An endangered loggerhead sea turtle was rescued on Sunday after vets removed an obstruction lodged in its throat -- a four-inch metal fishing hook.
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One billion people rely on fish as an important source of protein. - WWF An international group of ecologists and economists warned that the world will run out of seafood by 2048... http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=VxacxShp3LY
$400 BILLION OCEAN FISHING INDUSTRY. LARGE CORPORATE FISHING FLEETS EMPTYING OUR OCEAN http://sco.lt/7ABxHV
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May, 16, 2013 Guardian Environment - Nafeez Ahmed: US National Strategy for the Arctic Region prioritises corporate 'economic opportunities' at the expense of everyone else.. At the heart of the White House's new Arctic strategy is an elementary but devastating contradiction between what President Obama, in the document's preamble, describes as seeking "to make the most of the emerging economic opportunities in the region" due to the rapid loss of Arctic summer sea ice, and recognising "the need to protect and conserve this unique, valuable, and changing environment."... http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/earth-insight/2013/may/17/obama-arctic-energy-security-climate
May 15, 2013 Bloomberg China Granted Access to Arctic Club as Resource Race Heats Up http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-05-15/world/39264945_1_arctic-council-arctic-circle-observer-status
May 15, 2013- Washington Post Superpowers China, India and Korea, Russia and European Union seek to mine Arctic region of its untapped energy http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-05-15/world/39264945_1_arctic-council-arctic-circle-observer-status
Deep sea mining 'gold rush' moves closer, devastating ocean seabeds, destroying unknown ecosystems http://sco.lt/5tF4s5
September 18, 2012 New York Times
Arctic Ocean 'acidifying rapidly' - Highest Levels in 55 million years - Arctic Ice Free In Two Years http://sco.lt/6KTOpl
WILL WE LEARN FROM THE PAST, OR CONTINUE RAVAGING OUR PLANET IN THE NAME OF PROFITS AND POWER? http://www.scoop.it/t/our-oceans-need-us?page=2
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Corporate Governance? What Is Corporate Social Responsibility As Sovereignty Rights Negotiated Away in New Global Trade Pacts http://sco.lt/8FToVl
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May 17, 2013 BBC News Science and Environment The prospect of a deep sea "gold rush" opening a controversial new frontier for mining on the ocean floor has moved a step closer.... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22546875
DEEP SEA MINING: EXPLORATION AND DESTRUCTION OF OCEAN BED ECOSYSTEMS INEVITABLE http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/opinions/deep-sea-mining-exploration-is-inevitable.html
SCRAPING THE BOTTOM OF OUR OCEAN SMOOTH: AN INSATIABLE DRIVE FOR PROFITS http://sco.lt/6w0TLd
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Msy 16, 2013 Sydney Morning Herald Australia has launched a bid to stop the commercial use of a controversial ''geoengineering'' technique that involves dumping iron into the ocean in a bid to counter the effects of man-made climate change.... http://www.smh.com.au/environment/water-issues/australia-seeks-to-limit-ocean-geoengineering-20130515-2jmkn.html
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October 18, 2012 New York Times
IS "THREAT" ANOTHER PLOY FOR THE HIGHLY PROFITABLE, RADICAL GEOENGINEERING OF THE ARCTIC AND OUR CLIMATE? "Raining Chemicals From the Skies – Unregulated Climate Geoengineering" « The Natural Eye Project http://thenaturaleye.wordpress.com/2011/08/03/raining-chemicals-from-the-skies-geoengineering/
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May 6, 2013 BBC News Science and Environment Carbon dioxide is rapidly altering the chemistry of the Arctic, and the changes will last many thousands of years, a report says.,, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22408341
May 2, 2013 Guardian Environment AN ICE FREE ARCTIC IN TWO YEARS: WHITE HOUSE WARNED ON IMMINENT ARCTIC ICE DEATH SPIRAL http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/earth-insight/2013/may/02/white-house-arctic-ice-death-spiral
May 16, 2013 Common Dreams
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May 2, 2013 Yale Environment 360
May 7, 2013 The Independent
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What Have We Done??? Polar bears 'may need to be fed by humans to survive' http://sco.lt/8I7Pwv
May 7, 2013 Mother Jones
WE HAVE KNOWN ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE FOR 75 YEARS http://grist.org/news/we-have-known-about-climate-change-for-75-years/
April 24, 2013 Arctic News
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April 3, 2013 - Scripps Institution of Oceanography
April 2013 398.25ppm
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the change is on its way, Earth as we know it will be lost.
