Shell stuff: Monitoring the health of California’s shellfish amid climate change
This is the second is a series about Medill News Service reporter Rebecca Fanning’s embedded reporting experience at UC Davis’ Bodega Marine Lab in Bodega Bay, California. Read the original post here. By Rebecca Fanning Endangered black abalone receive an aromatic spa treatment while hundreds of baby oysters float in tiny cages next to winding […]
Annual blessing of the Bodega Bay fishing fleet marks a shorter and uncertain salmon season
By Rebecca Fanning Bodega Bay, Calif. The Karen Jeanne rocks and sways as Dick Ogg steers out of Bodega Harbor, past the rocky breakwall where surf-casting fishermen wave from their perches. Behind him, an array of boats fall into line, each decorated with signs and flags, their decks full of fishermen, families and friends. To some […]
