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  • San Francisco Bans Foam Products

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    The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously voted to outlaw a host of commonly used foam products, in a move hailed as the nation’s most extensive such ban. The ban applies to polystyrene food packaging, packing peanuts, to-go… Read More ›

  • Richard Branson Cares

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    From Huffington Post’s series in partnership with Ocean Unite, an initiative to unite and activate powerful voices for ocean-conservation action.  To read all the posts in the series, read here. Follow the conversation on Twitter with the hashtag #MakeASplash. By Richard… Read More ›

  • Karachi’s Polluted Ocean Impacts Economy

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        The team of five exhausted fishermen have just return from a three-day tiring journey of the Arabian Sea. After anchoring their wobbly 30-foot boat at the fishing jetty of Karachi’s historical fishing settlement, Ibrahim Hyderi, they started unloading… Read More ›

  • Neptune 911 Takes a Vacation

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    To our loyal readers, Neptune 911 will be off line for the next 30 days. The editor needs a vacation!  There is so much news every day, but we’ll be back after a rest.  

  • Acidification Strikes Florida Reef

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    WASHINGTON (AP) — Seawater — increasingly acidic due to global warming — is eating away the limestone framework for the coral reef of the upper Florida Keys, according to a new study. It’s something that scientists had expected, but not… Read More ›

  • 93% Coral Bleaching Whitens the GBR

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    The damage on the barrier reef is part of a global mass bleaching event that has hit corals hard in many places including Hawai, Fiji and New Caledonia. It is only the third global event in recorded history, with the other two occurring in 1998 and 2010.

  • Pacific West Coast Kelp Forests Vanishing

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    Veteran diver Steve Lackey, an instructor at Sub-Surface Progression Dive Shop in Fort Bragg, said, “I try not to be an alarmist, but it is pretty unprecedented, in my opinion.”

    This time of year, he’s accustomed to seeing small sprouts of kelp begin to appear on the ocean floor, a harbinger of the spring and summer growing season. This year, there are none, he said.

    “I don’t remember quite this clean, this kind of scoured rock, with hungry invertebrates,” he said.

  • Whale Protection & Crab Gear Retrieval Act

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    Crab fishermen have taken the lead on this issue and many are already taking part in a limited basis pilot project that was initiated two years ago. Approximately 1,500 lost crab pots have been collected in that program. SB 1287 will build upon the successful pilot project by advancing a statewide solution to the growing problem.

  • West Coast Sardine Fishing Halted

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    Sardine stocks are at historic lows and might get worse, according to The Maritime Exclusive, “The sardine fishery closure is the second in as many years; it was closed mid-season last year due to low stocks, but it has since fallen further, and is expected to be down by 30 percent over last year by summer.”

  • Acidification and Hypoxia Science Panel Releases Report

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    Though the tide can’t be totally turned back, the report, “Major Findings, Recommendations, and Actions,” found ways to blunt the environmental and economic impact now.