January 27, 2012

Construction on LSU parking garage underway
WAFB-TV
If you've driven around LSU's main campus recently, you've seen building materials everywhere.

Seafood Research Group Launches New Name, Online Database
Fish Update
After 40 successful years of addressing the research needs of the seafood community, the Fisheries Scholarship Fund (FSF) in the US is evolving into the Seafood Industry Research Fund (SIRF).

Left out to dry: fish stocks face decimation
The Canberra Times
Eric Pineda, a dock agent in Talcahuano, an old port south of Santiago, peered deep into the Achernar's hold at a measly 10 tonnes of jack mackerel; the catch after four days in waters once so rich they filled the 17m fishing boat in a few hours.

Humane Society offers $2500 for conviction of bald eagle maimed by gunfire N of Farmerville
The Republic
The Humane Society of the United States and The Humane Society Wildlife Land Trust are offering $2,500 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of whoever shot and crippled a bald eagle in Union Parish.

Victims lash out at owner of gutted residential tower
Gulfnews.com
Sharjah: Homeless victims of a 25-storey tower fire lashed out at building owners yesterday after some tenants were forced to spend the night in their cars amid one of the worst winter cold snaps in recent memory.

LSU partners with two schools to develop marine robots
The Daily Reveille
University students and faculty are developing robots that not only travel under the sea but can also operate in irregular conditions in the wake of a disaster like an oil spill.

Former LSU instructor hosts largest national biennial art event
The Daily Reveille
Who knew so much beauty could come from so much devastation?