Comments on: Gorton’s Law http://cephalopodcast.com/blog/2007/02/27/gortons-law/ The Ocean Podcast / science edu + ocean info Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:28:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Jason http://cephalopodcast.com/blog/2007/02/27/gortons-law/#comment-55132 Jason Thu, 22 May 2008 12:44:10 +0000 http://cephalopodcast.com/blog/2007/02/27/gortons-law/#comment-55132 Might be fun to just start linking to examples. <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/71766/Beautiful-pictures-of-toxic-sea-slugs#2117626" rel="nofollow">Here's the first one.</a> Mind you, this is fish in a barrel kind of work. :S Might be fun to just start linking to examples. Here’s the first one. Mind you, this is fish in a barrel kind of work. :S

]]> By: Cephalopodcast.com - The Ocean Podcast http://cephalopodcast.com/blog/2007/02/27/gortons-law/#comment-49960 Cephalopodcast.com - The Ocean Podcast Tue, 01 Apr 2008 05:42:35 +0000 http://cephalopodcast.com/blog/2007/02/27/gortons-law/#comment-49960 [...] it demonstrates some rather poor behavior on the part of the divers. In fact, in the tradition of coining new Internet eponyms, I want to propose a new one for this occasion. When some harasses marine life and it turns around [...] [...] it demonstrates some rather poor behavior on the part of the divers. In fact, in the tradition of coining new Internet eponyms, I want to propose a new one for this occasion. When some harasses marine life and it turns around [...]

]]> By: Cephalopodcast.com - The Ocean Podcast http://cephalopodcast.com/blog/2007/02/27/gortons-law/#comment-36885 Cephalopodcast.com - The Ocean Podcast Thu, 15 Nov 2007 15:39:36 +0000 http://cephalopodcast.com/blog/2007/02/27/gortons-law/#comment-36885 [...] in February I cheekily proposed a new Internet adage called Gorton’s Law. It was an allusion to the more well-known Godwin’s Law and is the notion that in any [...] [...] in February I cheekily proposed a new Internet adage called Gorton’s Law. It was an allusion to the more well-known Godwin’s Law and is the notion that in any [...]

]]> By: CR McClain http://cephalopodcast.com/blog/2007/02/27/gortons-law/#comment-36687 CR McClain Wed, 14 Nov 2007 20:06:51 +0000 http://cephalopodcast.com/blog/2007/02/27/gortons-law/#comment-36687 The formalization http://scienceblogs.com/deepseanews/2007/11/gortons_law_1.php The formalization

http://scienceblogs.com/deepseanews/2007/11/gortons_law_1.php

]]> By: Jason http://cephalopodcast.com/blog/2007/02/27/gortons-law/#comment-17850 Jason Tue, 12 Jun 2007 20:33:20 +0000 http://cephalopodcast.com/blog/2007/02/27/gortons-law/#comment-17850 <a href="http://digg.com/environment/Aliens_of_the_Deep#c7149797" rel="nofollow">Hey, Gorton's Law got referenced on digg.</a> Thanks Mike! Hey, Gorton’s Law got referenced on digg. Thanks Mike!

]]> By: Stephen http://cephalopodcast.com/blog/2007/02/27/gortons-law/#comment-4190 Stephen Tue, 06 Mar 2007 04:48:10 +0000 http://cephalopodcast.com/blog/2007/02/27/gortons-law/#comment-4190 <blockquote>It can be a struggle to get a grouper on board, but once on deck it doesn't take much to subdue it.</blockquote> I don't know. I've heard lots of horror stories of bringing aboard even 2' pelagics aboard--broken equipment, injuries, being knocked out. For our own safety, we were personally advised to drag any bonita we might catch behind our sailboat during the trip until it was nearly dead before attempting to bring it aboard. Not very sporting, but safer than swinging a baseball bat around in 8 foot swells trying to stop your dinner from wrecking your boat. I think many edible fish species tend more towards r-selection than terrestrial mammalian predatory megafauna. I also disagree somewhat with the statement that we tend to eat higher on the oceanic food chain. Lobster and oysters are typically considered a delicacy yet they really don't rank very high. Besides, I wouldn't believe anything that sellout writes! :-)

It can be a struggle to get a grouper on board, but once on deck it doesn’t take much to subdue it.

I don’t know. I’ve heard lots of horror stories of bringing aboard even 2′ pelagics aboard–broken equipment, injuries, being knocked out. For our own safety, we were personally advised to drag any bonita we might catch behind our sailboat during the trip until it was nearly dead before attempting to bring it aboard. Not very sporting, but safer than swinging a baseball bat around in 8 foot swells trying to stop your dinner from wrecking your boat.

I think many edible fish species tend more towards r-selection than terrestrial mammalian predatory megafauna. I also disagree somewhat with the statement that we tend to eat higher on the oceanic food chain. Lobster and oysters are typically considered a delicacy yet they really don’t rank very high. Besides, I wouldn’t believe anything that sellout writes! :-)

]]> By: Jason http://cephalopodcast.com/blog/2007/02/27/gortons-law/#comment-3482 Jason Thu, 01 Mar 2007 01:12:41 +0000 http://cephalopodcast.com/blog/2007/02/27/gortons-law/#comment-3482 Hmm, perhaps there should be an <a href="http://digg.com/general_sciences/20_new_ocean_species_found_in_Indonesia_2#c5477630" rel="nofollow">addendum for BBQ sauce</a> or the GL should be expanded to include all condiments. Hmm, perhaps there should be an addendum for BBQ sauce or the GL should be expanded to include all condiments.

]]> By: Jason http://cephalopodcast.com/blog/2007/02/27/gortons-law/#comment-3253 Jason Tue, 27 Feb 2007 05:40:38 +0000 http://cephalopodcast.com/blog/2007/02/27/gortons-law/#comment-3253 Why Gorton? Because it sounds better than Robertshaw's Law. It is also a small homage to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin's_law" rel="nofollow">Godwin</a> and gives cheeky credit to a company that makes a business selling lemon and butter. But if <a href="http://oceans.greenpeace.org/en/our-oceans/whaling/gortons" rel="nofollow">Nissui USA</a> objects too much, I'd be happy to call this Earl's Law. Why Gorton? Because it sounds better than Robertshaw’s Law. It is also a small homage to Godwin and gives cheeky credit to a company that makes a business selling lemon and butter. But if Nissui USA objects too much, I’d be happy to call this Earl’s Law.

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