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Earth Justice Mexico's government is ignoring its own environmental laws
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Enforcement of environmental laws is critical to preserving unique natural resources such as the Cabo Pulmo reef and accomplishing the twin goals of ocean conservation and sustainable development. Responsible ecotourism provides a source of income for the local community. Coral reefs and mangroves act as fish nurseries and their protection boosts fish populations in adjacent areas, improving the livelihoods of fishing communities throughout the region. Delete the scoop?
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April 28, 2012 IUCN, International Union for Conervation of Nature At least 12% of groupers – globally-important food fish species that live on coral and rocky reefs – face extinction, putting the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of people around the world at risk, finds a report published today by the International Union for Conservation of Nature Species Survival Commission’s (IUCN SSC) Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group. The study points to overfishing and the booming international luxury seafood trade as major threats to the survival of some grouper species, and to the livelihoods of those who depend on them for food and income. Its authors call for urgent conservation and management efforts to prevent further declines of these species... http://www.iucn.org/?uNewsID=12869
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April 25, 2013 National Geographic New feeding strategy spreads among whales gathered to gorge on fish, says a new study—but is it culture?... a new study finds strong evidence that a group ofhumpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in theGulf of Maine (map) is sharing a newly observed feeding behavior via their social networks. (See related blog: "Sharks Have Social Networks, Learn From Friends.")
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April 26, 2013 - Australian Broadcasting Company Giant jungles of kelp were once so thick on Australia's East Coast, they were included on shipping maps. But scientists say the kelp's demise is linked to climate change - and the prognosis is poor for marine habitats..... http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-04-26/the-vanishing-underwater-jungles/4654722
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January 22, 2013 Global Possibilities There are massively disturbing ethical, environmental, and health concerns that make the introduction of Frankenfish highly controversial... Frankenfish could be on your dinner plate by the end of the year. On December 21, at the very end of the last business day before Christmas week, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) quietly released its environmental assessment that found “no significant impact” from the controversial AquaBounty AquaAdvantage transgenic salmon.,, What is the rationale behind genetically engineered salmon? Why have scientists spliced genes from an eel-like creature called the ocean pout into the genome of the Atlantic salmon? These genes crank out growth hormone year-round, resulting in a fish that grows faster, cutting the time to reach market weight almost in half. This could mean cost savings for fish farmers, leading to higher profits for the salmon farming industry and (they promise) lower prices for consumers. But there are massively disturbing ethical, environmental, and health concerns that make the introduction of Frankenfish highly controversial... http://www.globalpossibilities.org/is-genetically-engineered-salmon-safe/
FATALLY FLAWED" FDA ASSESSMENT TO UNLEASH GENETICALLY ENGINEERED SALMON ONTO YOUR DINNER PLATE: NO REGULATION, NO OVERSIGHT, NO LABELLING http://sco.lt/7Ksakj
MAJOR US FOOD RETAILERS TO SHUN GENETICALLY MODIFIED, PATENTED, FACTORY FARMED, ENLAVE SEAFOOD http://sco.lt/4qgoDZ
28 March, 2013 - Nation of Change
ABNORMAL GROWTH: UNLEASHING GENETICALLY SALMON ONTO YOUR DINNER PLATE = NO REGULATIONS, NO OVERSIGHT - "FATALLY FLAWED" FDA ASSESSMENT http://sco.lt/8ZDraz
March 28, 2013 VIDEO REPORT RT News
20 March, 2013 - The Guardian Environment MAJOR US SUPERMARKETS TO BOYCOTT GM SALMON - FIRST OF 30 OTHER GENETICALLY ALTERED SPECIES UNDER DEVELOPMENT The GM salmon is the first in some 30 other species of genetically engineered fish under development, including tilapia. Researchers are also working to bring GM cows, chickens and pigs to market.... http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/mar/20/major-us-supermarkets-boycott-gm-salmon
OUR 21st CENTURY FACTORY OF LIFE - RE-ENGINEERING, PROGRAMMING AND PATENTING LIFE ITSELF -- IS BIOTECH OUT OF CONTROL http://sco.lt/4thM6j
DO WE NEED A GENETIC BILL OF RIGHTS? http://sco.lt/6jmb1l
DID YOU KNOW? GENE ALTERED FOODS NOW LARGE PART OF AMERICAN DIET http://sco.lt/7oVxQH
BIOTECH AGRICHEMICAL INDUSTRY GETS IMMUNITY FROM US CONGRESS, OBAMA - RISES ABOVE COURTS http://sco.lt/8edR3Z
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April 11, 2:57 AM
Impact on Oceans and Wild Salmon !
