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Honor July 4th throughout the year by saying something

July 4, 2014 by Carolyn Kraft 1 Comment

Happy 4th of July! This day is all about celebrating independence, democracy and freedom. But what is the point of celebrating these gifts every July if we don’t make the most of them during the rest of the year? This has been the question on my mind since I attended the Pacific Fisheries Management Council… [read more]

Filed Under: Earth musings, Say Something Tagged With: democracy, drift gillnets, fishing, gillnet fishing, ocean, Oceana, public comment, public speaking, sustainable fishing, swordfish

Blue whale watching part 1

August 26, 2013 by Carolyn Kraft 2 Comments

I finally had the chance to go blue whale watching! After seeing tons of blue whale pictures on Facebook, I said enough is enough already, I’ve got to get out there and see blue whales. Then Harbor Breeze Cruises in Long Beach offered a great deal (for a limited time only), 10 bucks to go… [read more]

Filed Under: Fishes, Whales Tagged With: blue whale, endangered, fishing, krill, mako shark, nature photography, shark, whale, whale watching, wildlife photography

The Pacific Garbage Patch as art

June 17, 2013 by Carolyn Kraft 2 Comments

Do you ever feel like we’re swimming in garbage? Well, we are, both figuratively and literally (or litter-ally). Trash is everywhere. When I go for walks around my neighborhood, I always see trash…always. Usually, it’s fast food containers, leaflets that have fallen off cars and plastic bags. Since I see trash all the time, I… [read more]

Filed Under: Ocean pollution Tagged With: art, earth art, fishing, gillnet fishing, marine debris, ocean art, ocean trash, pollution

Dreamt I was saved by a dolphin

March 15, 2012 by Carolyn Kraft 2 Comments

A dolphin saved me in a dream! Having a dolphin rescue me was pretty cool, however the rest of the dream was not so cool. But before I get to the dream, I have to recap the events leading up to it. On Tuesday, March 13th, there were a lot of posts on facebook and… [read more]

Filed Under: Dolphins Tagged With: cetacean, dolphin, dorsal fin, endangered, extinct, fishing, gillnet fishing

Q & A with Nat Geo Photographer Thomas Peschak

March 13, 2012 by Carolyn Kraft 1 Comment

As part of doing a write up on the The Seas of Arabia article, National Geographic gave me the chance to ask writer Kennedy Warne a few questions and I jumped at the opportunity because I wanted to know more about what happened behind the scenes as he was gathering information for the article. Well,… [read more]

Filed Under: Photography Tagged With: endangered, fishing, gillnet fishing, National Geographic, shark, threatened, wildlife photography

Grunion season begins tonight!

March 10, 2012 by Carolyn Kraft 2 Comments

Tonight is the first grunion run of the season at Cabrillo Marine Aquarium. Let’s hope it isn’t a repeat of what happened last year, when crazy winds whipped palm fronds off trees and not one grunion appeared. If you can’t make it tonight, no worries, there are several more grunion runs coming up. Here’s the… [read more]

Filed Under: Fishes, Ocean events Tagged With: fishing, grunion

Interesting note on the Disney Oceans movie

July 20, 2011 by Carolyn Kraft 2 Comments

When I saw the Disney Oceans movie last year, I wondered, how did they get such great shots of so many species, especially those facing a bleak future? Well, this past weekend, I was wandering around Barnes & Noble and happened upon a book based on the movie titled, “Oceans, a National Geographic official companion… [read more]

Filed Under: Photography Tagged With: endangered, fishing, gillnet fishing, marine debris, ocean trash, over-fishing

Spawning endangered white abalone

July 11, 2011 by Carolyn Kraft Leave a Comment

Tomorrow, July 12th from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Cabrillo Marine Aquarium (CMA) will attempt to spawn white abalone and members of the public are invited to watch! Why is this exciting? Because in the wild, white abalone are considered to be reproductively extinct; meaning there are too few living too far apart in the… [read more]

Filed Under: Marine snails, slugs, worms, Ocean events Tagged With: abalone, endangered, extinct, fishing, over-fishing

Ted Danson on his new book Oceana

May 2, 2011 by Carolyn Kraft 2 Comments

I had an awesome weekend at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books at USC. For anyone who hasn’t been to the festival, you must go! It’s the largest book festival in the U.S., maybe even the world (but don’t quote me on that), and it’s FREE! The only thing you have to pay for… [read more]

Filed Under: Ocean events, Ocean heroes Tagged With: books, endangered, fishing, gillnet fishing, marine debris, ocean trash, pollution, threatened

My first grunion run

March 10, 2011 by Carolyn Kraft 1 Comment

I almost forgot to write about my first grunion run! On Monday, March 7th, I ventured down to Cabrillo Aquarium for the first grunion run of the season, which was predicted to occur sometime between 10:25pm and 12:25pm. This time frame is based on when the highest tide of the night rolls in carrying grunion… [read more]

Filed Under: Fishes Tagged With: fishing, grunion, spawning

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