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• Medical Waste Foul Beaches, Cruise Ships Foul Waters

  By Charmaine Coimbra on January 20, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

    When a friend returned from her Hawaiian holiday she called me in near tears.  “We didn’t stay in a resort this time, where the beaches are always clean, so when I took a beachside walk and found mounds of… Read More ›

• “Parasites, Pesticides, Sick Salmon,…Dead Lobsters”

  By Charmaine Coimbra on January 10, 2011 • ( 0 )

  From Bangor Daily News /7/11 10:36 pm  Updated: 1/7/11 11:48 pm By Bill Trotter BDN Staff Parasites, pesticides, sick salmon and dead lobsters. These four things have become an issue in Passamaquoddy Bay, and no one seems to be happy about… Read More ›

• Chef Gordon Ramsay Attacked After Exposing Shark Fin Trading

  By Charmaine Coimbra on January 7, 2011 • ( 0 )

  

  From: The Toronto Sun Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay was doused in gasoline and held at gunpoint as he tried to uncover the dark world of illegal shark fin trading for a new TV show. The Hell’s Kitchen star was shooting… Read More ›

• IWC Discusses Shepherd’s Anti-Whaling Effectiveness

  By Charmaine Coimbra on January 3, 2011 • ( 1 )

  

  Editor’s Note:  1/7/10 See Update “Death Throes…” below A reprint from http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2011/01/03/world/asia/AP-AS-WikiLeaks-Japan-Whaling.html?_r=1&ref=news January 3, 2011 US-Japan Discussed ‘Action’ Against Anti-Whalers By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Filed at 4:32 a.m. EST TOKYO (AP) — Japanese and American officials discussed taking action to… Read More ›

• Gray Whale “Depleted” Petition Denied

  By Charmaine Coimbra on January 1, 2011 • ( 0 )

  A note from Sue Arnold CEO California Gray Whale Coalition Dear Colleagues, As expected, National Marine Fishery Services (NMFS) knocked back the petition in spite of a very significant number of responses which supported the concerns outlined in the document…. Read More ›

• A Visual Gift From Neptune911’s Team

  By Charmaine Coimbra on December 13, 2010 • ( 1 )

  Neptune 911 thanks all the folks stopping by and picking up new information about our seas.  Here’s our seasonal wish for you all:

• Whale Meat Sales Decline–Japan’s Whaling Fleet Reduced

  By Charmaine Coimbra on December 5, 2010 • ( 4 )

  A reprint from Copyright Environment News Service (ENS) 2010. All rights reserved.       TOKYO, Japan, December 2, 2010 (ENS) – Japan’s whaling fleet has been scaled back and today departed late for the Southern Ocean aiming to catch hundreds… Read More ›

• Why Gray Whales Need Protection

  By Charmaine Coimbra on November 16, 2010 • ( 3 )

  Editor’s Note: This is a reprint of an editorial published 11/13/10 in The Santa Cruz Sentinel By Sue Arnold   Three years ago, the California Gray Whale Coalition was created with one specific goal: to relist gray whales under the… Read More ›

• A North Pacific Gray Whale Obstacle Course

  By Charmaine Coimbra on November 10, 2010 • ( 1 )

  

  If he skips entanglement, then our garbage still threatens him. Last year, a necropsy on a near-adult gray (so it wasn’t Skippy) discovered 20 plastic bags, small towels, surgical gloves, sweat pants, plastic pieces, duct tape, and a golf ball in its stomach.

• Taiji, Japan Conservationists & Dolphin Hunters Ends Badly

  By Charmaine Coimbra on November 2, 2010 • ( 1 )

  

  By JAY ALABASTER, Associated Press Jay Alabaster, Associated Press Tue Nov 2, 5:58 am ET TAIJI, Japan – An unprecedented meeting between conservationists and leaders of the dolphin-hunting village depicted in the Oscar-winning film “The Cove” ended in bitter disagreement Tuesday. The carefully organized… Read More ›

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