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August, 2008

  • 12 August

    Humpback Whale Less Under Threat from Extinction

    From AFP

    (From afp.google.com) Geneva – Two whale species, the humpback and the southern right, are less under threat from becoming extinct, a new study released on Tuesday showed. “Humpbacks and southern right whales are making a comeback in much of their range mainly because they have been protected from commercial hunting,” …

  • 11 August

    Malaysia’s Fight to Save Rare Turtle

    Hawksbill eggs on sale local markets (news.bbc.co.uk)

    (From news.bbc.co.uk)- Born in captivity, the next few hours are going to be hectic for this baby hawksbill turtle. The straits and the Indian Ocean beyond await them. But most will die young. The survival rate is atrocious – only 1 in 1,000 will make it from egg to adulthood. …

  • 11 August

    Stranded Dolphin Found Dead

    (From stuff.co.nz) New Zealand- A little dolphin who became stranded at Castor Bay a few weekends ago was later found dead at Little Shoal Bay. The mammal was saved by the Conservation Department, police and residents who spent three-and-a-half hours with it. At the time the young adult was in …

  • 11 August

    Raw Sewage Spills into Bay from Sausalito

    Sausalito from Wikipedia

    (From sfgate.com) Sausalito, San Francisco – A blocked sewer pipe in Sausalito sent sewage spilling into San Francisco Bay on Sunday, officials said, the third major spill this year. It was not yet known how much sewage was spilled. Environmental officials are working to determine the volume of sewage spilled, …

  • 11 August

    North Wales Porpoise Deaths a Mystery

    (From dailypost.co.uk)- Scientists are trying to find out what killed two porpoises found washed up on North Wales beaches at the weekend.  One was washed up at Rhos on Sea on Saturday evening and the second came ashore yesterday off Rhosneigr on Anglesey.“It’s sad that they have died like this …

  • 11 August

    Whale Maternity Ward Discovered

    (From news.com.au)- Hundreds of baby whales have been discovered in a bay in the Kimberley, making it one of the world”s biggest humpback whale nursery grounds. A scientists say the natural maternity ward is being used by over 600 humpback whales to teach their calves important marine lessons.  WA Marine …

  • 11 August

    Beaches and Wildlife at Risk From Rubbish

    Marine debris

    (From journallive.co.uk)- Volunteers cleared a record 1.2 tonnes of rubbish off the region’s beaches last year. And marine conservationists last night spoke of their fears that a rise in the amount of plastic being dumped on the shoreline was posing a major risk to wildlife.

  • 11 August

    Effort Being Made to Save Endangered Whales

    (From venturacountystar.com)- The two are part of a larger network of pilots, ship captains, scientists and volunteers trying to map whales passing through the channel in an effort to avoid a repeat of last year, when four blue whales and one fetus were struck and killed by ships. “We recognize …

  • 11 August

    Smokers Asked to Keep Butts off Beach

    Unfortunately the beach doesn

    (From signonsandiego.com) San Diego – Lydick, an insurance broker, joined fellow members of the Surfrider Foundation yesterday morning for its seventh annual “Hold Onto Your Butt” awareness campaign. Most participants waved signs with phrases such as “I Don”t Like To Swim In Butts,” “Fish Don”t Smoke” or “Don”t Trash San …

  • 11 August

    Jaws at Risk

    Shark fins Washington Post Photo

    (From 2.journalnow.com)- Several factors help explain why the shark population has declined in the Mediterranean, Ferretti said. Fishing vessels are focusing on them to meet the Asian demand for shark-fin soup, he said, while simultaneously trying to compensate for the fact that they have depleted other fisheries. Another team of …

  • 10 August

    Reuse Shopping Bags, Reduce Garbage

    Litter floating in an irrigation canal From Wikipedia

    (From recordonline.com)- Once its brief useful life is over, it usually winds up as garbage because it costs more to recycle a plastic bag than to produce a new one. More than 200,000 plastic bags are dumped into landfills every minute; it takes 1,000 years for those pesky bags to …

  • 10 August

    New Fishing Rules Anger Anglers

    From Wikipedia

    (From floridatoday.com) Cape Canaveral – Federal law requires new rules on about a dozen grouper and a few snapper species within a year, regulators say, because data show mounting fishing pressure. The regulators, the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, propose to ban fishing for 10 other grouper species from January …