1. Can a Biotech Bid to Take Shark Off the Menu?
A start up company in San Francisco has come up with a new way to try to combat the trade of shark fins. The company, named New Wave Food, developed a genetically modified yeast to produce collagen. This collagen can be duplicate the structure of a shark fin. Although there are many substitutes for the key ingredient in shark fin soup, nothing has been widely accepted. One expert in Chinese cuisine is hesitant on the new development and states that " a lot of the time eating shark's fin is about showing off and spending lots of money and eating something rare and exotic". New Wave Foods is also working on additional seafood substitutes. The overall goal of the company is to "create seafood that doesn't have to be harvested from this highly vulnerable ecosystem". Read more...
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2. Scientists Discover How Ocean Fish Magically Disappear
Have you ever wondered how fish have the ability to just vanish in the ocean? As SCUBA divers, we wonder this quite a bit. A study performed by a team from The University of Texas reported that two ocean fish- the big-eyed scad and the lookdown- both have a method to avoid predators by hiding in light. The fish have a unique and microscopic element on the surface of their skin that reflects polarized light. The US Navy is now interested in studying these species to see how it could be used to potentially hide deep open water vessels. Read more...
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3. Sea Ice Loss Brings Polar Bears to Land
![polar bear](http://cdn.phys.org/newman/csz/news/800/2015/polarbear.jpg)
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4. Life's Good For the Little Guys of the Ocean
![Mary Lee great white shark](http://image.nj.com/home/njo-media/width380/img/ledgerupdates_impact/photo/2015/11/19/19227727-large.jpg)
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![The UK government is ending subsidies for onshore windfarms in 2016 and cutting other renewable energy subsidies.](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/1b643978d600501dc8ff0cdb79edc48d84ad080e/0_0_5502_3302/master/5502.jpg?w=300&q=85&auto=format&sharp=10&s=5073d95efbd21ad103317f389407851d)
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6. Australian Court Fines Japanese Firm for Whale Kills
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