A recent poaching incident off Indonesia has left conservationists and villagers frustrated and underscores a big problem:Setting aside swaths of the sea from fishing only works when there’s adequate enforcement.
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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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-Financial Times Humans have gained unprecedented supremacy over the seas in a short space of time, thanks to potent technological advances such as satellite tracking devices and engines so formidable they can drag nets big enough to engulf a cathedral. Add in the impact of pollution, from the likes of fertiliser run-off or discarded plastic, and the oceans have changed more in the past 30 years than in all of human history. In most places, the oceans have lost more than 75 per cent of their “megafauna” – large creatures such as whales, sharks, dolphins, rays and turtles. Numbers of some species – oceanic whitetip sharks; American sawfish – are down by as much as 99 per cent. For every 20 leatherback turtles in the Pacific 50 years ago, only one remains...http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/9601c144-9dcd-11e1-838c-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1vqzpHIBt
WATCH: ***Video NO SUPER TRAWLERS. NOT HERE. NOT ANYWHERE http://www.scoop.it/t/our-oceans-need-us/p/2478442068/no-super-trawlers-not-here-not-anywhere-video
OCEANS SO DEPLETED SOME WILD FISH STOCKS MAY NEVER RECOVER : CHANGING OCEAN ECOSYSTEMS FOREVER http://www.scoop.it/t/our-oceans-need-us/p/2569118699/oceans-so-depleted-some-wild-fish-stocks-may-never-recover-changing-ocean-ecosystems-forever
LOOTING OUR SEAS: 'Free-for-all' decimates fish stocks in the southern Pacifichttp://www.scoop.it/t/our-oceans-need-us/p/3844525946/looting-our-seas-free-for-all-decimates-fish-stocks-in-the-southern-pacific
EMPTYING OUR OCEANS: Billions in Subsidies Prop up Unsustainable Overfishing http://www.scoop.it/t/our-oceans-need-us/p/3259929193/emptying-our-oceans-billions-in-subsidies-prop-up-unsustainable-overfishing
OCEANS SO DEPLETED SOME WILD FISH STOCK MAY NEVER RECOVER - CHANGING OCEAN ECOSYSTEMS FOREVER http://www.scoop.it/t/our-oceans-need-us/p/2569118699/oceans-so-depleted-some-wild-fish-stocks-may-never-recover-changing-ocean-ecosystems-forever
10 FRIGHTENING FACTS ABOUT SUPER TRAWLERS | Greenpeace Australia Pacific http://www.greenpeace.org/australia/en/news/oceans/top-10-facts-about-super-trawlers/
WATCH: CHANGING SEAS: TIGER SHARKS: 4 MILLION YEARS IN THE MAKING AND LOSING THEM FAST http://sco.lt/7WtWF7
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the collapse of these systems will be catastrophic for the Oceans, and our dependence on them will hurt all life, including ours Marian.
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June 10, 8:41 AM
Totally agree, sadly we have the double trouble of Atmosphere being Toxic, with Gov's not acting soon enough!...affecting Oceans, wildlife & us. Very sad :(
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A survey of 200 sites in 20 countries around the world has found that bisphenol A, a synthetic compound that mimics estrogen and is linked to developmental disorders, is ubiquitous in Earth's Oceans... One disturbing possibility is that BPA could bioaccumulate, with animals eating BPA-tainted animals that have eaten BPA-tainted animals, finally reaching high concentrations in top-level ocean predators and the humans who eat them...http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/03/ocean-bpa/
OCEAN PLASTIC'S IMPACT ON SEA LIFE, YOUR SEAFOOD AND WILD SEA TURTLES http://sco.lt/5LdeMb
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May 30, 2013 EurActive The European Union agreed early today (30 May) to put an end to decades of over-fishing and rebuild dwindling stocks by 2020, as part of a deal to The agreement will put an end to annual haggling over catch quotas by EU ministers in Brussels, widely blamed for putting short-term economic interests above the long-term health of Europe's fish stocks.... http://www.euractiv.com/cap/eu-ministers-approve-crackdown-f-news-528129
May 30, 2013 Huffington Post GREENPEACE SEAFOOD REPORT FOR 2013: THE BEST AND WORST USA SUPERMARKETS FOR SUSTAINABLE SEAFOOD
SOMETHING'S FISH ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIP FOR SUSTAINABLE OCEANS http://www.somethingsfishyaboutpso.com/?gclid=CNqHlqqYsrcCFYp_QgodbHsA8g
SEA CHANGE - THE LOSS OF OCEAN SPECIES IS STAGGERING http://sco.lt/8AV5qz
May 14, 2013 Mongabay
OCEANS ARE OUR PLANETARY LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEM http://sco.lt/4ynRkv
ARCTIC OCEAN 'ACIDIFYING RAPIDLY' - HIGHEST LEVELS IN 55 MILLION YEARS - ARCTIC COULD BE ICE FREE IN TWO YEARS http://sco.lt/6KTOpl
100 MILLION SHARKS KILLED A YEAR, JUST FOR THEIR FINS. SHARK POPULATIONS PLUMMET BY 90% http://sco.lt/7kHqLZ
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May 30, 5:56 AM
absolutely necessary, 96% of all fish is already gone. Delete the scoop?
