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July, 2008

  • 6 July

    Humpback Whales Find a Place to Mate in Ecuatorial Coasts

    From Archivo / EL COMERCIO

    (From elcomercio.com) Humpback whales travel 7,400 miles each year from Antarctica to the Equatorial Pacific Ocean, where a special place await them to mate and have their calves. Humpbacks arrive at the Ecuatorial coast attracted by the 23 degrees temperature water to mate and to have their offspring between June …

  • 6 July

    Fireworks A Hazard For Turtles

    From WPTV Staff

    (From wptv.com) West Palm Beach, FL- After the Fourth of July, Florida”s pristine beaches don”t look so pretty.”The next day, the beach in the core area looks like a landfill from all the garbage”. Fireworks, the illegal kind that launch and explode, are littering the sand and the water. The …

  • 6 July

    Tanks Touted As Solution To Salmon Escapes

    (From Times Colonist) Giant tanks, looking as if they were spawned from a liaison between a hot tub and an ice-breaker, could be the answer to escapes of farmed salmon. As runs of wild salmon shrink, there are increasing fears that farms in critical wild salmon areas will push wild …

  • 6 July

    Shark Quotas Set

    (From mdislander.com) Washington, D.C — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Fisheries Service has announced a new rule to lower significantly the fishing quotas for sandbar and porbeagle sharks in order to rebuild those depleted species. NOAA will also implement new regional quotas for the other large coastal sharks.

  • 5 July

    Fishermen Blamed For Surge In Deaths Of Dolphins And Whales

    (From timesonline.co.uk) Scientists have reported a surge in the number of dead whales, dolphins and porpoises washing up on Cornish shores after lethal encounters with nets and other fishing gear. They found that since 2000 the numbers of cetaceans found dead has increased fivefold with up to 250 being found …

  • 5 July

    Art Auction To Benefit Sea Shepherd Conservation Group

    Artist Deph (aka Josh Welsher)- Pat O

    (From pe.com) Sea Shepherd captain Paul Watson”s take-no-prisoners approach to environmentalism has pitted him against whaling and fishing boats and governments from Japan to Norway to Costa Rica. It”s earned him sensational press, as well as loyal supporters and dedicated enemies. Watson e-mailed from Chile to explain why he”s coming …

  • 5 July

    Dolphin Sanctuaries Proposed

    Hector Dolphin From Wikipedia

    (From stuff.co.nz) The Department of Conservation is calling for submissions on its proposal to establish two marine mammal sanctuaries in Southland. The new marine mammal sanctuaries are in areas where dolphins are known to range — Porpoise Bay-Fortrose on the Catlins coast, and Te Wae Wae Bay on the south …

  • 5 July

    Climate Change Brings Jellyfish Plague to Europe’s Beaches

    (From dw-world.de) Jellyfish are taking over Europe”s favorite swimming spots in increasing numbers. Scientists blame climate change and overfishing for the proliferation of the stinging nuisance. Overfishing is one cause for the explosion in jellyfish populations, said Ricardo Aguilar, research director for the non-governmental organization Oceana. Jellyfish predators such as …

  • 5 July

    Bangladesh Releases 25,000 Protected Turtles

    From AFP

    Dhaka (AFP) — Bangladeshi bio-marine experts have released 25,000 endangered baby turtles into the sea in the past two months as part of a state-run captivity breeding programme, an environmental official said Friday. Rafiqul Islam, spokesman for the Coastal and Wetland Biodiversity Management Project, told AFP that 80 to 90 …

  • 4 July

    Europeans To Rule on Seal Product Ban this Month

    (From MySpace – Captain Watson”s blog) The lives of millions of seals around the world is now in the hands of the European Parliament. A bill to ban products made from the inhumane slaughter of seals will be put to a vote of the 27 member nations of the European …

  • 4 July

    Rising Acidity In Seawater Damages Marine Ecosystems

    (From environmental-expert.com) Rising emissions of carbon dioxide from human activities are not only contributing to the warming effect of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, they are also acidifying the world”s oceans. New research examines the major ecological tipping points that occur when the concentration of dissolved carbon dioxide in seawater …

  • 4 July

    EU Orders Seal Fur Ban

    From AP-dailymail.co.uk

    (From dailymail.co.uk) Clothing made from seal fur is to be banned throughout the European Union. Although white pelts from baby seals were banned in 1986, fashion houses still use skins from older animals to make boots, coats, gloves and accessories. Stavros Dimas, the EU”s environment commissioner, told national ministers in …