Sent 10 April 2020. Part of Little Blue Letter.

“I know not all that may be coming, but be it what it will, I'll go to it laughing."
~ Herman Melville, Moby Dick
Ocean update
  • A landmark court case is a huge blow for seabed mining in New Zealand's waters. The project would have seen 50 million tonnes of seabed dug up every year for 35 years, to extract ironsand for export to Asian markets. Environmental impacts and the lack of baseline environmental data were key issues in the case.
Gif of the week
See the sea
A Caribbean reef shark samples a Pacific lionfish at Cordelia Banks in Honduras. A few spiny lionfish escaped from an aquarium 20 years ago, and today they’re a plague, preying on the reef’s fish population. Scientists are helping sharks acquire a taste for the invaders by feeding them speared lionfish.
Meme of the week
Little Blue Letter was curated this week by a river dolphin.
Editing etc. by Glen Wright. Glen is a researcher studying marine governance, the high seas, and ocean energy. He is a drinker of tea, lover of the sea, and an Oxford comma user. 
Glen recently published Academia Obscura: The Hidden Silly Side of Higher Education.
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