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May 23, 2013 Focusing on Wildlife It sounds ludicrous, but it could just be true: scientists say seagulls may be responsible for hundreds of southern right whale moralities off the Argentine coastline. Since 2003, scientists have documented the deaths of 605 southern right whales (Eubalaena australis) near Península Valdés which the whales use as a nursery. Notably, 88 percent of these were newborn calves. The death rate is so high that researchers now fear for the whales’ long-term survival. Scientists now hypothesize that kelp gulls (Larus dominicanus) may be behind the high death rate, since the gulls repeatedly land on southern right whales pecking at them to tear off chunks of skin and blubber for food.,, “The attacks are very painful and cause large, deep lesions, particularly on the backs of young 2-6 week-old calves. ,,, http://focusingonwildlife.com/news/are-seagulls-killing-whales-in-patagonia/
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“The attacks are very painful and cause large, deep lesions, particularly on the backs of young 2-6 week-old calves. The whales flinch violently and swim away to flee from the attacking gulls,” Rowntree and Mariano Sironi, Scientific Director of the Instituto de Conservación de Ballenas inArgentina, explain. “This harassment can last for hours at a time. As a result, right whale mothers and their calves are expending much precious energy during a time-of-year when mothers are fasting and at a site where little to no food is available to replenish fat reserves. The gull harassment and the extensive wounds they make must have a very negative effect on the health and body condition of these whales and is certainly very stressful.” Delete the scoop?
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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
June 5, 2013 Grist
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 ECOSYTEMS 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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Oblabla will be remembered as the corrupt #Wallstreet #bankster POTUS who helped with the extinction of Mankind. Delete the scoop?
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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
May 20, 2013 PRI The World
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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
March 13, 2013 BBC News -
February 20, 2012 The Ecologist
November 7, 2012 SciDevNet
January 14, 2013 SciDevNet
THE SUICIDAL RACE FOR ARCTIC'S NATURAL RESOURCES - - Obama's Arctic strategy sets off a climate time bomb http://sco.lt/85k9th
AUSTRALIA SEEKS TO LIMIT OCEAN 'GEOENGINEERING' http://sco.lt/5zLlLd
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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
October 23, 2012 United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
October 15, 2013 The Guardian Environment
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 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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June 10, 2013 Guardian Environment Emma Bryce: A new book argues small, wild fish are the key to restoring the oceans and fighting world hunger - and warns of the perils of eating prawns (shrimp) too... http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/world-on-a-plate/2013/jun/10/fish-fishing
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TIME TO REMEMBER THAT THE OCEAN PROVIDES THE AIR WE BREATHE, THE WATER WE DRINK, THE FOOD WE EAT AND MORE http://www.oceanconservancy.org/the-ocean-matters/
YOUR BRAIN ON OCEAN THERAPY - Wildhope eMagazine http://www.bluetoad.com/publication/?i=160323&p=38
UNDERWATER ASTONISHMENTS...AND WHY WE MUST PRESERVE THEM http://blog.oceanconservancy.org/2013/06/05/underwater-astonishments-and-why-we-must-preserve-them/
WATCH:
WATCH: VIDEO: *** DEATH OF THE OCEANS? BBC DAVID ATTENBOROUGH http://sco.lt/97GRDV
OVERFISHING DESTROYING FOOD SOURCE FOR OCEAN SPECIES = WRECKING THE OCEAN ECOSYSTEM http://sco.lt/5T7ZGj
WATCH: VIDEO: *** FORAGE FISH KEY TO A HEALTHY FOOD WEB: GOING...GOING... http://sco.lt/5xliU5
June 8, 2013 Focusing On Wildlife
OCEAN PLASTICS' IMPACT ON SEA LIFE, YOUR SEAFOOD AND WILD SEA TURTLES http://sco.lt/5LdeMb
100 MILLION SHARKS DIE EACH YEAR -- JUST FOR THEIR FINS http://sco.lt/5RKfQn
WE MAY BE THE LAST GENERATION TO CATCH FOOD FROM THE OCEANS http://sco.lt/8uHn7Z
$400 BILLION OCEAN FISHING INDUSTRY: LARGE CORPORATE FISHING FLEETS EMPTYING OUR OCEANS http://sco.lt/7ABxHV
INTERACTIVE VIDEO: **** DEEP SEA MINING RAISES SERIOUS ECOSYSTEMS CONCERNS http://sco.lt/5zbwAr
SEALS REVEAL SECRETS OF POLAR OCEANS http://sco.lt/8Xuadl
SEA LION PUP HITCHES RIDE ON BOAT OFF NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/bizarre&id=9124881
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June 3, 2013 Planet Earth Online Seals wearing special tags are playing a vital role in collecting temperature and salinity profiles from the polar oceans, delivering insights for weather forecasters, climate scientists and biologists, according to a new review... http://planetearth.nerc.ac.uk/news/story.aspx?id=1477&cookieConsent=A
CANADA: 70,000 SEAL "CULL" AKA "SLAUGHTER" WILL NOT REVIVE CANADA'S COD STOCKS - SCIENTISTS http://sco.lt/4i4j33
NAMBIA - THE ANNUAL SLAUGHTER OF 90,000 BABY SEALS. ONE OF THE BIGGEST MARINE MAMMAL WILDLIFE CRIMES KNOWN TO MAN http://sco.lt/5LiaVl
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Seals wearing special tags are playing a vital role in collecting temperature and salinity profiles from the polar oceans, delivering insights for weather forecasters, climate scientists and biologists, according to a new review. Polar seas play a critical role in climate and weather systems, but they are poorly understood. Data collection is difficult and expensive, especially during the long, harsh winter, and sea ice prevents access by ships or floating buoys. This is where seals can help – they are ideal for collecting data close to shore and in pack ice. Elephant seals, for example, spend 90 per cent of their lives at sea, travelling up to 4000km on months-long feeding trips. They dive about 60 times a day, reaching depths of up to 2000 metres – deeper than a military submarine. Delete the scoop?
