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  • The Plan to Rear Fish on the Moon

    02/23/2021 6:07:04 PM PST · by MtnClimber · 65 replies
    Hakai Magazine ^ | 22 Feb, 2021 | Chris Baraniuk
    To boldly farm fish where no one has farmed fish before. The seabass eggs, all 200 of them, were settled in their module and ready to go. The ground crew had counted the eggs carefully, checked each for an embryo, and sealed them tightly within a curved dish filled precisely to the brim with seawater. The countdown, and then—ignition! For two full minutes, the precious eggs suffered a riotous shaking as the rocket’s engines exploded to life, followed by another eight minutes of heightened juddering as they ascended to the heavens. These embryonic fish were on their way to low...
  • Record White Seabass Speared(93 pounds!)

    06/30/2007 5:22:20 AM PDT · by kellynla · 47 replies · 2,653+ views
    Orange County Register ^ | June 30, 2007 | DAVE STREGE
    The world record for a white seabass caught on rod and reel is 83.75 pounds. So when anglers see this, jaws are likely to drop and more concerted efforts will probably be made to pursue these kings of croaker along our coast. On consecutive trips, Bill Ernst, 58, a spearfisherman for 45 years, speared white seabass weighing 42, 47, 68 and an incredible 93.4 pounds, the latter a world record. The current International Underwater Spearfishing Association record for a speared white seabass is 80 pounds, so Ernst shattered the mark. "I can't believe it, I just can't believe it," the...