Writer, Creative Director, Musician, & Illustrator
San Francisco, California
Tag: sharks
Shark conservation panel discussion at the Blue Ocean Film Festival
August 29, 2010 @ 5:59 pm
Yesterday was an amazing day of meeting fellow shark conservationists at the Blue Ocean Film Festival in Monterey, CA.
At 10:30, I attended a panel discussion, “New Strategies In Shark Conservation,” of shark conservation experts moderated by wildlife cinematographer Richard Theiss. The panel guests brought a wide range of perspectives, disciplines and approaches to their discussion around the problems sharks are facing today.
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On Spearfishing, Swimming with a School of Orange Stripe Surgeonfish & Veganism
August 18, 2010 @ 10:27 pm
orange striped surgeonfish
I’ll never forget the recent privilege of scuba diving about 85 feet underwater in Kauai and coming across a large school of beautiful orange stripe surgeonfish. They were cautious but not frightened as I approached and followed from close behind, and for a few wondrous moments they allowed me to swim amongst them before I had to return to my dive team. I also saw a few octopi, eels, starfish, crabs, dozens of sea turtles and whitetip reef sharks sleeping and cruising near the bottom.