Ocean Sentry
The Center for Biological Diversity today called on consumers, chefs and restaurateurs to boycott bluefin tuna, a staple at some sushi restaurants and one of the most imperiled fish on the planet. The boycott comes on the heels of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tuna’s refusal Saturday …
December, 2010
November, 2010
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30 November
Oceans where fish choke
Australian marine scientists have expressed disquiet over the continued worldwide spread of large, dead zones in the ocean. Professor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg and Associate Professor Mark McCormick of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies have recently published scientific articles, which raise concern about the impact of large areas …
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29 November
Cancun climate change summit: temperatures could rise 4C by 2060
As the latest round of UN climate talks gets under way, scientists said that even with strong political will, the chances of changing energy systems fast enough to limit global warming to less than 2C is “slim” and eventual temperature rises of 3C or 4C are much more likely. A …
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29 November
Unidentified insect a threat to Sunderbans mangrove
It”s not just unauthorized chopping that threatens the Sunderbans mangroves. The forest could be faced with a new enemy that has been slowly eating into the trees on the edge of the water, reducing them to charred pulps of waste vegetation. Hundreds of black insects, shaped like caterpillars, have been …
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28 November
International Accord Fails to Protect Imperiled Bluefin Tuna From Overfishing
Critically Endangered Bluefin Tuna Suffer From Overfishing, Oil Spill The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tuna today refused to significantly reduce fishing of Atlantic bluefin, which has been in steep decline for decades from fishing pressure and, most recently, the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. With bluefin on …
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19 November
US calls for reduction in bluefin tuna catch: official
The United States will push to further reduce fishing quotas for Atlantic bluefin tuna at a key multinational meeting, a senior official told AFP on Thursday. “Given the serious overfishing that has happened in the past, we need to rebuild the stocks as rapidly as possible,” said Jane Lubchenco, head …
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13 November
Plastic Trash is Polluting Manitoba’s Lakes
Plastic trash is polluting Manitoba”s Lakes. Many of these lakes are in remote locations but the trash seems to be ubiquitous. Eva Pip an aquatic toxicologist at the University of Winnipeg has sounded an alarm for her province”s lakes. Plastic trash is becoming a problem in the Great Lakes water …
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11 November
Sharks, wolves and the ‘ecology of fear’
There may be many similarities between the importance of large predators in marine and terrestrial environments, researchers concluded in a recent study, which examined the interactions between wolves and elk in the United States, as well as sharks and dugongs in Australia. In each case, the major predators help control …
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10 November
Fish stocks dwindle as trawlers empty Asia’s seas
Overfishing in Southeast Asian seas has left garoupas and sea bass in dire straits, searching for mates on denuded seabeds, according to experts alarmed by ever-declining catches. Marine scientists and fishermen say that popular fish species — especially the large and valuable ones — have been caught indiscriminately, causing numbers …
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9 November
New ocean acidification study shows added danger to already struggling coral reefs
A new study led by scientists at the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science suggests that over the next century recruitment of new corals could drop by 73 percent, as rising CO2 levels turn the oceans more acidic. The research findings reveal a new danger to …
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8 November
Graveyard of deep-sea corals found in Gulf
A graveyard of deep-sea gorgonian corals has been discovered 11 kilometres south-west of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Though it could take months to be certain that leaked oil or the dispersant used to break it up killed the coral, Charles Fisher, a biologist at …
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7 November
Study: Tuna black market worth billions of dollars
The craze for sushi has fueled a black market in tuna worth billions of dollars, as governments collaborate with the industry despite fears for the species” survival, an investigation found. A seven-month probe by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists found that fishermen have willfully violated official quotas in order …