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 ›
Environment
IWC Discusses Shepherd’s Anti-Whaling Effectiveness
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
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
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
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
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
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 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 ›
World’s Marine Life Connected From Sea to Shiny Sea
Census shows connectedness of world’s marine life By SETH BORENSTEIN (AP) WASHINGTON — The world’s oceans may be vast and deep, but a decade-long count of marine animals finds sea life so interconnected that it seems to shrink the watery… Read More ›
A Flick of a Filter Feeds A Fish–Then Poisons It
There’s a myth that cigarette filters biodegrade. Not so much. The plastic (acetate) filter can take years to decompose. They also resemble tasty morsels of food to passing by fish and other marine life.
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