DOCUMENTARY
                    DEEP WATER DISASTER - BP OIL SPILL (59:07)
                                    Published on Jan 28, 2013
BBC Horizon reveals the untold story of the 87-day battle to kill the Deepwater Horizon oil blowout a mile beneath the waves - a crisis that became America's worst environmental disaster. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWh9jDei-og

New Scientist, April 17, 2015
▶ AFTER THE "SPILL" MYSTERY OF THE VANISHING GULF OF MEXICO TURTLES http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn27380-after-the-spill-mystery-of-the-vanishing-gulf-of-mexico-turtles.html#.VTNlImZQW6A

International Business News, April 15, 2015
▶ BP OIL SPILL HAS LASTING ECONOMIC TOLL FIVE YEARS AFTER DEEPWATER HORIZON EXPLOSION http://www.ibtimes.com/bp-oil-spill-has-lasting-economic-toll-five-years-after-deepwater-horizon-explosion-1883832

Summit County Citizens Voice, January 30, 2015
▶ FIVE YEARS ON: STUDY FINDS MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF OIL FROM DEEPWATER HORIZON DISASTER BURIED IN GULF OF MEXICO. Five years after BP’s failed Deepwater Horizon drill rig spewed 200 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, a significant amount of that oil remains buried in seafloor sediments. A new study by a Florida State University researcher estimates that about 6 to 10 million gallons of oil are still there, perhaps decomposing slowly, but probably affecting Gulf ecosystems. “This is going to affect the Gulf for years to come,” said researcher Jeff Chanton. “Fish will likely ingest contaminants because worms ingest the sediment, and fish eat the worms. It’s a conduit for contamination into the food web,” he said sediments http://summitcountyvoice.com/2015/01/30/study-finds-massive-amounts-of-oil-from-deepwater-horizon-disaster-buried-in-gulf-of-mexico-sediments/

TreeHugger, February 03, 2015
▶ LOST AND FOUND: 10 MILLION 'MISSING' GALLONS FROM THE 2010 BP OIL DISASTER TURN UP ON SEA FLOOR http://www.treehugger.com/ocean-conservation/lost-and-found-10-million-missing-gallons-2010-bp-oil-spill-turn-sea-floor.html

ClimateProgress, March 30, 2015
▶ REPORT: 2010 BP DEEP WATER OIL DISASTER STILL HARMING ECOSYSTEM AND AT LEAST 20 ANIMAL SPECIES. At least 20 animal species are still suffering from the effects of the largest oil spill in U.S. history nearly five years after it occurred, according to a recent National Wildlife Federation report http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/03/30/3640649/bp-spill-still-impacting-animals/

SummitVoice, August 02, 2014

▶ OIL-EATING MICROBES IN THE GULF OF MEXICO LEFT BEHIND THE MOST TOXIC REMNANTS OF THE DEEPWATER HORIZON DISASTER http://summitcountyvoice.com/2014/08/02/environment-oil-eating-microbes-in-the-gulf-of-mexico-left-behind-the-most-toxic-remnants-of-the-deepwater-horizon-spill/

SummitVoice, July 17, 2014

▶ 4 YEARS AFTER DEEPWATER HORIZON OIL DISASTER, COREXIT DISPERSANT STILL FOUND LINGERING IN THE ENVIRONMENT http://summitcountyvoice.com/2014/07/17/4-years-after-deepwater-horizon-oil-disaster-dispersant-still-found-lingering-in-the-environment/

                                                VIDEO (4:43)

                                           Grist, April 17, 2015
 REMINDING YOU WHAT AN UGLY MESS THE BP OIL DISASTER MADE

http://grist.org/news/this-gorgeous-video-will-remind-you-what-an-ugly-mess-the-bp-oil-spill-made/

Truthout, April 20, 2015
▶ GULF VICTIMS SUING BP DISASTER'S COMPENSATION CZAR  http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/30305-gulf-victims-suing-bp-disaster-s-compensation-czar

The Atlantic Cities, April 18, 2014
▶ A GRIM PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDY ON THE BP OIL DISASTER http://www.theatlanticcities.com/arts-and-lifestyle/2014/04/grim-photographic-tribute-bp-oil-disaster/8913/

ScienceDaily, March 31, 2015
▶ FIVE YEARS AFTER DEEPWATER HORIZON, WILDLIFE STILL STRUGGLING DOLPHINS DYING IN HIGH NUMBERS; SEA TURTLES FAILING TO NEST http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/03/150331082558.htm

Science/AAAS, October 31, 2014
▶ SEABIRD LOSSES FROM DEEPWATER HORIZON DISASTER ESTIMATED AT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS http://news.sciencemag.org/environment/2014/10/seabird-losses-deepwater-horizon-oil-spill-estimated-hundreds-thousands

                                                       VIDEO

                                        Reuters, April 19, 2015
FIVE YEARS AFTER BP OIL SPILL, SOME GULF OYSTER MEN ARE LOSING HOPE http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/19/us-bp-spill-anniversary-idUSKBN0NA0YE20150419

Huffington Post, October 27, 2014

▶ SCIENTISTS DISCOVER HUGE 'BATHTUB RING' OF OIL ON SEA FLOOR FROM BP SPILL Scientists revealed more damage from the BP oil spill in the Gulf Coast. And Kara Lankford, director of Ocean Conservancy’s Gulf Restoration, slammed BP for attempting to downplay the spill's effects on the area's ecosystem. The study by David Valentine, the chief scientist on the federal damage assessment research ships, estimates that about 10 million gallons of oil coagulated on the floor of the Gulf of Mexico around the damaged Deepwater Horizons oil rig. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/27/gulf-oil-spill-bathtub-ring_n_6056348.html

Project World Awareness, September 07, 2014
 ▶  COREXIT DISPERSENT USED WITH BP DEEPWATER HORIZON OIL DISASTER: LIFE ON THIS EARTH JUST CHANGED ... THE NORTH ATLANTIC CURRENT IS GONE - The entire ‘river of warm water’ that flows from the Caribbean to the edges of Western Europe is dying due to the Corexit that the Obama Administration allowed BP to use to hide the scale of the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Disaster. The approximately two million gallons of Corexit, plus several million gallons of other dispersants, have caused the over two hundred million gallons of crude oil, that has gushed for months from the BP wellhead and nearby sites, to mostly sink to the bottom of the ocean. This has helped to effectively hide much of the oil, with the hopes that BP can seriously reduce the mandated federal fines from the oil disaster. However, there is no current way to effectively ‘clean up’ the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico, which is about half covered in crude oil. Additionally, the oil has flowed up the East Coast of America and into the North Atlantic Ocean. It is likely, based on numerous reports, that the oil is still flowing in massive amounts from multiple places on the seabed floor. This effectively means, that even if we had the technology in place to somehow clean up the free flowing thick crude oil deep in the ocean, it would likely not be enough to reverse the damage to the Thermohaline Circulation System in the Atlantic Ocean.

http://www.projectworldawareness.com/2010/09/life-on-this-earth-just-changed-the-north-atlantic-current-is-gone/

SummitVoice, January 14, 2015
▶ EPA EYES NEW RULES FOR OIL SPILL DISPERSANTS http://summitcountyvoice.com/2015/01/14/environment-epa-eyes-new-rules-for-oil-spill-dispersants/

LA Times, February 19, 2015
▶ BP OIL SPILL ALTERED SOIL MICROBES ON GULF BEACH http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-gulf-oil-spill-microbes-20150217-story.html

                                               VIDEO REPORT
                                     Newshour, November 19, 2014
                AFTER THE GULF OIL SPILL: "THE GREAT INVISIBLE"

Filmmaker returns to see what happened when the cameras had gone http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/gulf-oil-spill-filmmaker-returns-see-happened-cameras-gone/

                                                    WATCH
                     THE GREAT INVISIBLE - OFFICIAL TRAILER
                https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDw1budbZpQ

Climate Progress, July 29, 2014
▶ BP OIL SPILL WAS MUCH WORSE THAN PEOPLE THINK, SCIENTISTS SAY  http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/07/29/3465261/bp-oil-spill-coral-reefs/

