Ocean Sentry
(From canadianpress.google.com) – St. John”s, N.L. — The Newfoundland and Labrador government is questioning Ottawa”s commitment to defending the commercial seal hunt. The European Union is expected next week to discuss legislation that would ban the import of products from seals killed inhumanely, a move that could harm Canada”s commercial …
July, 2008
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11 July
Sewage Blamed For Fish Deaths
(From gulf-daily-news.com) Illegally-dumped sewage is being blamed for the deaths of thousands of fish off Bahrain. The sewage was dumped in the Ma”ameer channel and all the fishes died in the immediate area, say environmental investigators. Last year, thousands of fish died from lack of oxygen in Sitra, Sanad and …
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11 July
Jet Skiers Accused of Worrying Whales
(From moruya.yourguide.com.au)- An upset Malua Bay resident called the Bay Post/Moruya Examiner last Wednesday, with claims they saw jet skiers circling around several whales, performing what they believe were herding manoeuvres. “It was that blatant,” the caller said, who wouldn’t give her name, “The jet ski would have been within …
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11 July
A Bag-Ban Experiment
(From dailybreeze.com) There are many reasons to steer public policy in the direction of reducing plastic bags. For one thing, due to technical and other reasons, the recycling rate for them is dismal, about 5 percent. Such lightweight plastics tend to clog storm drains and add to beach pollution. And …
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11 July
Fishing Trawls Threaten Sea Turtles
(From wciv.com) Nearly 800 sea turtles are captured each year in Mid-Atlantic trawl fishing nets. About a third of them die as a result. Oceana released those numbers Thursday in a push to change the laws and the trend. Nurturing injured sea turtles back to life is a way …
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11 July
The Disappearing Beluga Whale
(From /news.sky.com) One of nature”s most mysterious creatures is under threat in Russia”s North from Arctic exploration. The Beluga whale visits the shallow waters off the Solovetsky Islands in the White Sea on the edge of the Arctic Circle every summer to mate. Russia”s territorial aspirations and desire to control …
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10 July
Shedd’s Concern With Shark Meat Sold at Taste
(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 …
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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 …