism, has been gaining attention across multiple media outlets. See below for the coverage.

Futurity, Phys.org, ecomagazine, florida today, oceanographic, Mongabay.

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Set for Jan 2026: cobia angler workshop to leverage local ecological knowledge for understanding population dynamics.

Part of Kayla Kelley's PhD dissertation, we are excited to begin a collaboration this January with the University of South Alabama, USGS, and Okaloosa County on a cobia angler workshop to leverage local ecological knowledge for understanding population dynamics.

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USF study finds widespread rule-breaking in whale shark tourism hotspot

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Success for our Tarpon Science and Conservation Session at the 8th International Bonefish & Tarpon Trust Symposium, Fort Lauderdale, FL. Nov 7–8.

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MSc Students, Jones and Keene-Reinhard, awarded NSF S-STEM: Nitrogen Cycle Scholarships

Find more about this award: here.

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Griffin’s Fulbright at Deakin University, Victoria, Australia, with Dr. Timothy Clark

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Whale shark research on NBC: Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom Protecting the Wild

Our fine-scale disturbance study on whale shark tourism interactions was featured on NBC's Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom Protecting the Wild. Check out the full episode ‘The Biggest Fish on Earth' here.