Politico Magazine, October 26, 2014
▶ SORRY BP, BUT YOU SURE DID DAMAGE THE GULF AND IT WILL TAKE DECADES TO HEAL http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/10/yes-bp-did-damage-the-gulf-112211.html

                                   BBC DOCUMENTARY (45:02)
       PROFIT POLLUTION AND DECEPTION BP AND THE OIL SPILL

                                     Published on Nov 1, 2013

DeSmogBlog, February 16, 2015
▶ FOSSIL FUEL CONNECTED JUDGE SAYS OIL INDUSTRY NOT LIABLE FOR DESTROYING GULF COAST http://www.desmogblog.com/2015/02/16/fossil-fuel-connected-judge-says-oil-industry-not-liable-destroying-coast

HuffPost Business, January 16, 2015
▶ BP GETS A PASS ON BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN FINES FOR GULF OIL SPILL http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/16/bp-fine-oil-spill_n_6486252.html

INDEPTH VIDEO REPORT
Democracy Now, September 05, 2014

PROFIT OVER SAFETY

BP FACES BILLIONS IN FINES FOR "GROSS NEGLIGENT" ROLE IN 2010 GULF OIL SPILL

http://www.democracynow.org/2014/9/5/profit_over_safety_bp_faces_billions

The Washington Post, April 20, 2015
▶ BP OIL SPILL PLUS 5: WHY IT'LL HAPPEN AGAIN

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/achenblog/wp/2015/04/20/lessons-from-the-bp-oil-spill-on-the-5th-anniversary/

Salon, March 03, 2014
▶ THE GULF OIL CLEANUP STILL ISN'T OVER: 1,250-POUND TAR MAT WASHES ASHORE IN FLORIDA http://www.salon.com/2014/03/03/the_gulf_oil_cleanup_still_isnt_over_1200_tar_mat_washes_ashore_in_florida/

Science News, April 03, 2015
▶ FIVE YEARS ON, DEEP WATER HORIZON OIL DISASTER IMPACT LINGERS https://www.sciencenews.org/article/five-years-deepwater-horizon-oil-spills-impact-lingers

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                         IMPACT ON ENVIRONMENT AND WILDLIFE

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                                            FULL REPORT - PDF

                                  "FIVE YEARS AND COUNTING"

GULF WILDLIFE IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE DEEPWATER HORIZON DISASTER http://www.nwf.org/~/media/PDFs/water/2015/Gulf-Wildlife-In-the-Aftermath-of-the-Deepwater-Horizon-Disaster_Five-Years-and-Counting.pdf

TakePart, March 25, 2014
▶ STUDY CONFIRMS WORST FEARS:  MASSIVE BP OIL SPILL HARMED GULF'S ECOSYSTEM http://www.takepart.com/article/2014/03/25/bp-oil-spill-causes-tuna-heart-defects

NOAA Fisheries, April 16, 2015
▶ NOAA SCIENTISTS: OIL FROM GULF SPILL STILL HARMING LAVAL FISH HEARTS, CAUSING DEVELOPMENTAL DEFECTS http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/stories/2015/04/dwh_5yrs.html

                                                        VIDEO
                                    Treehugger, August 21, 2012
MUTANT FISH, EYELESS SHRIMP & CLAWLESS CRABS: FALLOUT FROM THE BP SPILL http://www.treehugger.com/energy-disasters/mutant-fish-eyeless-shrimp-clawless-crabs-fallout-bp-spill-video.html

New York Times, March 02, 2015
▶ GULF OF MEXICO TURNS DEADLY FOR DOLPHINS http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/03/science/gulf-of-mexico-turns-deadly-for-dolphins.html?_r=0

TakePart, February 17, 2015
▶ DOLPHINS ARE STILL DYING FIVE YEARS AFTER THE BP DEEPWATER HORIZON DISASTER IN GULF OF MEXICO http://www.takepart.com/article/2015/02/17/dolphins-are-still-dying-five-years-after-deepwater-horizon-disaster

Nola, February 13, 2014

▶  BP DEEPWATER HORIZON SPILL OIL CAUSES HEART DAMAGE THAN CAN KILL TUNA, NEW STUDY FINDS http://www.nola.com/environment/index.ssf/2014/02/bp_deepwater_horizon_spill_oil.html

Science/AAAS, October 31, 2014
▶ SEABIRD LOSSES FROM DEEPWATER HORIZON DISASTER ESTIMATED AT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS http://news.sciencemag.org/environment/2014/10/seabird-losses-deepwater-horizon-oil-spill-estimated-hundreds-thousands

Houston Chronicle, November 19, 2014
▶ SCIENTIST ALARMED AT SEA TURTLE'S SUDDEN DECLINE IN GULF. Scientific research presented on the Kemp's ridley raised the possibility that the 2010 BP oil spill, the largest in U.S. history, might have contributed to the declines of sea turtle nests in 2013 and 2014, which have alarmed scientists. [...] experts outlined other factors that may be harming the turtles, such as a die-off of the creatures the turtles eat, expanding dead zones where oxygen is so scant that almost nothing can survive, pesticide runoff and other chemicals dumped in the Gulf.  http://www.chron.com/news/science-environment/article/Signs-grow-of-oil-spill-effect-on-turtles-5903833.php

                                                      VIDEO (2:38)
OIL FROM BP's DEEPWATER HORIZON DISASTER CONTINUES KILLING WILDLIFE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6g3ckvJ9qS4

March 03, 2014

▶ NOAA FISHERIES:  CRUDE OIL CAUSES DEVELOPMENTAL ABNORMALITIES IN LARGE CONSUMER MARINE FISH http://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/stories/2014/03/3_24_14oil_spill_effects_large_marine_fish.html

 ▶  GULF'S DOLPHINS PAY HEAVY PRICE FOR DEEPWATER OIL SPILL http://sco.lt/50L0SH

ClimateProgress, February 13, 2015
▶ UNUSUAL STRING OF BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN DEATHS LINKED TO BP OIL SPILL http://ow.ly/J3Xdu

National Geographic, April 06, 2014

▶ GULF OIL SPILL 'NOT OVER' : DOLPHINS, TURTLES DYING IN RECORD NUMBERS http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/04/140408-gulf-oil-spill-animals-anniversary-science-deepwater-horizon-science/

                                                      IN PICTURES: 

                 OIL-AFFECTED WILDLIFE IN THE GULF OF MEXICO

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2010/jun/08/oil-wildlife-gulf-of-mexico#/?picture=398265274&index=0

SummitVoice, July 29, 2014
▶ ENVIRONMENT:  MORE SIGNS OF CORAL DAMAGE FROM BP's 2010 DEEPWATER HORIZON DISASTER http://summitcountyvoice.com/2014/07/29/environment-more-signs-of-coral-damage-from-bps-2010-deepwater-horizon-oil-disaster/

Al Jazeera, October 20, 2013

▶  “THERE IS NO LIFE OUT THERE" GULF ECOSYSTEM IN CRISIS AFTER BP DEEPWATER HORIZON DISASTER

Three years after well blowout, declining seafood catches and deformities point to an environment in distress... The entire fishing industry is being hit, with catches down and shrimp and shellfish being discovered with disgusting deformities. One seafood business owner told Al Jazeera that his revenue was down 85 percent compared with the period before the spill. From the article: http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2013/10/gulf-ecosystem-crisis-after-bp-spill-2013102065313544754.html

Al Jazeera English, October 20, 2013
▶  GULF OF MEXICO ECOSYSTEM IN CRISIS AFTER 2010 BP OIL SPILL http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2013/10/gulf-ecosystem-crisis-after-bp-spill-2013102065313544754.html

Science Daily, May 12, 2011
▶ DEEPWATER HORIZON SPILL THREATENS MORE SPECIES THAN LEGALLY PROTECTED, STUDY FINDS http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110511134221.htm

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Huffington Post Green, October 22, 2014
▶ BP DAMAGE CONTROL: BP'S DAMAGE TO THE GULF OF MEXICO HAS BEEN WILDLY EXAGGERATED:  SO SAYS BP's PUBLIC RELATIONS SR. VP IN POLITICO MAGAZINE !!!  (What Money Can Buy!!??)

