Registration is now open for the Blue Vision Summit in Washington DC on May 13-15. Hosted by the Blue Frontier Campaign, the Summit brings together ocean activists from around the country to discuss ways to advance ocean and coastal conservation. The… Read More ›
Month: April 2013
Entangled Whale Reported Off of Santa Barbara Coast
A Santa Barbara whale watching business, Condor Express, recently reported that they observed, “…a cow-calf pair not too far from SB Harbor. Upon arriving in the area near the two whales, it became apparent that one of them (we still… Read More ›
Endangered Whales Killed in Drift Gillnets Off Pacific West Coast
April 22, 2013 Contact: Catherine Kilduff, (415) 644-8580, ckilduff@biologicaldiversity.org California Fishery Declared One of Deadliest for Endangered Whales SAN FRANCISCO— A federal report released today ranks California’s drift gillnet fishery one of the nation’s deadliest fisheries for marine mammals. The… Read More ›
Theory on California Sea Lion Mass Strandings
By Megan Gannon LiveScience Scientists still don’t know why nearly 1,300 sickly sea lions have beached themselves on the shores of southern California since the beginning of the year. However, they think some weird oceanic phenomenon may be blocking off… Read More ›
Marine Protected Areas (MPA) Succeeding
Thank You Ocean Reports: The first major study of California’s marine protected areas shows they are on track to help to improve ocean health. Scientists, fishermen, resource managers and environmentalists gathered recently to share results from the first five years… Read More ›
Hotline for Entangled Marine Animals in Maryland Waters
From Southern Maryland News Net Boaters and beachgoers are reminded to keep their eyes open for sea turtles and marine mammals while enjoying the outdoors this spring. The Maryland Department of Natural Resources asks anyone who sees a dead, visibly… Read More ›
Oceana Assesses Atlantic Coast Seismic Impact
Editor’s Note: The debate about the safety of seismic airgun blasts for research purposes along America’s coastlines, has moved from Central California to the Atlantic coast, ranging from Delaware to Florida. The following assesment is from Oceana: Overview The U.S…. Read More ›
Otters, Dolphins: Polluted Waters are “Death by a Million Cuts”
From National Geographic, April 11, 2013 Editor’s Note: Most highlights by N911 staff The dead sea otters arrived at Melissa Miller’s Santa Cruz, California, lab with bright-yellow eyes and gums, their livers destroyed. One by one, Miller, a marine-wildlife veterinarian,… Read More ›
Hardy Jones on Massive Die-Off of Peru Dolphins
By Hardy Jone @ BlueVoice.org During 2012 and early 2013 BlueVoice, working with ORCA/Peru, confirmed widespread hunting of dolphins in Peru. I personally traveled to Peru in March and December of 2012. And in 2013, BlueVoice funded surveys that document… Read More ›
Where’s All The Heat? Sinking Into the Oceans.
News from USA Today, April 11, 2013 The temperature of the Earth’s atmosphere has been essentially the same for the past decade or so, providing ammunition for skeptics of human-caused climate change. (This despite the fact that of the nine… Read More ›
Neptune 911! 