Ocean Sentry
The Irish Wildlife Trust, along with other European groups, has written to the European Commission warning of the “disastrous” consequences if it allows “electric pulse” fishing.
January, 2018
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7 January
Belize bans oil activity in Western Hemisphere’s largest reef
Belize recently passed a law ending current and forbidding all future oil exploration activity in its ocean waters in order to protect its barrier reef – the largest in the Northern and Western Hemisphere.
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7 January
Brutality in the Cove as 21 striped dolphins slaughtered in Taiji
Cove Monitors were concerned this morning when no other banger boats followed the three that first returned to the harbor.
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6 January
The most effective way to curb shark fin trade in Hong Kong
In recent years Hong Kong has witnessed a significant growth in public awareness of this threat to sharks. An increasing number of people are taking shark fin soup off their banquet menus.
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6 January
Halda dolphins in peril: 15 dolphins died in three months
Rampant pollution, using dredgers for lifting river sand, shallow water and plying of mechanized boats are alarmingly reducing the dolphin population in Halda river, Bangladesh’s largest natural breeding ground for carps.
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5 January
In Florida, iguanas are freezing and falling out of trees
Temperatures dipped below 40 degrees Fahrenheit (5 degrees Celsius) early Thursday in parts of South Florida, according to the National Weather Service in Miami. That’s chilly enough to immobilize green iguanas common in Miami’s suburbs.
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5 January
World’s reefs under siege from global warming: study
The window for saving the world’s coral reefs from the effects of global warming is rapidly closing, according to a study.
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5 January
Seventh pod of melon-headed whales viciously slaughtered in Taiji
On the first hunt of 2018, a pod of melon-headed whales was driven into the Cove.
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5 January
Trump administration aims to open nearly all U.S. offshore to oil drilling
The Trump administration on Thursday proposed opening nearly all U.S. offshore waters to oil and gas drilling, a move aimed at boosting domestic energy production that sparked protests from coastal states, environmentalists and the tourism industry.
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5 January
Oceans suffocating as huge dead zones quadruple since 1950, scientists warn
Areas starved of oxygen in open ocean and by coasts have soared in recent decades, risking dire consequences for marine life and humanity.
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4 January
The bottom of the ocean is sinking
In recent decades, melting ice sheets and glaciers driven by climate change are swelling Earth’s oceans. And along with all that water comes an unexpected consequence — the weight of the additional liquid is pressing down on the seafloor, causing it to sink.
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4 January
Dozens of endangered dolphins found dead in less than a month off Brazil
The bodies of more than 80 tucuxi dolphins, also known as boto cinza or gray dolphins, have been found in the baffling case.