 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/22/politico-bp-gulf-of-mexico_n_6029514.html

▶ NOAA GULF SPILL RESTORATION SITE: $627 MILLION GULF SPILL RESTORATION PLAN APPROVED http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/deepwaterhorizon

Earth Justice, October 23, 2014
▶ GULF RESTORATION GROUP SUE FEDS OVER MISUSE OF BP DISASTER RESTORATION FUNDS  http://earthjustice.org/news/press/2014/gulf-restoration-group-sue-feds-over-misuse-of-bp-disaster-restoration-funds

4WWL, November 21, 2014
▶ TEXAS OIL COMPANY PLEADS GUILTY TO DUMPING OILY WASTEWATER INTO GULF http://www.wwltv.com/story/news/local/investigations/david-hammer/2014/11/20/xplor-energy-wastewater-gulf/70007824/

U.S. Department of Commerce, November 21, 2014
 ▶  REMEMBERING A LITTLE KNOWN OIL SPILL WITH OUT-SIZED IMPACTS http://www.commerce.gov/blog/2014/11/21/remembering-little-known-oil-spill-out-sized-impacts

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The Guardian Environment
▶ BP OIL SPILL: Collected news and analysis and commentary on the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, with photo galleries, videos, ...  http://www.theguardian.com/environment/bp-oil-spill

Huffington Post Green
▶ GULF OIL SPILL: Gulf Oil Spill : Pictures, Videos, Breaking News
 Includes blogs, news, and community conversations about Gulf Oil Spill . http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/bp-oil-spill/

TruthOut, April 09, 2015
WHAT IS THE US GOVERNMENT NOT TELLING US ABOUT FRACKING IN THE GULF OF MEXICO?

http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/30116-what-is-the-government-not-telling-us-about-fracking-in-the-gulf-of-mexico#

Grist, January 10, 2015
▶ HOW MUCH FRACKING IS HAPPENING IN THE GULF OF MEXICO? An increasingly common practice that hasn’t yet sparked the same public debate that fracking on land has. Will fracking in the Gulf of Mexico lead to the next Deepwater Horizon?  http://grist.org/news/how-much-fracking-is-happening-in-the-gulf-of-mexico/

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                                      EXXON VALDEZ OIL SPILL

                                            25 Years On

                                                       Oceana
                              EXXON VALDEZ OIL SPILL FACTS
http://oceana.org/en/our-work/stop-ocean-pollution/oil-pollution/learn-act/exxon-valdez-oil-spill-facts

                           COREXIT: EXXON VALDEZ OIL SPILL

The dispersant Corexit 9580 was considered and tried but was not used for shore clean-up due largely to concerns about toxicity. According to the booklet Shoreline Treatment Techniques published in 1993 by the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, while it effectively assisted in clean-up, "It had not been tested, scientific data on its toxicity were either thin or incomplete, and it had operational problems. In addition, public acceptance of a new, widespread chemical treatment was lacking. To landowners, fishing groups, and conservation organizations, the idea of dumping chemicals on hundreds of miles of shorelines that had just been oiled seemed much too risky - especially when there were other alternatives."

According to a report by David Kirby for TakePart, the main component of the Corexit formulation used during cleanup, 2-butoxyethanol, was identified as "one of the agents that caused liver, kidney, lung, nervous system, and blood disorders among cleanup crews in Alaska following the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill.

                                                    PHOTO ESSAY
                            Huffington Post Green, March 24, 2014
REMEMBERING THE EXXON VALDEZ OIL DISASTER, 25 YEARS LATER

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/24/exxon-valdez-oil-spill-photos_n_5020845.html

                                             CNN, March 25, 2014

            AFTER 25 YEARS, EXXON VALDEZ OIL SPILL HASN'T ENDED

 http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/23/opinion/holleman-exxon-valdez-anniversary/

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                        TIME TO END PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT

                   AND SUBSIDIES FOR FOSSIL FUEL PRODUCERS

                                                 http://sco.lt/9Gvlir

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Seattle Times, December 24, 2014
▶  CONSTANT OIL SPILLS DEVASTATE RUSSIA...EQUIVALENT TO ONE DEEPWATER HORIZON-SCALE LEAK ABOUT EVERY TWO MONTHS http://seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2017080098_russiaoilspill.html

▶ SHELL OIL WRECKS NIGERIA'S OGONILAND WITH OIL SPILLS... AND GETS AWAY WITH IT.  WHO RESTORES ENVIRONMENT?   http://sco.lt/4vZqvB

                                                        VIDEO

            THE TRUE STORY OF CHEVRON'S ECUADOR OIL DISASTER

                                             http://sco.lt/6lQyYb

       CHEVRON TOXICO: THE CAMPAIGN FOR JUSTICE IN ECUADOR

                                        http://chevrontoxico.com/

                                                          VIDEO:

                        INTO THE HEART OF ECUADOR'S YASUNI

                          A PENDING CORPORATE OIL PLUNDER

                                           http://sco.lt/5c5Z2H

Salon, March 13, 2014
▶  HOW BIG OIL DESTROYS THE WORLD:  A REAL-LIFE SAGA OF GREED http://www.salon.com/2014/03/13/how_big_oil_destroys_the_world_a_real_life_saga_of_greed/

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Boulder Weekly, March 13, 2014
▶ AMERICA'S DIRTIEST SECRET: The oil and gas industry’s contamination problems are so large, they have been deemed impossible to prevent or clean up by both industry and government. An unimaginable tonnage of contamination is being placed into our environment every year thanks to lax regulation of exploration and production wastes http://www.boulderweekly.com/article-12516-americarss-dirtiest-secret.html

                       HOW RIGGED IS THE FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY?

                                             http://sco.lt/97hfX7

CLIMATE: OBAMA'S "ALL OF THE ABOVE" DRILL, BABY DRILL POLICY MAY KILL US ALL : EXPORTS http://sco.lt/597Z6P

            DEEP SEA MINING RUSH MOVES CLOSER AS ICE MELTS: DEVASTATING OCEAN SEABEDS, DESTROYING UNKNOWN SPECIES AND ECOSYSTEMS http://sco.lt/85WcRl

 OBAMA'S ARCTIC STRATEGY SETS OFF A CLIMATE TIME BOMB.  THE SUICIDAL RACE FOR ARCTIC'S NATURAL RESOURCES

http://sco.lt/5pPxWD

Reuters, March 17, 2015
▶ STARVING SEA LION PUPS INUNDATE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RESCUE CENTERS http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/17/us-usa-california-sea-lions-idUSKBN0MD17220150317

The Washington Post, April 10, 2015
▶ THE PACIFIC OCEAN MAY HAVE ENTERED A NEW WARM PHASE -- AND THE CONSEQUENCES COULD BE DRAMATIC http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2015/04/10/the-pacific-ocean-may-have-entered-a-new-warm-phase-and-the-consequences-could-be-dramatic/

Reuters, April 06,2015

▶ RECORD CALIFORNIA STARVING SEA LION STRANDINGS REACH 2,250 SO FAR THIS YEAR http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/06/us-usa-sealions-california-idUSKBN0MX1F120150406

Oregon Public Broadcasting, March 26, 2015
▶ HUNGRY SEA LIONS PILE INTO THE COLUMBIA RIVER http://www.opb.org/news/article/hungry-sea-lions-pile-into-the-columbia-river/

Summit County Citizens Voice, March 17, 2015

▶ STARVING SEALS, DISINTEGRATING STARFISH, OVERHEATED PACIFIC OCEAN...SCIENTISTS SEE 'UNPRECEDENTED CHANGES' IN PRODUCTIVITY AS OCEANS TEMPS OFF WEST COAST GO OFF THE CHARTS....That could translate into less food for salmon and other marine species, added Chris Harvey of the Northwest Fisheries Science Center. High mortality of sea lion pups in Southern California and seabirds on the Oregon and Washington coasts in recent months may be early signs of the shift. http://summitcountyvoice.com/2015/03/17/climate-scientists-see-unprecedented-changes-in-productivity-as-oceans-temps-off-west-coast-go-off-the-charts/

