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July, 2008

• 14 July

  Propagandhi Recording In October

  

  (From ultimate-guitar.com) – As previously announced the band will play a show in Toronto later this month in support of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, an organization committed to the eradication of pirate whaling, poaching, shark finning, unlawful habitat destruction, and violations of established laws in the World”s oceans. The …
• 14 July

  Recycling Program Helps Keep Animals From Getting Injured

  Sarasota County — Anglers in this county have recycled enough fishing line in two years to stretch from Longboat Key to Daytona Beach, saving the limbs and lives of birds, manatees and sea turtles that might have been snagged had the fishing line remained in the water. Fishing line also threatens …
• 14 July

  Oceans Running Out of Time – Leading Reef Scientist

  (From openmediaboston.org)- Humanity is running out of time. That is the stark, bleak message offered by leading Australian reef scientist J.E.N. Veron to a gathering of 50 or so members of the Boston Reef Society this Saturday. By 2030, the oceans as a whole will be too acidic to sustain …
• 14 July

  Pirate Hulk Drops In

  

  (From smh.com.au) – One of Bali”s most famous surfing spots, Padang Padang, is more challenging than ever after a 150-foot fishing boat shipwrecked in the line-up. It is believed the boat had been illegally fishing in Indonesian waters when it struck the reef about 5am on Saturday. The Taipai Times …
• 14 July

  New Laws Get Tough On Illegal Fishing

  (From dailyexaminer.com.au) ILLEGAL fishermen in the Clarence should be warned the NSW Government is introducing tough new penalties for serious illegal fishing crimes. NSW Minister for Primary Industries Ian Macdonald has announced the Government will increase penalties for repeat offenders, doubling the penalty for fish thieves who commit the same …
• 14 July

  Rivr Media: This means ‘Wars’

  Beverly Hils – Knoxville-based Rivr Media took its ambitious Animal Planet series “Whale Wars” to television critics here. The seven-part series, airing in November, focuses on the work of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, which tries to stop the illegal treatment of whales in international waters. The film crew was …
• 14 July

  New Plan to Undermine Japanese Whaling

  (From ipsnews.net) Melbourne – Australia is hopeful that its proposal for a new multi-national whale research program — in which whales are not killed — announced at the recent International Whaling Commission meeting in Chile will place considerable pressure on Japan’s controversial whaling programme. The proposal may go some way …
• 13 July

  Warming Will Harm Sea Birds

  (From fijitimes.com) – Global warming will kill more birds, says the International Birdlife Program in Fiji. He said changes in ocean currents (due to climate change) were likely to reduce the productivity of the world”s oceans meaning less food would be available for seabirds.  Birdlife seabird program manager Steve Cranwell …
• 13 July

  Shipping Companies, Engineer Arraigned On Charges Of Dumping Oil And Acid

  (From independent.com.mt) – A Maltese shipping company, a Greek ship operator and an engineer pleaded not guilty in a federal court in San Francisco last week to charges of illegally dumping oil sludge and acid into the ocean and lying about it in the ship’s records. The defendants are accused …
• 13 July

  Tailless Dolphin Fitted For New Fin In Florida

  (From fortmilltimes.com) Clearwater, Florida – A dolphin that has survived the loss of her powerful tail flukes has been fitted for another new fin at a Florida nonprofit marine animal rescue center. She was a frail, dehydrated 3-month-old when she came to the hospital in December 2005. A fisherman found …
• 13 July

  Twin Threat Heightens Flamingo’s Plight

  

  (From surfbirds.com) – A second major threat is facing endangered lesser flamingos in Africa after the announcement of development plans close to a man-made breeding site, built less than two years ago to help reverse the birds” decline. Kamfers Dam near Kimberley, South Africa, is the only nesting site for …
• 13 July

  Getting A Lesson In Ocean Noise Pollution

  (From sfgate.com) San Francisco Bay – Around 8 a.m. Saturday, 51 people, five California sea lion yearlings and a pug named Capt. Meatball headed out for the Farallon Islands. The trip, dubbed the Vessel Watch Project, was organized by San Francisco Bay Whale Watching and Seaflow, a nonprofit group that …