Saving Seafood

Maine Is Literally Dropping Fish Out of Low-Flying Airplanes, and It’s Mesmerizing

October 21, 2015 — Video of a man “aerial dropping” live fish into a pond from a low-flying plane has become a minor sensation after the footage was uploaded to the Facebook page of the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. The video has so far gotten more than 25,000 views.

“The department annually stocks over 1 million fish throughout the state, utilizing a variety of methods that include flying fish by airplane into remote ponds,” the department wrote in the video description. “The fish are loaded into tanks that are attached to the pontoons on the aircraft, stocking locations are verified and then the planes take off. The tanks are then emptied when flying over the water. The department generally stocks over 180 waters each year by airplane.”

Read the full story at News.Mic 

Fish Gets Most Boston Reaction Ever

September 23, 2015 — What happens when a couple of Bostonians come across a giant fish in the ocean? Why hilarity, of course.

Like a Saturday Night Live mashup of Good Will Hunting and Deadliest Catch, this clip of a Massachusetts native’s expletive-laced incredulous exclaiming as he follows what appears to be an ocean sunfish around will make you want a Wahlburger, a cup of Dunkin’ and a Red Sox hat in a fu–in’ instant.

Read the full story and watch the video at The Daily Beast

Groups in the Gulf Work Together on Conservation Efforts

September 11, 2015 — In 1987, the State of Louisiana passed a law prohibiting Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries agents from enforcing federal turtle-excluder device regulations in shrimp trawls. Louisiana was the only state in the country with that law. Although some Louisiana shrimpers followed the TED regulations, the state law prohibiting enforcement sent the wrong message and prevented Louisiana from protecting marine life in its state waters.

Read the full story and watch the video from SeaWeb