Grist, March 20, 2015
▶ FROM SEA LIONS TO PENGUIN CHICKS, ADORABLE ANIMALS ARE DYING IN DROVES - FROM STARVATION

http://grist.org/science/from-sea-lions-to-penguin-chicks-adorable-animals-are-dying-in-droves/

                                      WHY SARDINES MATTER

            CRITICAL ECOSYSTEM FOOD SOURCE IN STEEP DECLINE

                                          http://sco.lt/5I8QOf

EcoWatch, May 09, 2014
-▶  OVERFISHING TO BLAME FOR SARDINE SHORTAGE AND STARVING SEA LIONS http://ecowatch.com/2014/05/09/overfishing-sardines-starving-sea-lions/

Digital Journal, February 22, 2015
▶ WHAT IS KILLING CALIFORNIA'S SEA LIONS? http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/environment/what-is-killing-california-s-sea-lions/article/421462

Time, February 18, 2015
▶ WHY HUNDREDS OF STARVING SEA LION PUPS ARE WASHING UP IN CALIFORNIA http://time.com/3714036/sea-lions-stranded/

San Francisco Chronicle: February 06, 2015

▶ AGAIN ....STARVING SEA LION PUP STRANDINGS SURGE IN CALIFORNIA http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Sea-lion-strandings-approach-record-level-in-6065292.php

August 16, 2013

-▶  THOUSANDS OF SEA LION PUPS DEAD FROM STARVATION : NOT ENOUGH FISH IN THE SEA. When the sea lions converged on this most westerly of southern California’s Channel Islands in May 2012, as they do every spring, there was no hint of anything amiss. A year later, thousands of pups – perhaps as many as 70 percent of the newborns – were dead. The struggle to survive led desperate pups from their sandy nursery into the churning, dangerous sea, long before they were ready.  Between January and June, five rescue centers along the southern California coast, from Santa Barbara to San Diego, took in more than 1,500 stranded pups – five times more than normal... http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/08/island-sea-lion-pupdate/

March 18, 2013 BBC The Watchers
▶ CALIFORNIA SHORES WITNESS MYSTERIOUS MASS STRANDING OF DEHYDRATED AND EMACIATED SEA LION PUPS http://thewatchers.adorraeli.com/2013/03/18/californian-shores-witness-mysterious-mass-stranding-of-sea-lion-pups/

                                       PHOTO ESSAY AND BLOG

                  Africa Geographic Magazine, December 12, 2013

                                               SOUTH AFRICA
                                   SAMUEL THE SEAL'S SAD STORY:

Thousands of dead starving seal cubs along SOUTH AFRICA'S coastline tell the sad tale of Africa's oceans https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?shva=1#inbox/14359a2dc36eef53

-▶  STEAL-YOUR-HEART SEAL PUPS: ORPHANS OF THE STORM .

Seal pups washed up on East Coast, un-weaned and starving too   http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2523548/Seal-pups-washed-East-Coast-RSPCA-staff-working-alive.html

                                                    PICTURES:

                           January 12, 2012 National Geographic

-▶ OVERFISHING, NO FOOD FOR SEALS: Baby Seals washed up in Europe, too weak to care for themselves. The incident is an extreme example among a recent increase in pup strandings, experts say. Overfishing has reduced the seals' available prey, and the polluted fish the animals do catch often make them sick. "In the last two or three years we have seen more and more seals wash up too weak to look after themselves http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/01/pictures/120118-baby-seals-netherlands-stranded-animals/

-▶ PERU: MASS DOLPHIN AND PELICAN DIE-OFF FOUND STARVING: WE ARE OVERFISHING OUR OCEANS AT AN ALARMING RATE 

http://www.channel4.com/news/what-is-behind-mass-pelican-and-dolphin-deaths-in-peru

                                                        VIDEO:

-                    FORAGE FISH KEY TO A HEALTHY OCEAN FOOD WEB

                                                   GOING, GOING...

                                                http://sco.lt/54Pqnh

In the marine world, high-energy prey make for high-energy predators. And to survive, such marine predators need to sustain the right kind of high-energy diet. Not just any prey will do, suggests a new study...  http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121121210246.htm

Earth Policy Institute
-▶  OVERFISHING THREATENS CRITICAL LINK IN THE FOOD CHAIN
The fish near the bottom of the aquatic food chain are often overlooked, but they are vital to healthy oceans and estuaries. Collectively known as forage fish, these species—including sardines, anchovies, herrings, and shrimp-like crustaceans called krill—feed on plankton and become food themselves for larger fish, seabirds, and marine mammals.
 http://worldfoodsecurity.blogspot.com/2013/01/overfishing-threatens-critical-link-in.html

ScienceDaily, January 07, 2014

-▶  SNOWBALL EFFECT OF OVERFISHING HIGHLIGHTED - "You don't realize how interdependent species are until it all unravels," - The domino effect that occurs when too many fish are harvested from one habitat. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/01/140107163737.htm

November 12, 2012 Inter Press Service

-▶  BILLIONS IN SUBSIDIES PROP UP UNSUSTAINABLE OVERFISHING http://www.ipsnews.net/2012/11/billions-in-subsidies-prop-up-unsustainable-overfishing/

 -▶  THE LOSS OF OCEAN SPECIES IS STAGGERING http://sco.lt/599jsH

 June 8, 2013 Focusing On Wildlife
-▶  MORE THAN 600 SEABIRDS AND PENGUINS FOUND DEAD IN NORTHERN CHILE http://focusingonwildlife.com/news/more-than-600-seabirds-and-penguins-found-dead/

TakePart, October 15, 2013
-▶  WHAT'S KILLING THE KILLER WHALES OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST - TOO MANY BOATS, OR NOT ENOUGH SALMON? http://www.takepart.com/article/2013/10/14/fight-rages-over-wild-orca-decline-too-many-boats-or-not-enough-salmon

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New York Time, May 15, 2013
-▶  SEA LIONS SENTENCED TO DIE FOR EATING TOO MUCH SALMON http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/15/salmon-eating-sea-lions-sentenced-to-die/?smid=tw-nytimesgreen&seid=auto&_r=0

May 31, 2012 Care2
-▶  SEA LIONS vs SALMON : SEA LION KILLINGS CAN RESUME - TO SAVE SALMON FOR SPORTS FISHERMAN http://www.care2.com/causes/sea-lions-vs-salmon-a-wildlife-protection-dilemma.html

 Jan 13, 2012 CBC News

-▶  FISHERMAN WANT TO CULL CORMORANTS -- BECAUSE THEY'RE EATING TOO MUCH FISH !!  http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/story/2012/01/30/pei-cormorant-cull-fishermen-584.html

February 14, 2012 The Fish Site

-▶  CHILEAN GOVERNMENT LAYING OUT PLANS TO SYSTEMATICALLY SLAUGHTER SEA LION POPULATION ALONG COAST - BLAMES SEA LIONS FOR DROP IN FISH STOCKS http://www.thefishsite.com/fishnews/16453/chile-blames-sea-lions-for-drop-in-fish-stocks

 -▶  WHAT HAVE WE DONE? POLAR BEARS 'MAY NEED TO BE FED BY HUMANS TO SURVIVE' http://sco.lt/8I7Pwv

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-▶ GREENLAND MELTING: CREATING A DIFFERENT CLIMATE THAN EARTH HAS EVER SEEN - ANTARCTIC & ARCTIC http://sco.lt/7QyvGj

▶ OCEANS ACIDIFYING FAST: RAPIDLY RISING CO2 CAUSING POTENTIAL CATASTROPHE http://sco.lt/6U2Ftp

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Wildlife Promise, October 16, 2013
-▶  DWINDLING ARCTIC SEA ICE FORCES 10,000 WALRUSES ASHORE http://blog.nwf.org/2013/10/dwindling-arctic-sea-ice-forces-10000-walruses-ashore/

 August 17, 2013 NPR

-▶  DOLPHIN, DEATHS ALARM SCIENTISTS: ANIMALS WASHING ASHORE AT A HIGHER RATE THAN THE LAST 26 YEARS http://www.npr.org/2013/08/17/212872559/dolphin-deaths-alarm-scientists

