Ocean Sentry
(From stories.thefacts.com)- With the numbers of blacknose sharks declining, National Marine Fisheries Service officials will hear public comment Wednesday night in Freeport on the possibility of placing a ban on catching the shark. 2007 assessment showed blacknose sharks, which are found in the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf Coast waters, have …
July, 2008
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28 July
Orkney Seabirds May Be Victims Of Global Warming
(From stv.tv)- The fulmars of Eynhallow have to be among the most studied birds on the planet. These northern relatives of the albatross return here each year to breed. The females lay just a single egg. The surprise discovery is that some are having to fly above the Arctic Circle, …
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28 July
Abandoned Seal Pup Being Nursed By Vancouver Aquarium Rehab Team
(From canadianpress.google.com) Vancuover- Nicknamed Sammy Davis by the facility staff, the pup is a 7.9-kilogram newborn found abandoned July 11 by his mother on Davis Bay beach near the town of Gibsons, B.C., on the Sunshine Coast. Akhurst, the program”s co-ordinator, says Sammy Davis was dehydrated when he arrived Friday. …
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28 July
Coral-Killing Starfish Curbed By Fishing Ban
(From environment.newscientist.com) – If you want to save coral reefs from rapacious starfish, you should ban fishing. The predator is less devastating in “no-take zones” of Australia”s Great Barrier Reef, however, where fishing has been banned since 1989.
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28 July
Illegal Fishers Target Rare Fish In Quezon
(From newsinfo.inquirer.net) Lucena City, Philippines – The good news is that the presence of the endangered fish species Napoleon wrasse has been confirmed in the seas off Polillo Islands in Quezon. The bad news: This rare fish is now being caught by illegal fishers.
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28 July
Rare Dolphins Sighted off Broome Coast
(From watoday.com.au)- Recent sightings of the rare snubfin dolphin have been reported in Broome.Researchers are keen to know more on the mysterious dolphin, which was thought to be a distinct species unique to northern Australian waters.
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27 July
Swimming With Dolphins May Not Have Any Health Benefit
(From telegraph.co.uk)- Its therapeutic qualities have been linked with the treatment medical conditions ranging from depression to autism and dementia. But swimming with dolphins, or dolphin-assisted therapy (DAT) as it is scientifically known, may not actually have any mental or physical health benefits to human beings at all, according to …
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27 July
Anti-whaling Flagship Docks In Friendly Territory
(From news.com.au) Brisbane, Australia – Controversial anti-whaling flagship the Steve Irwin will for the next five months call Brisbane home as it undergoes refit work. The 60m vessel, named after the late Croc Hunter, hit the headlines earlier this year for its dramatic high-seas confrontation with Japanese whalers.
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27 July
100m Tonnes Clog Our Seas
(From sundaymail.co.uk) – There are 100 million tonnes of plastic polluting the world”s oceans – and the UK is a major contributor to the problem. British households generate around five million tonnes of packaging refuse a year – and 1.2 million tonnes of that is plastic.
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27 July
Shark Angels Premieres in South Africa
(From deeperblue.net)- The highly anticipated short documentary, aiming to shift the public”s view of sharks and focus much needed attention on their conservation, will premiere in Durban, South Africa at the Wavescapes/IFC Film Festival on July 31st. Join three exceptional young women – Julie Andersen, founder of Shark Savers, Alison …
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27 July
Christian Bale Wears Sea Shepherd
(From ecorazzi.com) – The Caped Crusader aka Christian Bale was photographed at the Heathrow airport wearing a different super-hero outfit – a Sea Shepherd T-shirt. Recently we reported Christian’s stats as a vegetarian and prolific activist, so it’s no surprise to see him wearing the mark of the good pirates …
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27 July
Taiwan Accuses Chinese Fishermen Of Wrecking Coral Reefs
(From afp.google.com) Tungsha, Taiwan – Chinese fishermen have been accused of poaching in Taiwan”s first marine national park where authorities here say their destructive methods are endangering the area”s ecology. The scourge of boats scouring the seabed for food destined for Hong Kong restaurants is combining with global warming as …