AquaBounty, the company behind the first Frankenfish, insists that their creation poses no threat to wild salmon populations. But research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that a release of just sixty GE salmon into a wild population of 60,000 would lead to the extinction of the wild population in less than 40 fish generations.
Not a Good mix and no matter how tightly confined pens are, there's always 'one' 
Arun Shrivastava's curator insight,
April 15, 4:39 AM
Some years ago I saw a YouTube discussion on Genetically Engineered salmon where a private firm was advocating genetic engineering of the fish and its advantages. Actually they were interested in profits, nothing else.
The fish grows to three times in weight as compared to the natural salmon in half the time. Salmon's breeding grounds are rivers and salmon eats anything that moves. Did this private company ever conducted a single biosafety test to ensure their engineered salmon's impact on Natural environment and aquatic life? I don't think so.
The posting has many useful links; please explore that.
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April 15, 2:01 PM
Thanks Marian. That bit I did not know that just 60 could wipe out 60,000. I must read this report because we don't know if someone in South Asia is using that technology. Will you kindly send me the URL? Thanks again.
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April 6, 2013 - Focusing On Wildlife The Yangtze finless porpoise population has declined to a mere 1,000 individuals, making the endangered species even more rare than the wild giant panda, the 2012 Yangtze Freshwater Dolphin Survey Report reveals. The population in the mainstream of the Yangtze River was less than half of what a similar survey found six years ago, with food shortages and human disturbance such as increased shipping traffic major threats to their survival.... The study also found that the rare species annual rate of decline now stands at 13.7 percent, which means that the Yangtze finless porpoise could be extinct as early as the year 2025. http://focusingonwildlife.com/news/yangtze-finless-porpoise-population-nosedives-to-1000/
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April 5, 2013 Water World Washington DC (SPX) Apr 05, 2013 - Tiny sea creatures no bigger than a thumbtack are being credited for playing a key role in helping provide healthy habitats for many kinds of seafood, according to a new study by the Virginia Institute of Marine Science and U.S. Geological Survey. The little crustacean "grazers," some resembling tiny shrimp, are critical in protecting seagrasses from overgrowth by algae, helping keep these aquatic havens healthy for native and economically important species. http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Tiny_Grazers_Play_Key_Role_in_Marine_Ecosystem_Health_999.html
CLOWNFISH HELPS ITS ANEMONE HOST TO BREATHE http://news.mongabay.com/2013/0424-oneill-clownfish-anemone.html
MOTION IN THE OCEAN - THE PULSE OF THE OCEAN http://sco.lt/8oi22z
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29 March, 2013 - Elephant Journal Our plastic footprint is on remote beaches, in isolated patches of ocean and in the stomachs of wild endangered animals.... http://www.elephantjournal.com/2013/03/ocean-plastics-impact-on-wild-sea-turtles-dr-wallace-j-nichols/
OUR OCEANS ARE DROWNING IN PLASTIC http://sco.lt/5ZYbZ3
OUR PLASTICS WILL POLLUTE OCEANS FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS http://sco.lt/7tYlQ9
WHY ARE BRITISH FISH EATING PLASTIC? SERIOUS FOR FISH, SERIOUS FOR YOU AND OUR FOOD CHAIN http://sco.lt/54HFsf
PLASTIC IN 'GREAT PACIFIC GARBAGE PATCH' HAS INCREASED 100-FOLD - Killing Ocean Life and Ecosystem | Common Dreams https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/05/09-2
18 January 2012 Common Dreams
WATCH VIDEO: +++ "WHEN THE MERMAIDS CRY: THE GREAT PLASTIC TIDE? http://sco.lt/5sTmWv
SEA CHANGE - THE LOSS OF OCEAN SPECIES IS STAGGERING http://sco.lt/8AV5qz