BBC News, November 23, 2014
-▶  PERU INVESTIGATES DEATHS OF 500 SEA LIONS ON NORTH COAST  - The local governor has accused fishermen of poisoning the mammals, which usually come close to the shore looking for food. But Peruvian environmental police are looking into other possible causes for the deaths, including disease and the accidental ingestion of plastic.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-30172690

                            WRECKING THE OCEAN ECOSYSTEM

OVERFISHING, COLLAPSING FISHERIES, OCEAN DEPENDENT SPECIES STARVING  http://sco.lt/6bO2nR

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-▶ CANADIAN SEAL SLAUGHTER AND AN ANNUAL QUOTA OF 400,000 http://sco.lt/5eSor3

 -▶  70,000 CANADIAN SEAL "CULL" AKA "SLAUGHTER, WILL NOT REVIVE CANADA'S COD STOCKS http://sco.lt/4i4j33

-▶  OUTRAGEOUS:  CANADA'S SEAL HUNT IS IN FULL SWING:  50,000 KILLED BY HUNTERS SO FAR THIS YEAR (2014) https://www.thedodo.com/outrageous-50000-seals-have-be-543510838.html

VIDEO

-▶  ****EARTHRACE REVEAL HORROR OF THE ANNUAL 90,000 HORROR OF THE ANNUAL NAMIBIAN BABY SEAL SLAUGHTER http://sco.lt/5pSMpV

VIDEO

-▶  SEA LION PUP HITCHES RIDE ON BOAT OFF NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/bizarre&id=9124881

Oceana, December 2, 2013
-▶  ALL ABOUT HARP SEALS - PHOTOS http://oceana.org/en/blog/2013/12/creature-feature-harp-seal

-▶  SEALS REVEAL SECRETS OF POLAR OCEANS  http://sco.lt/8Xuadl

-▶  $400 BILLION OCEAN FISHING INDUSTRY: LARGE CORPORATE FISHING FLEETS EMPTYING OUR OCEANS http://sco.lt/7ABxHV

-▶  OCEAN PLASTICS' IMPACT ON SEA LIFE, YOUR SEAFOOD AND WILD SEA TURTLES http://sco.lt/5LdeMb

ENE News, November 18, 2013
-▶ FUKUSHIMA FALLOUT:
ALASKA: 28% OF POLAR BEARS WITH SKIN LESIONS & HAIR LOSS, THYROIDS TESTED BY GOVERNMENT … like symptoms in seals & walrus — Surprisingly high mortality of musk ox, weak immune system suspected — High rate of embryo deaths & bad eggs for geese http://enenews.com/alaska-28-of-polar-bears-with-skin-lesions-and-hair-loss-similar-to-seals-and-walrus-tested-for-thyroid-abnormalities-surprisingly-high-mortality-of-musk-ox-with-weak-immune-function-gees

Natural News, May 16, 2014
-▶  MARINE MAMMALS MYSTERIOUSLY DYING IN RECORD NUMBERS ALONG WEST COAST: SEAFOOD DIMINISHING, FUKUSHIMA RADIOACTIVE WATERS  http://www.naturalnews.com/045151_marine_mammals_mysterious_deaths_West_Coast.html#

Japan Daily Press, May 16, 2014
-▶  RADIOACTIVE FUKUSHIMA GROUNDWATER TO BE RELEASED INTO SEA NEXT WEEK http://japandailypress.com/fukushima-groundwater-to-be-released-to-sea-next-week-1648480/

                                                   WATCH

                                BBC David Attenborough

                                    DEATH OF THE OCEANS?

                                        http://sco.lt/97GRDV

-▶  NEW DISEASES, TOXINS HARMING MARINE LIFE, KILLING SEA OTTERS http://sco.lt/6iCrsf

-▶  100 MILLION SHARKS DIE EACH YEAR -- JUST FOR THEIR FINS http://sco.lt/5RKfQn

                                             "PLANET OCEAN"

                   A Very Important film by Yann Arthus-Bertrand

                                         http://sco.lt/9FB89B

                           AN URGENT MEMO TO THE WORLD

http://thenaturaleye.wordpress.com/2012/07/12/an-urgent-memo-to-the-world/

                                             GHOST FISHING

                                      Quartz, August 14, 2014

DERELICT FISHING NETS HAVE TURNED THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA INTO A DEATH TRAP. Each year, at least 640,000 tonnes of nets and other fishing gear goes overboard and never comes back. But just because it’s lost to the sea doesn’t mean that derelict gear stops doing its jobs. The lobster pots, crab traps and dense thickets of nets that litter the sea bottom keep snaring fish and other animals for years or even decades after they go missing.
     It’s impossible to estimate how many marine animals are killed each year by “ghost fishing,” as the problem is known. However, the mosaic of local reports suggests staggering numbers—many of them of commercially valuable or endangered species. In Puget Sound, ghost gear is thought to kill more 3.5 million animals a year, including nearly 25 seals, porpoises and other marine mammals a week.  http://qz.com/247942/derelict-fishing-nets-have-turned-the-bottom-of-the-sea-into-a-death-trap-2/

Guardian Sustainable Business, September 100 2015

- ▶ HIDDEN PROBLEM OF 'GHOST GEAR' : THE ABANDONED FISHING NETS CLOGGING UP OCEANS - The fishing industry’s sustainability issues with by-catch and plastic pollution are relatively well reported, but the issue with ghost gear is less well known. http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2015/sep/10/fishing-industry-vows-to-tackle-wildlife-deaths-from-ghost-gear

TakePart, April 20, 2015
- ▶ THE UNSEEN SLAUGHTER  UNDER THE SEA

http://www.takepart.com/feature/2015/04/20/people-stopping-ghost-fishing-killing-whales-dolphins-seals

                                                     VIDEO (2:25)
              PROTECTING ANIMALS FROM GHOST FISHING GEAR
                   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhIhgBUDkaQ

TakePart, April 22, 2015
- ▶ PHOTOS: IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO SAVE A MONK SEAL http://www.takepart.com/feature/2015/04/22/endangered-hawaiian-monk-seal-ocean-plastic-pollution-climate-change

Wildlife Extra News
- ▶ OCEAN DEBRIS FOUND TO HAVE IMPACTED A STAGGERING 700 MARINE SPECIES. Researchers at Plymouth University found evidence of 44,000 animals and organisms becoming entangled in, or swallowing debris, from reports recorded from across the globe. Plastic accounted for nearly 92 per cent of cases, and 17 per cent of all species involved were found to be threatened or near threatened on the IUCN Red List, including the Hawaiian monk seal, the loggerhead turtle and sooty shearwater http://www.wildlifeextra.com/go/news/marine-debris-015.html

- ▶ WHALES INGEST HUNDREDS OF POUNDS OF FISHING NET, ROPE, AND PLASTIC BAGS : READ THE AUTOPSY

(Physeter macrocephalus) - sperm-whale-fatal-ingestion.pdf http://www.marinemammalcenter.org/assets/pdfs/vetsci-stranding/scientific-contributions/2010/sperm-whale-fatal-ingestion.pdf

Daily Mail Online, November 30, 2014
- ▶ ABANDONED NETS TRAPPING THE OCEANS RARE AND DELICATE CREATURES. The ghost nets trapping the ocean's rare and delicate creatures: Horrific photos reveal turtles, seals, sharks and birds caught in abandoned fishing gear. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2852619/The-horrific-photos-marine-life-stuck-ghost-nets-coast-Northern-Australia-one-worst-world.html

Earth Island Journal, January 27, 2014
- ▶ GHOST FISHING NETS:  INVISIBLE KILLERS IN THE OCEANS http://www.earthisland.org/journal/index.php/elist/eListRead/ghost_fishing_nets_invisible_killers_in_the_oceans/

Triple Pundit, December 15, 2014
- ▶ GLOBAL GHOST GEAR INITIATIVE AIMS TO CLEAN UP THE FISHING INDUSTRY http://www.triplepundit.com/2014/12/global-ghost-gear-initiative-amis-clean-fishing-industry/

