Florida State University researchers have spearheaded a major review of fisheries data that examines the domino effect that occurs when too many fish are harvested from one habitat.

While aboard the R/V Apalachee on a deep-sea research cruise, Dr. Chip Cotton, Dr. Dean Grubbs, and their team found a 12 foot Greenland shark, a polar species, in the Gulf of Mexico.

FSUCML Dr. Dean Grubbs and research crew captured the first ever reported 12-foot Greenland shark in the Gulf of Mexico.

The R/V Apalachee set sail July 28, 2013 for a ten day deep sea research cruise. Dr. Dean Grubbs and Dr. Charles Cotton and their crew will be conducting research in various areas of the Gulf of Mexico including the area of the Deep Water Horizon Oil Spill.

GoMRI's June 2013 newsletter focuses on the research being conducted by the Deep-C Consortium. It recounts what happened that fateful day of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Disaster and then summarizes some of what we have learned since then. In this newsletter you will find several quotes from FSU researchers as well as an interview from our very own director, Dr. Felicia Coleman.

The Washington Post highlights Dr. Steve Ross' (University of North Carolina at Wilmington) and Dr. Sandra Brooke's (FSUCML) research off the mid-Atlantic coast. A new chemosythetic community was found in which many different species of corals and other creatures can be found. Dr. Brooke says, "We've had very little information about the communities in the canyons", but now with funding from NOAA and the use of submersibles they are slowly starting to uncover some of the mysteries and discover communities they never knew existed in these areas.

Florida Tax Watch writes about the Florida universities that are researching the effects of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. It focuses on three institutions, one of which is Florida State University. It highlights our research on the coast along the Florida Panhandle as well as the deep waters of the Gulf and our attempt to reveal the connections between the two.

The Times (Apalachicola and Carrabelle) writes about our 2013 Open House! In it Lois Swoboda goes over some of the highlights of the day, including tours of our new research vessel, APALACHEE. Despite the unusually chilly weather that day, we had a great turnout.

Three years after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Travis Pillow of the Tallahassee Democrat writes about the research that some of our scientists here at the lab, along with the other Deep-C members, are conducting on the spill. The primary concern is for the long-term effects on the ecosystem, many of which are still unknown. Director, Dr. Felicia Coleman, says "The oil spill shown a light on the Gulf that said, 'My God' ... This is the supplier, and nobody was paying any attention to how important it is." Well people are seeing now just how important the Gulf of Mexico ecosystem is and are worried about what is to become of it.

Karl Etters with the Tallahassee Democrat interviews FSUCML's Dr. Dean Grubbs and graduate students Cheston Peterson and Johanna Imhoff about their thoughts on the R/V APALACHEE. They are all anxious and excited to embark on its maiden research voyage in April. The R/V APALACHEE is the first of its kind in this region of the Gulf and many are anxious to get a turn.