Ocean Sentry
(From ap.google.com)- There”s no telling what might turn up in Lake Michigan. Rich Fasi of Traverse City says he found a dead 2-foot shark in the water while fishing on West Grand Traverse Bay on Wednesday. The saltwater fish was a juvenile blacktip shark, said Mark Tonello, a fisheries biologist …
August, 2008
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30 August
Protected birds ‘gunned down’
(From timesofmalta.com)- BirdLife Malta said today that illegal hunting on protected birds was on the increase again, even before the hunting season opens on Monday. Last week, BirdLife Malta received a Cory’s Shearwater (picture), a Little Egret and a Purple Heron , all with severe gunshot injuries. A dead juvenile …
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30 August
Sir Paul slams chef veggie comments
(From ukpress.google.com)- The foul-mouthed chef, Gordon Ramsay, has annoyed the music legend by saying he could not tolerate it if one of his three daughters came home with a vegetarian boyfriend. Sir Paul, who has not eaten meat for 30 years, told Sainsbury”s Magazine: “I think it”s a case of …
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30 August
The heartbreaking picture of the polar bear with 400 miles to swim to the nearest ice
(From thisislondon.co.uk)- Struggling against the waves, this polar bear faces almost certain death after becoming lost at sea in the Arctic. It is one of a group of nine to have plunged into the ocean after the ice float they lived on melted.
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30 August
New giant clam species discovered
(From news.bbc.co.uk)- The fossil record suggests that, about 125,000 years ago, the species Tridacna costata accounted for more than 80% of local giant clams. The species may now be critically endangered, researchers report in Current Biology journal.
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30 August
An endangered sea turtle
(From latimes.com)- A 2-5 year old green sea turtle takes a close look at a nozzle in a holding tank at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach. The endangered animal was discovered living miles from the ocean in a canal that carries cooling water to an electrical generating …
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30 August
Surfers For Cetaceans to launch presence in USA
(From globalsurfnews.com) San Diego, Ca – Surfers For Cetaceans (S4C) will launch its US presence at the W Hotel in San Diego, CA on September 04, 2008. Kicking off opening night of the ASR trade show, this “Minds in the Water” benefit party will also pay tribute to the marine …
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29 August
New Life in the Arctic
(From russia-ic.com)- Members of scientific expedition “Arctic 2008” discovered a large colony of rare bird species – ivory gull (Pagophila eburnea) – on the Geiberg Islands, located in the Kara sea. Ivory gull is a rare and poorly studied bird species, dwelling only on the Arctic islands. The gull is …
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29 August
Oil slick kills more than 200 penguins in Brazil
(From ap.google.com) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil- More than 200 oil-slicked penguins have washed up dead on the beaches of a popular Brazilian resort, and officials say they are searching for a cause. Authorities said they have counted nearly 200 dead penguins found on the beaches of the island city of …
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29 August
Experts offer plan to combat ocean acidification
(From kpua.net) Kailua-Kona, Hawaii (AP)- Experts meeting on the Big Island say that by absorbing increasing amounts of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide, the oceans are becoming increasingly acidic. They say that weakens the world”s coral reefs and threats to unsettle the balance of entire ecosystems.
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29 August
Argentinean Albatross and Petrels get boost
(From birdlife.org)- The Argentinean Federal Fisheries Council (CFP) has passed a resolution to adopt the use of mitigation measures that reduce the seabird bycatch in all vessels that operate longlines in Argentinean waters.The established measures aim to reduce the mortality of seabirds in longline fishing and include: the addition of …
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29 August
Mauritius to control sea cucumber fishing
(From afriquenligne.fr) Port-Louis, Mauritius – The Mauritian Ministry of Agroprocessing and Fisheries will soon enact laws to control sea cucumber fishing, an official source told PANA here. He added that fishing of sea cucumbers, commonly known as “bambara”, would be banned from 1-31 March each year to enable reproduction of …