                                                    PHOTOS

                   GHOST FISHING NETS KILLING MARINE LIFE

http://www.tonywublog.com/journal/ghost-fishing-nets-killing-marine-life

NOAA Marine Debris Program, October 30, 2014

- ▶ HOW GHOST FISHING IS HAUNTING OUR OCEAN

http://usresponserestoration.wordpress.com/2014/10/30/how-ghost-fishing-is-haunting-our-ocean/

The National, March 04, 2015

- ▶ ILLEGAL DRIFT NETS KILLING ABU DHABI'S ENDANGERED DUGONGS http://www.thenational.ae/uae/environment/illegal-drift-nets-killing-abu-dhabis-dugongs

ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) February 18, 2015

- ▶ MORE THAN 8km OF FISHING LINE RECOVERED FROM SWAN AND CANNING RIVES IN PERTH, AUSTRALIA "It would have otherwise ended up in the Swan and Canning estuary system, could have ended up entangling some of our wildlife, some of our dolphins, some of our black swans, as we've often seen happening over the last 12 months." Since 2008, five dolphins had been found caught in fishing line, with four of the animals dying."That is a horrific way for any creature to die, it is a very slow and painful death, and that can be caused by any discarded fishing line," ... A lot of the entanglement problems that we have seen with our wildlife, fishing line is in particular quite a problem, in fact fishing line can take up to 600 years to break down if it's just left in the environment."

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-02-18/fishing-line-recovered-from-perth-waterways/6143624

                                                      VIDEO

     HUMPBACK WHALE FREED FROM NETTING, SHOWS GRATITUDE http://holykaw.alltop.com/humpback-whale-freed-from-netting-shows-gratitude-video

HuffingtonPost Green, December 22, 2014
- ▶ HEROIC WHALE RESCUE REVEALS SAD REALITY OF OCEAN POLLUTION'S IMPACT ON ANIMALS

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/16/noaa-whale-freed-fishing-line_n_6331366.html

                   BILLIONS OF POUNDS OF PLASTIC IN OUR OCEANS

             IMPACT ON EA LIFE, YOUR SEAFOOD AND YOUR HEALTH

                                       http://sco.lt/768Gsz

                                                         WATCH

                                               DEADLY BY-CATCH

TWO THIRDS OF HEALTHY FISH BROUGHT ON TO FISHING VESSELS ARE THROWN BACK INTO THE SEA - DEADLY BYCATCH:  http://sco.lt/6jvCXx

Pew Charitable Trust, November 31, 2014

- ▶ LIMITS ON DEADLY DRIFT GILLNETS ARE THE LEAST WE CAN DO  http://www.pewtrusts.org/en/about/news-room/news/2014/11/21/limits-on-deadly-drift-gillnets-are-the-least-we-can-do

Oceana, October 03, 2014
▶ CALIFORNIA DRIFT GILL NET FISHERY CONTINUES TO KILL MARINE MAMMALS. "COUNT, CAP AND CONTROL" SUGGESTED

 http://oceana.org/en/blog/2014/10/as-california-drift-gillnet-fishery-continues-to-kill-marine-mammals-oceana-pressures-for-count-cap-and-control-a-0

Focusing On Wildlife, August 25, 2014
▶ LITTLE, SHY VIQUITA PORPOISE FACES IMMINENT EXTINCTION FROM GILL NETS. Only 97 vaquita porpoises remain in the wild. Their steep decline is blamed largely on illegal gill-net fishing in the Gulf of California http://focusingonwildlife.com/news/vaquita-porpoise-faces-imminent-extinction-can-it-be-saved/

Mongabay, November 18, 2013
▶  NEW STUDY: NEARLY HALF A MILLION SEABIRDS DIE IN GILL NETS EVERY YEAR, BUT SOLUTIONS EXIST http://news.mongabay.com/2013/1118-seabirds-die-by-gillnets-solution.html

Conservation Magazine, May 09, 2014
▶  JUST $200 PER FISHING VESSEL COULD SAVE THOUSANDS OF ALBATROSSES FROM INDUSTRIAL FISHING GEAR. The commercial fisheries aren’t going to stop their business for the seabirds.  it’s all too easy for a seabird to get caught up in the fishing gear that trails behind a fishing boat, and when they do, it’s usually fatal. In 2004-2005, an estimated 15,500 birds were killed that way off of South Africa. Pelagic albatrosses and petrels are particularly hard-hit,  http://conservationmagazine.org/2014/05/just-200-per-fishing-vessel-could-save-thousands-of-albatrosses/

World Fishing & Aquaculture, January 14, 2014
▶  PROJECT TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF SEABIRDS CAUGHT IN INDUSTRIAL TRAWLER FISHING WIRES http://www.worldfishing.net/news101/industry-news/project-to-reduce-the-number-of-seabirds-caught-in-fishing-wires

▶  NEW REPORT FINDS MILLIONS (NOT THOUSANDS)  OF MARINE TURTLES KILLED BY LONGLINE AND SUPER TRAWLER FISHERIES http://sco.lt/5ipXN3

▶ HOW INDUSTRIAL FISHING GEAR IS KILLING WHALES  http://sco.lt/8yu4R7

June 25, 2013 Treehugger

▶  OCEAN SEAFLOOR COVERED IN TRASH: Researchers study 18,000 hours of deep sea footage, find ocean seafloor is covered in trash http://www.treehugger.com/ocean-conservation/researchers-study-18000-hours-deep-sea-footage-ocean-seafloor-covered-trash.html

nter Press Service, October 13, 2014
▶ MARINE LITTER:  PLUNGING DEEP, SPREADING WIDE http://www.ipsnews.net/2014/10/marine-litter-plunging-deep-spreading-wide/

Wildlife Extra News - October 2014
- ▶ 57 TONS OF MARINE DEBRIS REMOVED FROM NORTHWESTERN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS  http://www.wildlifeextra.com/go/news/hawaii-debris-310.html#cr

Care2, October 30, 2014
▶ A SEA FULL OF TRASH:  TACKLING THE HUGE PLASTIC PROBLEM IN OUR OCEANS http://www.care2.com/causes/a-sea-full-of-trash-tackling-the-plastic-problem.html

▶  $400 BILLION CORPORATE FISHING FLEETS EMPTYING OUR OCEANS http://sco.lt/7ABxHV

gCaptain, February 14, 2012

▶  CAPABLE OF FISHING 76,000 HOOKS PER DAY, JENSEN TO DESIGN ONE OF WORLD'S LARGEST LONGLINER FISHING VESSELS http://gcaptain.com/jensen-design-worlds-largest/?4004

                                                  VIDEO

                NO SUPER TRAWLERS.  NOT HERE, NOT ANYWHERE

                                        http://sco.lt/8fhDH7

TakePart, October 6, 2013
▶  GREENPEACE'S OUTRAGE AGAINST MONSTER FISHING TRAWLERS LIKE THE FV MARGIRIS - Capable of sucking up 7,000 tons of fish in 1,800-foot long nets, giant ships kill off oceans and  small fishermen http://www.takepart.com/article/2013/10/06/greenpeace-overfishing-trawlers

                      100 MILLION A YEAR JUST FOR THEIR FINS.

                       SHARK POPULATIONS PLUMMET BY 90%

                                           http://sco.lt/7kHqLZ

March 27, 2013 CNN

▶  OVERFISHED AND UNDER-PROTECTED: OCEANS ON THE BRINK OF COLLAPSE http://edition.cnn.com/2013/03/22/world/oceans-overfishing-climate-change/index.html?hpt=ias_t2

                                WRECKING THE OCEAN ECOSYSTEM :

       OVERFISHING DESTROYING FOOD SOURCE FOR OCEAN SPECIES                            http://sco.lt/5T7ZGj

                                                        DEEP END

THE DISASTER WE'VE WROUGHT ON THE WORLD'S OCEANS MAY BE IRREVOCABLE  http://sco.lt/5pUYyX

BBC Science and Environment

▶ HEALTH OF WORLD'S OCEANS DETERIORATING EVEN FASTER THAN SCIENTISTS PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24369244

▶  ANTARCTIC ICE LOSS HAVING PROFOUND EFFECTS ON OCEAN FLOOR ECOLOGY AND SEA LIFE http://sco.lt/7mgaTR

Huffington Post Green, October 22, 2013
▶  THE URGENCY OF PROTECTING THE OCEAN: A SOCIAL DEMAND http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cristina-narbona/the-urgency-of-protecting-ocean_b_4123464.html

                                  ECOLOGICAL ARMAGEDDON

                                         EXTINCTION CRISIS

IN 40 YEARS WE HAVE DISAPPEARED HALF OF THE WORLD'S WILD ANIMALS  http://sco.lt/8fK5eT

                           EXCEPTIONAL DOCUMENTARY (1:29:00)

                    "PLANET OCEAN" - WHO OWNS THE OCEANS?

