Ocean Sentry
(From chicagotribune.com) As Director of Sustainable Practices at Shedd Aquarium, I am concerned over the recent report that 1.5 tons of shark meat was sold at the Taste of Chicago. And I”m not alone as we have received dozens of alerts from Chicagoans equally concerned. Sharks worldwide are currently in …
July, 2008
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10 July
Animal Planet Follows Crusaders of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society in ‘WHALE WARS’
New Series Pursues a Chess Match at the Far End of the Globe between Hardline Non-Profit and Japanese Ships in a Battle to Stop Controversial Hunting Beverly Hills, Ca., PRNewswire via COMTEX – Captain Paul Watson founded his Sea Shepherd Conservation Society in 1977 because he believed his new organization …
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10 July
Plastic Is Killing Us
(From huliq.com) How do we deal with the 500 billion to a trillion plastic bags that are used each year by consumers? We know they are bad for the environment. We know they end up as litter in streams and oceans and landfills where they do not biodegrade and the …
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10 July
Whale Watchers Disrupt Whaling Ship off Iceland
(From earthtimes.org) Reykjavik – A boat filled with tourists heading for a whale-watching tour has disrupted the operations of a whaling ship off the coast of Iceland in the second incident of its kind this summer, it was reported Thursday. The RUV radio broadcaster in Reykjavik said that the whale …
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10 July
Fishing Fleet Subsidies ‘Harmful’
(Frompressandjournal.co.uk) Marine conservation group Oceana has outlined concerns about further European Union subsidies to fishermen, warning they could do more harm to under-pressure fish stocks. EU fisheries ministers are expected to agree a package of measures on Tuesday to help the fishing sector to survive crippling fuel costs. Oceana economist …
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10 July
Three Dead Turtles Found in American Samoa
(From rnzi.com) The American Samoa Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources says it has collected 3 dead turtles in the Territory in the space of a week. An autopsy revealed the first turtle found there last week had a lot of plastics in its large intestine including grocery bags and …
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10 July
Bush Plan Abandons Suffering Polar Bears to Global Warming
(From rushprnews.com) New York – Guess what the Bush Administration left out when it issued a new plan for “protecting” polar bears?The protection! Instead of throwing a lifeline to polar bears, this new plan abandons them to the ravages of global warming and melting ice. The Bush plan won’t save …
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10 July
Seals Released In Biddeford
(From wcsh6.com) Biddeford – Three baby seals are now back in the wild, thanks to the work of the University of New England”s Marine Animal Rehabilitation Center. The seal pups, who were all still dependent on their mothers when they came in for help, were fed a new formula, which …
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10 July
Battle to Save Cambodian Dolphin
(From news.bbc.co.uk) Sun Mao leans forward in the boat, shades his eyes with his hand, and squints across the wide expanse of the Mekong River where it twists through the town of Kratie.He is looking for one of the world”s rarest mammals – the Mekong Irrawaddy dolphin. Little effort was …
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9 July
Corals, Already in Danger, Are Facing New Threat From Farmed Algae
(From nytimes.com) Butaritari, Kiribati – Corals are being covered and smothered to death by a bushy seaweed that is so tough even algae-grazing fish avoid it. It settles in the reef’s crevices that fish once called home, driving them away. Dead coral stops supporting the ecosystem and, within a couple …
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9 July
Feds Look to Ban Fishing of Krill, an Ocean Staple
(From mercurynews.com) The half-inch-long krill may not appear on restaurant menus nor stir much talk of special protections like, say, salmon or rockfish. But federal regulators think restricting the catch of the shrimp-like crustacean may be just as important. Currently, no large-scale krill fisheries operate on the West Coast of …
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9 July
Namibian Trawler Netted in Pacific for Illegal Fishing
(From namibian.com.na) A Namibian-flagged fishing vessel, the Paloma V, faces an international ban after a New Zealand court ruled that it was linked to illegal toothfish fishing in the Antarctic Ocean. The vessel might be blacklisted by the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR), preventing it …