Online: Science Pub: Fishes of Local Oil & Gas Platforms

Offshore oil and gas drilling platforms: whatever you think of them, don’t let your views stay superficial. Find out what’s going on beneath the ocean’s surface. Ichthyologist (fish expert) Milton Love, Ph.D., will enlighten you with his colorful tales of submersible research around Southern California oil and gas platforms.

Milton (only his wife calls him Dr. Love) will enliven your evening as few speakers can. A research biologist at UCSB’s Marine Science Institute, Milton is the author of over 120 publications about Pacific Coast fishes and invertebrates, including the invaluable and accessibly-written reference text Certainly More Than You Want to Know About the Fishes of the Pacific Coast: A Postmodern Experience. Growing up working on sportfishing boats in Southern California in the 1960s, he draws on over 50 years of research and a lifetime of experience pondering complex marine subjects from a variety of perspectives, notably including the perspectives of rockfishes.

So what do fish think of oil platforms? Tap Milton’s insight when you join the Museum’s free, fun, and friendly Zoom conversation, and quench your thirst for knowledge about science and nature with the Science Pub series.

Photo by Scott Gietler