From Science Magazine by Paul Gabrielsen On Christmas Day 2010, an aerial team of wildlife spotters saw a whale in distress off the eastern coast of Florida. Her head, mouth, and fins were tangled in 132 meters of commercial fishing… Read More ›
Fisheries
Whale & Turtle Entanglement-Free Aquafarm
From Cape Cod Online By Mary Ann Bragg mbragg@capecodonline.com May 18, 2013 PROVINCETOWN — A new 50-acre area in Cape Cod Bay off Provincetown and Truro could provide income for shellfish growers. But a popular, floating method for oyster… Read More ›
Ocean Activists Call For Calif. Central Coast Marine Sanctuary
By Andrew Christie, Director, Santa Lucia Chapter of the Sierra Club At the November 14, 2012, meeting of the California Coastal Commission in Santa Monica, with the final permit for PG&E’s potentially devastating high-energy offshore seismic survey hanging in the… Read More ›
World’s Fish Migrating to Cooler Waters
William Cheung, Daniel Pauly and their colleagues at the University of British Columbia looked at 52 distinct marine ecosystems that cover most of the world’s coastal and shelf areas. Even after accounting for the impact of fishing and wide variations in the oceans that cover 71 percent of the planet, water temperatures rose steadily each decade between 1970 and 2006.
Australian Government Releases Images of Fishnet Trapped Seals
From News.com.au, May 13, 2013 Following a 12-month battle with the Government,The Advertiser won an appeal for still images from the videos to be released after complaining about their secret status to the Information Commissioner and agreeing to keep… 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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
Pesky Plastics Problematic for the Great Lakes
From Great Lake Echo Toxic chemicals clinging to plastics could cause health problems for fish and other organisms in the Great Lakes. They were discovered in samples from the first-ever Great Lakes plastic survey in Lake Erie, Lake Huron and… Read More ›
Sylvia Earle Urges a Rethink on Fish as Food
From The Maritime Aquarium 3/28/13 When marine scientist Dr. Sylvia Earle, National Geographic’s first explorer in residence, visited The Maritime Aquarium recently, she offered a very interesting challenge to the audience. “I ask you to go to the tanks here… Read More ›
Neptune 911! 