April 13, 2013 - Deutsche Welle: Environment & Development » THE FIGHT AGAINST THE EPIDEMIC OF OCEAN FLOATING GARBAGE http://www.dw.de/the-fight-against-floating-garbage/a-16742622?maca=en-rss-en-environment-4553-rdf
TOMORROW'S LIFE-SAVING MEDICATIONS MAY CURRENTLY B E LIVING AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA - KEEP OUR OCEANS CLEAN AND HEALTHY http://sco.lt/7tJmK1
EMPTYING OUR OCEANS IS NO EXCUSE TO BOOST GMO RAISED FISH Major US Food Retailers To Shun Genetically Modified, Factory Farmed, Enslaved Seafood http://sco.lt/6HqYt7
WATCH: DO WE HAVE THE COURAGE? A Moving Short Film About MIDWAY by Chris Jordan - http://www.scoop.it/t/our-oceans-need-us/p/1061944409/midway-a-short-film-by-chris-jordan-do-we-have-the-courage
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WATCH: VIDEO: KILL PLASTIC NOT WILDLIFE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTQywfyECs0&sns=em
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WATCH: 27 March, 2013 - CNN VIDEO REPORT
FUKUSHIMA: THE BIGGEST, SINGLE DUMPING OF TRASH INTO OUR OCEAN -- MORE PLASTIC http://sco.lt/7aFK1R
WATCH: 11 March 2013 - CNN REPORT VIDEO
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May 15, 2013 Mashable NYU student Sam Slover has created an interactive web aquarium to visualize how overfishing has affected the population of big and small fish in the oceans from 1910 to 2010.... http://mashable.com/2013/05/17/overfishing-web-acquarium/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss
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Smithsonian Magazine The chemistry of the ocean is changing. Most climate change discussion focuses on the warmth of the air, but around one-quarter of the carbon dioxide ... http://leclercf.wordpress.com/2013/05/18/amazing-sea-butterflies-are-the-oceans-canary-in-the-coal-mine/
ARCTIC OCEAN 'ACIDIFYING RAIDLY'. HIGHEST LEVELS IN HUMAN HISTORY - ARCTIC COULD BE ICE FREE IN TWO YEARS http://sco.lt/6KTOpl
'CANARY IN THE OCEAN; = MASSIVE FISH FLIGHT SHOWS CLIMATE CHANGE IS HERE http://sco.lt/8UUe81
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Study shows unprecedented worldwide fish migration as waters warm Mau 16, 2013 Common Ground: As ocean waters continue to heat up along with the rest of the planet, fish and other aquatic life forms are fleeing from their habitual regions to find the lower temperatures they have depended on for centuries, according to a new study... http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/05/16-2
PLANET PASSES DAILY 400 PPM CO2 MILESTONE - MARCH TOWARD DISASTER http://sco.lt/8pMIe9
May 16, 2013 Common Dreams
FRACKING OURSELVES INTO OBLIVION http://sco.lt/8mKlIP
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May 13, 2013 Mongabay The bleached bones of seabirds are telling us a new story about the far-reaching impacts of industrial fisheries on today's oceans... http://news.mongabay.com/2013/0514-hance-petrel-bones.html
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May 7, 2013 Mongabay If you were to travel from the United States of America to Japan, you would most likely encounter what could be described as the world's largest waste dump: a 100,000 tonne expanse of debris floating around a large region of the Pacific Ocean.... http://news.mongabay.com/2013/0506-lloyd-pacific-pollution.html
OUR OCEANS ARE DROWNING IN PLASTIC http://sco.lt/5ZYbZ3
OCEAN PLASTIC'S IMPACT ON SEA LIFE, YOUR SEAFOOD AND WILD SEA TURTLES http://sco.lt/5LdeMb
THE FIGHT AGAINST THE EPIDEMIC OF OCEAN FLOATING GARBAGE http://sco.lt/8sPxzt
OUR PLASTICS WILL POLLUTE OCEANS FOR HUNDREDS OF YEAR http://sco.lt/7tYlQ9
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May 6, 2013 Hong Kong (AFP) Conservationists warned Monday that Hong Kong may lose its rare Chinese white dolphins, also known as pink dolphins for their unique colour, unless it takes urgent action against pollution and other threats.... http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Hong_Kong_risks_losing_its_pink_dolphins_groups_999.html
May 8, 2013 South China Morning Post GRIEVING PINK DOLPHIN MOTHER SUPPORTING BODY OF HER DEAD CALF IN ATTEMPT TO REVIVE IT: Believed to be from toxins in mothers milk accumulated from polluted seawater http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1230183/plight-hong-kongs-pink-dolphins
