Rudloe has multiple acknowledgements from scientists about his personal contributions to and support of their research efforts in the marine science literature . Rudloe has also written numerous scientific articles , and technical publications himself . Rudloe was involved in early efforts to establish the now successful jellyfish export industry on the East Coast of the US . In 1968 he provided the first specimens of the bryozoan '' Bugula neritina '' used by the National Cancer Institute ( NCI ) to develop the bryostatin family of drugs used for treatment of cancer , HIV , Alzheimer 's disease and strokes . He continues to work to find natural medicines from other sea organisms . Rudloe provides marine specimens to scientists worldwide , including some that were the first specimen known to science , such as '' Chiropsella rudloei '' . Rudloe has developed live culture techniques for food for captive animals otherwise considered difficult to raise in captivity including sea horses and the lesser electric ray ( '' Narcine brasiliensis '' ) Rudloe is noted for two particular areas of effort in environmentalism . He was a strong proponent and advocate of turtle exclusion devices and his work is widely cited in efforts to introduce and later to enforce their use and his interest in general sea turtle welfare which were the subject of two of his books . Whenever a sea turtle rehabilitated at GSML is released back to the wild he is well known for arriving in sea blue suit which he wears into the water for the release . Working with his wife , he has also been credited with directly saving 35,000 acres of wetlands in the Florida Panhandle and the Florida Big Bend region through government lobbying appearances at public meetings and on television and radio broadcasts , about marine wetlands . He also wrote about shrimp and their contributions to the economy and to the environment . During the Deepwater Horizon oil spill Rudloe began a project to try to protect ocean invertebrates from contamination . He published numerous popular articles on environmental topics including several in Sports Illustrated , National Geographic and Audubon . Rudloe opposed Florida 's commercial net fishing ban because he was concerned about the impact on small town fisheries and fishermen placing him at odds with many large environmental groups . He has been raising awareness of the issue of plastic and waste dumping into the ocean since at least 1992
Deepwater Horizon oil spill
Deepwater Horizon oil spill
Jack Rudloe