                     How The Health of The Oceans Are The Pivot

                         For all of Earth's Healthy Eco Systems

                https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eH1s9GCqPKo

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GILL NET FISHING - DRIFT NET FISHING - LONG LINE HOOK FISHING - BOTTOM LONGLINING - BOTTOM TRAWLING - SUPER TRAWLERS

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                                                        BYCATCH

                           Feb 27, 2013 - The Guardian Environment

As much as two-thirds of healthy fish brought on to fishing vessels is thrown back into the sea dead. The UK government has hailed a "historic" EU agreement to introduce a blanket ban on the "scandal" of dumping dead fish back in the sea. http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/feb/27/eu-fish-discards-ban-welcomed

                  FULL OCEANA REPORT, "WASTED CATCH"-pdf

                                     PHOTOS, INFOGRAPHS

                                                 March 2014

▶ SHEDDING LIGHT ON STAGGERING BY-CATCH PROBLEM IN U.S. FISHERIES. According to a new Oceana report, United States fisheries discard about 17 percent to 22 percent of everything they catch every year. That amounts to a whopping 2 billion pounds of annual by-catch -- injured and dead fish and other marine animals unintentionally caught by fishermen and then thrown overboard. This includes endangered creatures like whales and sharks, as well as commercially viable fish that may have been too young or too damaged to bring to port. http://oceana.org/sites/default/files/reports/Bycatch_Report_FINAL.pdf

                                                       VIDEO

                      The Weather Channel, January 14, 2015
HERE'S WHY VIDEO OF A GIANT SUNFISH BEING RETURNED TO THE OCEAN IS A BIG DEAL  http://www.weather.com/science/environment/news/giant-sunfish-returns-to-indian-ocean

   IB Times, March 21, 2014
▶ NINE U.S. INDUSTRIAL FISHERIES WASTE ' ALMOST HALF A BILLION SEAFOOD MEALS,'  - NEW OCEANA BYCATCH REPORT http://www.ibtimes.com/nine-us-fisheries-waste-almost-half-billion-seafood-meals-new-oceana-bycatch-report-claims-1562835

                                                    SLIDESHOW

                                 Discovery News, March 21, 2014

NINE COMMERCIAL FISHERIES CAUSE HALF OF DROWNED WHALES AND WASTED FISH  http://news.discovery.com/earth/oceans/nine-fisheries-cause-half-of-drowned-whales-wasted-fish-140321.htm

Oceana, March 20, 2014

▶  WASTED CATCH:  UNSOLVED PROBLEMS IN U.S. FISHERIES. According to some estimates, global bycatch may amount to 40 percent of the world’s catch, totaling 63 billion pounds per year. In the United States...Bycatch in the U.S. could amount to 2 billion pounds every year, equivalent to the entire annual catch of many other fishing nations around the world... http://oceana.org/en/news-media/publications/reports/wasted-catch-unsolved-problems-in-us-fisheries?source=slider

Ensia, August 11, 2014

▶ NETS THAT SAVE FISH. Bycatch can result in overfishing, reduces the populations of species that might already be endangered and, on the largest scale, interrupts food chains and damages whole ecosystems  http://ensia.com/features/nets-that-save-fish/

Oceana, August 14, 2014
▶ BYCATCH SPOTLIGHT:  ONE OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES FACING SHARKS TODAY http://oceana.org/en/blog/2014/08/bycatch-spotlight-one-of-the-biggest-issues-facing-sharks-today

LiveScience via Oceana, March 26, 2014

-▶  CAN SEA TURTLES AVOID TRAWLER NETS? http://www.livescience.com/44374-sea-turtles-trapped-by-nets.html

                                                         VIDEO

                     "THE BIGGEST CATCH - National Geographic

                    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DV-Eju09Ios

Feb 28, 2013 The Daily Catch

▶ IMPACT OF BY-CATCH ON SEA ANIMALS GOES UNNOTICED, EXPERT SAYS http://theterramarproject.org/thedailycatch/impact-of-bycatch-on-sea-animals-goes-unnoticed-expert-says/#

Salon, March 20, 2014
▶ SEA TURTLES, SHARKS AND WHALES:  THE ACCIDENTAL CASUALITIES OF OUR SEAFOOD INDUSTRY:  Fisheries kill billions of pounds of sea life each year, according to a new report http://www.salon.com/2014/03/20/sea_turtles_sharks_and_whales_the_accidental_casualties_of_our_seafood_industry/

Oceana, June 26, 2014

▶ NEW OCEANA REPORT UNVEILS WASTED CASH IN U.S. FISHERIES. “The staggering amount of fish thrown away every year in the U.S. represents a real loss, both to fishermen and the future resilience of ocean ecosystems. ” Bycatch, the capture and waste of non-target fish and ocean wildlife, costs fishermen and the marine environment in more ways than one.  In addition to being ecologically wasteful, discarding fish is akin to throwing money into the ocean.  Oceana's newly released report spotlights the economic losses from bycatch—an amount that could reach a staggering $1 billion annually.    http://oceana.org/en/blog/2014/06/new-oceana-report-unveils-wasted-cash-in-us-fisheries

                                                        WATCH
                                             DRIFT GILL NETS (8:20)
                                     Newshour, PBS June 14, 2014
BRUTAL GILL NET FISHING PRACTICES UNDER SCRUTINY ON CALIFORNIA'S COAST http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/swordfishing-practices-scrutiny-californias-coast/

World Fishing & Aquaculture, June 18, 2014
-▶ ILLEGAL DRIFTNET FISHING RETURNS TO MOROCCO http://www.worldfishing.net/news101/industry-news/illegal-driftnet-fishing-returns-to-morocco

Click Green, May 14, 2014
-▶ FULL BAN ON DRIFT NET FISHING TO BE INTRODUCED IN EUROPEAN WATERS http://www.clickgreen.org.uk/news/international-news/124621-europe-to-introduce-a-full-ban-on-driftnet-fishing.html

                                                      PHOTOS
Newshour, PBS, June 14, 2014
-▶ FOIA REQUEST REVEALS DOLPHINS, TURTLES AND SHARKS CAUGHT IN PACIFIC GILL NETS http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/photos-dead-sea-life-shock-anger-conservationists/

KCET, REWILD, April 29, 2014
SWORDFISH CATCHING TECHNIQUE ( GILL NETTING) COULD BE BANNED TO PROTECT OTHER MARINE LIFE http://www.kcet.org/news/redefine/rewild/fish/driftnet-ban-gets-hearing-in-assembly.html

▶ NEW REPORT FINDS MILLIONS (NOT THOUSANDS) OF MARINE TURTLES KILLED BY LONGLINE, GILLNET SUPER TRAWLER FISHERIES http://sco.lt/72A0mH

                                                       PHOTOS
                 GHOST FISHING NETS KILLING MARINE LIFE http://www.tonywublog.com/journal/ghost-fishing-nets-killing-marine-life

                                                 GHOST FISHING:

Derelict fishing nets have turned the bottom of the sea into a death trap                                        http://sco.lt/7jiLC5

                       EXCEPTIONAL DOCUMENTARY (1:29:00)

                    "PLANET OCEAN" - WHO OWNS THE OCEANS?