May 6, 2013 Huffington Post Green
YANGTZE FINLESS PORPOISE POPULATION NOSEDIVES TO 1,000 - EXTINCT BY 2025? http://sco.lt/5wO6Xh
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Shark populations have plummeted by 90% in recent decades...will be extinct in a few years. The Guardian reports that 2011 may be the last year that eating shark fin soup is regarded as a sign of middle class prosperity: the worldwide movement to ban this casually cruel, wasteful practice (sharks are de-finned by the hundreds, left to bleed-to-death and drown on the ocean floor) is gaining momentum even in Hong Kong... http://www.elephantjournal.com/2011/11/shark-populations-have-plummeted-by-90-in-recent-decadeswill-be-extinct-in-a-few-years/
AN IMAGE SAYS A THOUSAND WORDS: Shark Finning Images from Google Search http://ow.ly/koU4C
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VIDEO: CELEBRITY CHEF, GORDON RAMSEY TACKLES SHARK FINNING ISSUE IN "SHARK BAIR" SPECIAL http://reefbuilders.com/2011/10/19/gordon-ramsey-tackles-shark-finning-issue-shark-bait-special/
VIDEO: SHARK FINNING PUTS SPECIES ON VERGE OF EXTINCTION | Wired Science http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/09/video-shark-finning/
VIDEO SHOWS THOUSANDS OF SHARK FINS DUMPED ON HONG KONG STREET TO SUPPLY SOUP INDUSTRY http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2111690/Video-shows-thousands-shark-fins-dumped-Hong-Kong-street-supply-soup-industry.html
VIDEO: AWARD WINNING SHORT FILM "WHERE HAVE ALL OUR SHARKS GONE?" http://www.scoop.it/t/our-oceans-need-us/p/1127050673/where-have-our-sharks-gone-award-winning-short-film
VIDEO 9:53 SHARK FINNING AND LONG LINING...STOP IT...YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMYtuMgwNCY&feature=youtube_gdata_player
VIDEO WHALE SHARK FINNING « PORTRAITS FROM THE DEEP http://guyharvey.wordpress.com/2010/06/13/whale-shark-finning-video/
"FIN" - 14 MIN FILM ON DESTRUCTIVE BUSINESS OF SHARK FISHING AND FINNING min film on destructive business of Shark Fishing and Finning http://www.scoop.it/t/our-oceans-need-us/p/1301732949/fin-14-min-film-on-destructive-business-of-shark-fishing-and-finning
SHARKS ARE CRUCIAL TO OCEAN ECOSYSTEMS, SAYS UMS PROFESSOR http://www.scoop.it/t/our-oceans-need-us/p/1606725445/sharks-are-crucial-to-ocean-ecosystems-says-ums-prof
HUNTING DOWN THREATENED SPECIES... FOR THEIR LARGE FINS: Emerging whale shark 'crisis' in China http://www.scoop.it/t/our-oceans-need-us/p/2235031693/hunting-down-threatened-species-for-their-large-fins-emerging-whale-shark-crisis-in-china
EXCLUSIVE: THE CRUEL REALITY OF THE GLOBAL SHARK FIN TRADE, IN PICTURES http://www.scoop.it/t/our-oceans-need-us/p/1078235910/exclusive-the-cruel-reality-of-the-global-shark-fin-trade-in-pictures
EXCUSE ME WAITER, BUT THERE'S AN ENDANGERED SPECIES IN MY BOWL OF SOUP ! http://www.scoop.it/t/our-oceans-need-us/p/2569087704/excuse-me-waiter-but-there-s-an-endangered-species-in-my-bowl-of-soup
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF SHARK DISAPPEARED? http://www.scoop.it/t/our-oceans-need-us/p/2398871120/what-would-happen-if-sharks-disappeared
SHARKS ON A COLLISION COURSE - COULD CAUSE IRREVERIBLE DAMAGE TO OCEAN ECOSYSTEMS http://www.scoop.it/t/our-oceans-need-us/p/2204942422/sharks-on-a-collision-course-could-cause-irreversible-damage-to-ocean-ecosystems
TEN MILLION KILOS OF SHARK FIN IMPORTED INTO HONG KONG IN ONE YEAR - HOW MANY SHARKS IS THAT? http://www.scoop.it/t/our-oceans-need-us/p/2169096433/10-million-kilos-of-shark-fin-imported-into-hong-kong-in-1-year-how-many-sharks-is-that
73 MILLION SHARKS KILLED EVERY YEAR FOR SOUP. KONG KONG IMPORTED MORE THEN 22 MILLION POUNDS OF SHARK FINS IN 2011 ALONE http://www.scoop.it/t/our-oceans-need-us/p/2203774861/73-million-sharks-killed-every-year-for-soup-hong-kong-imported-more-than-22-million-pounds-of-shark-fins-last-year
DAN RATHER REPORTS, "SHARK FIN" CLIP 3 http://www.scoop.it/t/our-oceans-need-us/p/1850941760/dan-rather-reports-shark-fin-clip-3
