1/18/2007

Ornate butterfish returns!


The fish of Western Australia are smashing, aren't they?
In Western Australia they have many fish
so lovely and sassy they make quite the dish
you won't find them swimming around in your pond
without traveling southward to oceans beyond!

1/13/2007

Western Blue Devil bedevils



This Western Blue Devil of Western Australia is a noble re-post for ya...just because he's so dreamy in blue!


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1/07/2007

Jellyfish Leavin'



Welcome to Dreamyfish Art! You arrived just in time to say hullo/buh bye--the Jelly's Leavin'!


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12/27/2006

Many-lined cardinal fish



Here's Many-lined cardinal fish, Apogon chrysotaenia (Bleeker) from the Northwest Cape, W.Australia, and he's floating in to Welcome You!

Swim about a bit and you may find something you like...


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12/20/2006

the unexpected Batfish

Surprise, Y'all! It's not the Parrotfish, it's the Batfish that is able to keep the growth of the most problematic algae blooms under control--blooms which tend to overrun and kill coral reefs.

Study: Batfish Protect Reef in Australia which is groovy with all the little Dreamyfish you'll find in this gallery of botannical drawings blended with imaginary dream locations.

You know coral reefs around the world are being destroyed by development, commercial fishing, and warming waters from climate change. And the helpful role of the Batfish has been an unexpected discovery for scientists who were expecting someone else!

The Batphone has been contacted, it seems...


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11/30/2006

Help Ellen DeGeneres Save Wildlife!

Join Dawn's Make a Difference Campaign (yes, the dish detergent) and join Ellen's Flock...find out how to help save animals that are injured or killed as 24 million gallons of oil enter North American waters every year at:

Dawn Saves Wildlife...and there are other Flocks to join, too...check it out, Birds Of a Feather!

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11/18/2006

Humpback Whale Season in Hawaii

My friend Carol from Hawaii's Kohala Coast has written an excellent article Winter Waves Signal the Start of Humpback Whale Season. Did you know that the word for Humpback whales is kohala?

Carol gives a list of whale behavior which you may find interesting, and she links to The Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary as well.

Carol's article has great information--swim over and check it out!

11.18.06


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11/09/2006

Whale Sharks: Ralph, Norton, Alice, and Trixie

Aquarium Conducts Exam on Whale Sharks which is no mean feat for the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta.

Ralph, a 22-foot long whale shark and a mere "teen", is one of four--Norton, Alice, and Trixie--at the GA Aquarium, the only place you'll find whale sharks displayed outside Asia.

Check out the marvelous Georgia Aquarium here.

11.9.06 7:58 pm est

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11/06/2006

NEW Dreamyfish: Blue-spotted trevally



Hello from Dreamyfish Blue-spotted trevally, Caranx bucculentus (Alleyne and Macleay) of Indonesia. Sneak a peek into his most secret dream! Colorful, no?

Look around the Dreamyfish Art Gallery as you wish and with my compliments...


your pencil artist, Jude Cowell

11.6.06 5:40 pm est

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11/04/2006

A Future Without Fish?

The NYTimes has an article on the possible upcoming global collapse of fish populations worldwide.

29% of species have been fished so heavily or are so affected by pollution or loss of habitat that they're down to 10% of previous levels--aka as "collapse."

There are those against the prediction--the Bush administration as you would expect in their science-iness kind of way--yet 2048 is estimated as the target date after data from 1950--2003 was studied within all 64 large marine ecosystems worldwide.

Overfishing, pollution, loss of habitat = a recipe for "A Future Without Fish."

You'll find a link in the article to the journal Science where this study appears.

All the Dreamyfish say, let's Save the Fishes and Oceans! It's not too late, and they're are many things which can help if we begin now to avoid A Future Without Fish.



11.4.06 11:07 am

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