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March 20, 2013 CNN Tech CNN) -- Despite most humans' land-centric view, Earth is an ocean planet. The global ocean covers more than two-thirds of our planet's surface and makes life as we know it possible: it produces half of the oxygen we breathe, helps regulate our climate and provides the single largest habitat for life on Earth.,,, http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/18/tech/oceans-woods-hole-oped/
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Mau 28, 2013 The Conversation
OVERFISHING Beneath the serene beauty of our ocean waters lurks a nightmare worse than any Jaws movie. You could compare it to alien abduction – massive numbers of fish are being snatched out of the water by high-tech factory fishing trawlers. This nightmare scenario is real, and the impacts on our ocean's ecosystems are extensive. Entire populations of fish are being targeted and destroyed, disrupting the food chain from top to bottom.
OVERFISHING AND ITS EFFECT ON THE ENVIRONMENT https://confluence.furman.edu:8443/display/GGY230F10/Overfishing+and+Its+Effect+on+the+Environment
LEARN ABOUT OVERFISHING WITH THIS INTERACTIVE WEB AQUARIUM http://mashable.com/2013/05/17/overfishing-web-acquarium/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss
SUPER TRAWLERS http://www.scoop.it/t/our-oceans-need-us?q=super+trawlers
BOTTOM-TRAWLING http://www.scoop.it/t/our-oceans-need-us?q=bottom+trawling
VIDEO: FORAGE FISH KEY TO A HEALTHY OCEAN FOOD WEB - GOING..GOING... http://sco.lt/5xliU5
KRILL SUPER-TRAWLERS PUSHING PENGUINS TOWARD EXTINCTION http://sco.lt/68bs8X
100 MILLION A YEAR JUST FOR THEIR FINS. SHARK POPULATIONS PLUMET 90% - COULD BE EXTINCT IN A FEW YEARS http://sco.lt/7kHqLZ
DEEP SEA MINING 'GOLD RUSH' MOVES CLOSER, DEVASTATING OCEAN SEABED, DESTROYING YET UNKNOWN ECOSYSTEMS http://sco.lt/5tF4s5
ARCTIC OCEAN 'ACIDIFYING RAPIDLY; HIGHEST LEVELS IN 55 MILLION YEARS. ARCTIC COULD BE ICE FREE IN TWO YEARS http://sco.lt/6KTOpl
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May 21, 2013 Focusing On Wildlife
A new short film, "Viva la tortuga" documents the struggle to save loggerhead and green sea turtles in Magdalena Bay, Mexico. Once a region for a massive sea turtle meat market, the turtles now face a new threat: bycatch. Loggerhead sea turtles are drowning in bottom-set gillnets, unable to escape from the nets once entangled. The issue has even raises threats of trade embargoes from the U.S. Still, the news is not all gloomy: a rising group of fishermen turned conservationists are working to save these species from local extinction. The fishermen have become scientists, documenting turtle mortalities and threats. Working together, researchers and fishermen have used creative methods to mitigate the local turtle decline... http://focusingonwildlife.com/news/featured-video-saving-sea-turtles-in-mexicos-magdalena-bay/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=featured-video-saving-sea-turtles-in-mexicos-magdalena-bay
May 22, 2013 Summit Voice
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May 22, 9:47 AM
Still, the news is not all gloomy: a rising group of fishermen turned conservationists are working to save these species from local extinction. The fishermen have become scientists, documenting turtle mortalities and threats. Working together, researchers and fishermen have used creative methods to mitigate the local turtle decline. Delete the scoop?
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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
May 23, 2013 Terra Daily
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 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
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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
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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
THE SUICIDAL RACE FOR ARCTIC'S NATURAL RESOURCES - OBAMA'S ARCTIC STRATEGY SETS OFF A CLIMATE TIME BOMB http://sco.lt/85k9th
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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May 8, 10:23 AM
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
Marian Locksley's curator insight,
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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