SHARK FIN GOLD: EGYPT'S RED SEA SHARKS FACE EXTINCTION http://www.scoop.it/t/our-oceans-need-us/p/978099445/egypt-s-red-sea-sharks-face-extinction
HUNTING DOWN THREATENED SPECIES... FOR THEIR LARGE FINS: Emerging whale shark 'crisis' in China http://www.scoop.it/t/our-oceans-need-us/p/2235031693/hunting-down-threatened-species-for-their-large-fins-emerging-whale-shark-crisis-in-china
EATING OURSELVES OUT OF EXISTENCE: Pacific sharks disappearing into soup: study http://www.scoop.it/t/our-oceans-need-us/p/3163803855/eating-ourselves-out-of-existence-pacific-sharks-disappearing-into-soup-study
MORE ON SHARKS AND SHARK FINNING http://www.scoop.it/t/our-oceans-need-us?q=shark+finning
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April 24, 2013 - IPS News ... Penguins are threatened with extinction by climate change and giant fishing trawlers from Europe and Asia stalking the oceans around Antarctica. Penguins are a protected species, but the factory-sized trawlers are vacuuming up the tiny shrimp-like krill that are their main food source. The Southern Ocean is also becoming increasingly acidic from emissions of fossil fuels and will have a significant impact on krill populations. And yet efforts to create two marine protected areas in the Southern Ocean have been blocked by China, Russia and Norway.... http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/04/krill-super-trawlers-pushing-penguins-toward-extinction/
WATCH: VIDEO - NO SUPER TRAWLERS. NOT HERE. NOT ANYWHERE http://sco.lt/8fhDH7
OVERFISHING DESTROYING FOOD SOURCE FOR OCEAN SPECIES - SUPERTRAWLERS WRECKING THE OCEAN ECOSYSTEM http://sco.lt/5T7ZGj
SEA CHANGE - THE LOSS OF OCEAN SPECIES IS STAGGERING http://sco.lt/8AV5qz
OCEAN-GRABBING BY CORPORATE INDUSTRIAL FISHING 'THREATENS WORLD'S FISHERIES - UN http://sco.lt/6g6w41
March 18, 2013 BBC The Watchers
WATCH: David Attenborough BBC VIDEO (59:00) DEATH OF THE OCEANS http://sco.lt/9GjV2X
March 27, 2013
VIDEO: FORAGE FISH KEY TO A HEALTHY OCEAN - GOING...GOING ... http://sco.lt/5xliU5
April 27, 2013 Terra Daily
MORE ON OVERFISHING OUR OCEANS http://www.scoop.it/t/our-oceans-need-us?q=OVERFISHING
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.. The dead sea otters arrived at Melissa Miller's Santa Cruz, California, lab with bright-yellow eyes and gums, their livers destroyed. Harmful organisms usually found on land are infiltrating coastal areas, wreaking havoc on marine mammals.... scientists are just now beginning to understand how these and other toxins in the water are spurring the resurgence of some diseases and the creation of others, largely by weakening animals' immune systems. And with more development and pollution in coastal areas, the problem appears to be accelerating.... http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/04/130412-diseases-health-animals-science-environment-oceans/?utm_source=NatGeocom&utm_medium=Email&utm_content=env_20130424&utm_campaign=Content
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April 2, 2013 CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL Efforts to restore marine ecosystems that store vast amounts of carbon have received a boost with the launch of a new website that provides the latest blue carbon science and policy. The International Blue Carbon Initiative is a coordinated, global program focused on mitigating climate change through the conservation and restoration of coastal and marine ecosystems. Coastal ecosystems are some of the most productive on Earth. They provide us with essential ecosystem services, such as coastal protection from storms and nursery grounds for fish. We also know that they provide another integral service – sequestering and storing “blue” carbon from the atmosphere and oceans and hence are an essential piece of the solution to global climate change.... http://thebluecarboninitiative.org/
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UK link:: http://afloat.ie/marine-environment/marine-wildlife/item/21312-british-government-taken-to-task-over-marine-conservation-zones#.UWGmfF2yXhQ.twitter
