Dr. Dean Grubbs' project was one of ten projects selected for funding by the Florida Institute of Oceanography RESTORE Act Center of Excellence Program. Dr. Grubbs will receive $293,960 over two years to examine the long-term effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on large deep-sea fishes.
This video by National Geographic features Dr. Dean Grubbs’ work tagging sharks to learn more about their movements and population numbers along the gulf coast.
Dr. Dean Grubbs and several FSUCML graduate students were featured on Discovery Channel’s Shark Week. The crew was investigating the effects of the Deep Water Horizon oil spill on species living at the depth of the spill, about 5000 feet deep. In the five years since Deep Water Horizon, Dr. Grubbs and his lab have completed the largest survey ever done of deep water sharks.
Baltimore's public radio station interviews Dr. Grubbs about his and Dr. Cotton's latest publication, examining the truth about cownose rays' effects on scallop and oyster populations in Chesapeake Bay. Their study challenges a previous study purporting that overfishing of large sharks caused a sudden increase in the number of cownose rays.
Dr. Dean Grubbs helped to identify a specimen caught by a fisherman on the island of Penghu. This unique sea creature has a tongue-like structure that can be as long as its body. Learn more about the creature and its identification.
Although approximately half of the world’s known chondrichthyans (sharks, skates, rays, and chimaeras) live in the deep sea, very little is known about these elusive animals. Thus, these species may be vulnerable as global fisheries continue to expand while research is often lacking to document the biology and life history of these fishes.
In a recently published research paper, a group of researchers, including Dr. Dean Grubbs, reveal the last place in the ocean that the smalltooth sawfish lives.
Dr. Dean Grubbs says, "Most people don't realize that more than half of all shark species in the world live their whole lives below 700 feet deep.” Learn more about the research of Dr. Grubbs and his team on the surprising migratory patterns of the bluntnose sixgill shark.
“More sharks and people are likely to be in close proximity to one another leading to more numbers of attacks, but to my knowledge, the rate of shark attacks (e.g. number of attacks per 100,000 beach-goers) has not changed”, says Dr. Dean Grubbs. See more about Dr. Grubbs’ thoughts on shark bite risk.
"For decades, the slaughter of sharks – sought after for their fins and meat – has been staggering. But bans on finning and new attitudes in Asia toward eating shark fin soup are leading to optimism about the future for these iconic ocean predators.” Learn more about Dr. Dean Grubbs’ thoughts of on the complexity of marine food webs.