Ocean Sentry
The cause of death for nearly 300 ringed, bearded and spotted seals since June 1, 2018, is not known, according to the fisheries arm of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the management agency for the marine mammals.
September, 2019
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13 September
5th straight year of Alaska seabird die-offs blamed on starvation linked to climate change
The deaths of more than 9,000 thousand seabirds along Alaska’s western coast this summer prompted government agencies to once again study their corpses to determine why they had died, according to a press release from the National Park Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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13 September
Madagascar’s unique dugongs in danger
Scientists have used historic DNA to discover some of the highest-risk populations of the endangered dugong are so genetically distinct, losing them would be the equivalent of losing a species of elephant.
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6 September
Breakdown in spawning synchrony places corals at ‘risk of extinction’
Reef-building corals, which reproduce by broadcast spawning – simultaneously releasing eggs and sperm into open water in a mass synchronized event – could be at risk of extinction due to climate change and water pollution.
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6 September
Ending overfishing is opportunity to combat climate crisis – Report
Ending overfishing would not only secure vital fish populations for the future, but constitutes a significant climate emergency action, according to a report published today.
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5 September
Great white sharks have suddenly disappeared from one of their favorite hangouts
Sightings of white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) have crashed this year in False Bay near Cape Town, South Africa—one of the best-known hot spots of the predators in the world—and scientists aren’t sure why.
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5 September
Hurricane Dorian could wash sea turtle nests out to sea amid promising nesting season
So far, nothing about Hurricane Dorian has been predictable; so it’s no surprise experts aren’t sure how the storm will impact sea turtle nests along Florida’s Treasure Coast.
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4 September
Dolphin hunting season begins again in Taiji, Japan
Japan has started its controversial annual dophin hunt in the coastal town of Taiji. In just three days of 2019/20 dolphin hunting season in Taiji, Japan, have already taken place three cruel drives.
August, 2019
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29 August
50 tonnes of blacktip sharks end up in fishermen’s nets
According to fishermen, around 100 gillnet boats have caught around 50,000 kilograms of the same species of shark in only two days.
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29 August
Over a hundred pilot whales slaughtered in the Faroe Islands
Villagers from the Faroe Islands slaughtered (August 27) over a hundred pilot whales as the marine mammals migrated north for the summer. More than 100,000 dolphins and small whales are hunted and killed each year, with most hunts being unregulated, illegal and unsustainable with unknown impacts on populations.
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28 August
Acid oceans are shrinking plankton, fueling faster climate change
Increasingly acidic oceans are putting algae at risk, threatening the foundation of the entire marine food web.
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18 August
Alaska records its warmest month ever
July was Alaska’s warmest month ever, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.