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More:: There are a couple of major pathways for CO2 to be removed from the atmosphere. One isplant respiration. Plants absorb CO2 during their growth, and use it along with sunlight and water and other nutrients, to grow. The carbon in the CO2 is converted into plant matter, such as blanches, leaves, roots, etc. It is important to note that this absorption of CO2 is only temporary in the big scheme of things, because when the plant dies and decomposes, the plant matter will go back to CO2 during the decomposition process. Therefore, in its natural state, this is in balance... as much CO2 is absorbed as is emitted when averaged over time (not including processes such as deforestation, which is not in balance, and so right now, CO2is net being emitted by plants due to deforestation). There are no other known methods to remove CO2 from the air on the scale that we are emitting it !!! Delete the scoop?
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The Global Partnership for Oceans is a growing alliance of governments, international organizations, civil society groups, and private sector interests committed to addressing the threats to the health, productivity and resilience of the world's oceans. Short URL: http://on.natgeo.com/10u0EW2 National Geographic
IN SEARCH OF PRISTINE SEAS Explore the Galapagos; Strange Sea Creature; NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Via Αλιεία alieia.info, Marian Locksley
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This is our Air that we breath, the jewel of our planet. Delete the scoop?
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National Geographic, April 2013 Issue Weighing up to 1,200 pounds or more, the West Indian manatee looks something like a chubby dolphin or small whale, though it’s related to neither. (In fact, manatees share a common ancestor with elephants.) Manatees lack the blubber layer that allows whales to tolerate cold; in water below 68°F, they begin to weaken and die. The subspecies found in the United States is the Florida manatee, which disperses into coastal areas of the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico; in winter, when sea temperatures drop, they congregate inland at natural springs and other sources of warmth, including power plant discharge pipes.... http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2013/04/manatees/white-text
MANATEES ARE DYING OFF, AND FLORIDA IS DETERMINED TO SPEED IT UP http://gawker.com/manatees-are-dying-off-and-florida-is-determined-to-sp-489114098
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BBC NATURE Sir David Attenborough reveals the findings of one of the most ambitious scientific studies of our time - an investigation into what is happening to our oceans. He looks at whether it is too late to save their remarkable biodiversity... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggxi0rsD5aU
April 7, 2013 - VIDEO Running Time: 45:42 Dr. Ray Hilborn from the University of Washington, provides some eye-opening facts about our fisheries, some of the misperceptions about fishing being unsustainable, and the environmental impact of fishing versus agriculture and farming. If you're wondering whether the oceans can continue to be fished, you need to see this.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzNPFaNbp3E
WATCH: Take a deep breath and imagine the oceans... Short Greenpeace documentary outlining the threats to our oceans and what can be done to restore their health produced in 2005.
WATCH: +++ THE FUTURE OF OUR OCEANS" - SYLVIA EARLE 33:52 http://www.themonthly.com.au/video/2013/03/24/1364105192/future-oceans-sylvia-earle
April 23, 2013 The Pew Charitable Trusts
+++MORE ON OVERFISHING http://www.scoop.it/t/our-oceans-need-us?q=OVERFISHING
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we will disappear, the oceans will stay. Earth will recover from us as a species, 99.9 % of all species have goon extinct in the past.
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Marine Scientists working as Never before to Save this precious Ecosystem * Delete the scoop?
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