Ocean Sentry
Protestors marched in Auckland today, calling for stronger protections for endangered Māui and Hector dolphins and to change to selective, sustainable fishing methods that don’t catch dolphins – in areas where NZ dolphins and other vulnerable species are found.
March, 2018
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16 March
27 spinner dolphins washed ashore in a month
Carcasses of three spinner dolphins were found on the Alamparai Kuppam beach, around 100km from the city on Friday. With this, the number of dead spinner dolphins that washed ashore in the last one month has reached 27.
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16 March
Agriculture ministry to take steps to protect sea caves: Cyprus
Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis is set to announce 20 measures to resolve an ongoing debate over developments near the environmentally sensitive sea caves area in Peyia, it emerged on Friday.
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16 March
Coral reefs suffering in Philippines despite outlawing damaging fishing practices
In particular, the study found that about a quarter of the fishers in the region use destructive fishing methods including explosives and poison, which were both outlawed by the Philippine government in 1932.
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16 March
Kelp forests are vital to marine biodiversity, just as Darwin predicted
Kelp forests are vital to a diversity of marine species, new research shows, just as Charles Darwin predicted during his initial visit to the Galapagos Islands.
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16 March
Ending overfishing would stop the population declines of endangered bycatch species about half the time
According to the research group’s analysis, ending overfishing would also promote population recoveries for many endangered species ensnared accidentally as bycatch — the unwanted fish and other marine creatures caught during commercial fishing for a different species. The team’s findings appear in the journal Science.
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15 March
Endangered sharks, dolphins and rays killed by shark net trial
Only one target shark caught in NSW nets in two months, while 55 other marine creatures killed or trapped.
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15 March
Caribbean fish stocks dwindling as illegal fishing intensifies
Biodiversity in the Caribbean Sea is at serious risk, scientists are warning, with illegal fishing reducing fish stocks and placing the marine environment under increasing strain.
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15 March
Reefs help protect vulnerable Caribbean fish from climate change
New research from UBC’s Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries suggests that larger reef areas may help protect the Caribbean’s coral reef fish communities from the impacts of ocean warming.
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15 March
Mass slaughther in the Solomons
Dolphin Project can confirm that on March 9th, over 500 pantropical spotted dolphins (Stenellaattenuatta) or unubulu* were slaughtered in the small village of Fanalei, Solomon Islands. In the largest single slaughter of dolphins in the Solomons since 2013, approximately 20 canoes carried around 30 hunters miles out in the open ocean in …
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15 March
Top bottled water brands contaminated with plastic particles: report
The world’s leading brands of bottled water are contaminated with tiny plastic particles that are likely seeping in during the packaging process, according to a major study across nine countries published Wednesday.
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15 March
Acidification from carbon dioxide slows growth
Ocean acidification will severely impair coral reef growth before the end of the century if carbon dioxide emissions continue unchecked.