                     How The Health of The Oceans Are The Pivot

                         For all of Earth's Healthy Eco Systems

                https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eH1s9GCqPKo

-▶ 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

gCaptain, February 14, 2012

▶  CAPABLE OF FISHING 76,000 HOOKS PER DAY, JENSEN TO DESIGN ONE OF WORLD'S LARGEST LONGLINER FISHING VESSELS http://gcaptain.com/jensen-design-worlds-largest/?40049

                                                    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

Grind TV, November 25, 2013
▶ INDISCRIMINATE BOTTOM LONG-LINING:  ENORMOUS RARE SEA CREATURE HAULED FROM DEPTHS http://www.grindtv.com/outdoor/nature/post/enormous-rare-sea-creature-hauled-from-depths-by-florida-shark-fisherman/

                                           BOTTOM TRAWLING

SCRAPING THE BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN CLEAN: AN INSATIABLE DRIVE FOR PROFITS, DESTRUCTION OF OCEANS http://sco.lt/7QNLQ9

                                                          VIDEO

SHOCKING FOOTAGE REVEALS TUNA INDUSTRY'S SLAUGHTER OF MARINE LIFE http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/video/2011/nov/18/footage-tuna-industry-slaughter-video?CMP=twt_fd

 ▶ OCEAN-GRABBING BY CORPORATE INDUSTRIAL FISHING 'THREATENS WORLD'S FISHERIES - UN http://sco.lt/6g6w41

 Science Recorder, May 09, 2014

▶ RESPONSE TEAM FREES HUMPBACK WHALE FROM CRAB TRAPS
Entanglement in fishing gear—“bycatch,” as it is called in the marine community—is a common problem for these whales, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), which lists bycatch as one of several reasons why humpback whales are still on the Endangered Species List. http://www.sciencerecorder.com/news/response-team-frees-humpback-whale-from-crab-trap/

                                                          VIDEO

 -▶ SHOCKING FOOTAGE REVEALS TUNA INDUSTRY'S SLAUGHTER OF MARINE LIFE http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/video/2011/nov/18/footage-tuna-industry-slaughter-video?CMP=twt_fd

▶ DESTRUCTIVE COMMERCIAL FISHING GEAR KILLS 400, 000+ SEABIRDS EACH YEAR - AND MILLIONS OF OTHER SPECIES - BYCATCH http://sco.lt/7UfLIP

 Triple Pundit, April 16, 2014
▶ SUSTAINABLE SEAFOOD: THE BUSINESS CASE FOR SEAFOOD TRACEABILITY http://www.triplepundit.com/2014/04/making-business-case-seafood-traceability/

                                             LOOTING OUR SEAS: 

FREE-FOR-ALL DECIMATES FISH STOCKS IN THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC http://sco.lt/4r0BNZ

▶ HOW INDUSTRIAL FISHING GEAR IS KILLING WHALES  http://sco.lt/8yu4R7

World Wildlife Fund, April 2014

▶ A BIG STEP FORWARD IN THE GLOBAL FIGHT AGAINST ILLEGAL FISHING http://worldwildlife.org/stories/a-big-step-forward-in-the-global-fight-against-illegal-fishing

                                                        SLIDESHOW
                                        DNews, December 19, 2014
                  STUNNING: BEST OCEAN ANIMAL PHOTOS OF 2013
http://news.discovery.com/animals/best-ocean-animal-photos-of-2013-131219.htm

                   100 MILLION A YEAR JUST FOR THEIR FINS.

                      SHARK POPULATIONS PLUMMET BY 90%

                                        http://sco.lt/7kHqLZ

 ▶  WRECKING THE OCEAN ECOSYSTEM : OVERFISHING DESTROYING FOOD SOURCE FOR OCEAN SPECIES http://sco.lt/5T7ZGj

 -▶ WE MAY BE THE LAST GENERATION TO CATCH FOOD FROM THE OCEANS  http://sco.lt/8uHn7Z

                                                   WATCH
                                    SEA THE TRUTH 1:00:15

                     IN 2048 OUR OCEANS COULD BE EMPTY

              https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V325y7QCg3c

March 27, 2013 CNN

▶  OVERFISHED AND UNDER-PROTECTED: OCEANS ON THE BRINK OF COLLAPSE http://edition.cnn.com/2013/03/22/world/oceans-overfishing-climate-change/index.html?hpt=ias_t2

▶ “THERE IS NO LIFE OUT THERE": GULF ECOSYSTEM IN CRISIS AFTER BP DEEPWATER HORIZON DISASTER http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2013/10/gulf-ecosystem-crisis-after-bp-spill-2013102065313544754.html

▶ NOAA FISHERIES:  CRUDE OIL CAUSES DEVELOPMENTAL ABNORMALITIES IN LARGE CONSUMER MARINE FISH http://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/stories/2014/03/3_24_14oil_spill_effects_large_marine_fish.html

                                                     VIDEO:

                                            LOSING NEMO

                                http://vimeo.com/66514539

 ▶ EIGHTY SEA TURTLES WASH UP DEAD ON THE GUATEMALAN COAST - BY-CATCH VICTIMS? http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/aug/28/eighty-dead-sea-turtles-guatemala

▶ WHY ARE MILLIONS OF FISH SUDDENLY DYING IN MASS DEATH?  http://banoosh.com/blog/2013/08/12/why-are-millions-of-fish-suddenly-dying-in-mass-death-events-all-over-the-planet/

▶ THE LOSS OF OCEAN SPECIES IS STAGGERING http://sco.lt/8AV5qz

-▶ OUR OCEANS ARE DROWNING IN PLASTIC http://sco.lt/5F1E8H

PLOS ONE:

BIODIVERSITY CARBON OFFSETS:  A COST-EFFECTIVE INTERIM SOLUTION TO SEABIRD BYCATCH IN FISHERIES? http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0025762

                                AQUAFARMS - GOOGLE IMAGES 

                                           http://ow.ly/noUoA

INTENSIVE FISH FARMING : THE ISSUE IS OVERFISHING OF OUR OCEANS.: LARGE WILD FISH BEING CONFINED IN TIGHT, STASTIC WATER IS NOT FISH I WANT TO EAT, NEITHER SHOULD YOU

CAN WE DOMESTICATE WILD FISH

AND SHOULD WE?'

FACTORY FARMING, CAGING OUR FISH

UNREGULATED, UNLABELED

                                   TAMING THE BLUE FRONTIER

                   Conservation Magazine, University of Washington 

http://conservationmagazine.org/2009/04/taming-the-blue-frontier/

Ten thousand years ago, humans made the shift on land from hunting and gathering to farming. Now the same transformation is taking place at sea....

   Many of today’s coastal fish farms have decimated habitat and spread disease into local fish populations. Making matters worse, fish farms represent a net drain on populations of wild fish, which are often caught just so they can be ground into feed for salmon and other species.

   Despite these concerns, a shift is underway. Some members of the environmental community are concluding that widespread aquaculture must be pursued if we are to save the oceans and feed the planet. Aquaculture production must double by 2050 just to keep up with per capita demand. But merely scaling up current methods would only exacerbate the problems.

   In other words, the world needs new, sustainable aquaculture practices, and it needs them fast. It took 10,000 years for domestic agriculture to transform the land, but viable ocean farming schemes must be developed in one one-hundredth of that time if they are to forestall the oceans’ demise. This urgency is spurring some leading environmentalists and scientists to lend their knowledge and support, instead of their opposition. In a recent lecture, the renowned marine ecologist Jeremy Jackson discussed the threat of overfishing and announced, “the most important scientific challenge we now face is how to make aquaculture ecologically sustainable.”... http://conservationmagazine.org/2009/04/taming-the-blue-frontier/

EndTimesHeadlines, April 04, 2015
-▶  16.5 TONS OF FISH 'DIE SUDDENLY' IN FISH FLOATING NET CAGES IN LAKE MANINJAU, INDONESIA: Cramming Too Many Fish into a cage - lack of oxygen http://endtimeheadlines.org/2015/02/16-5-tons-fish-die-suddenly-lake-maninjau-indonesia/

                    WHO OWNS THE SEA LIFE IN OUR OCEANS?

                                   Daily Mail Online, April, 2015
HUNDREDS OF SEALS ARE SECRETLY BEING SHOT ALONG BRITISH COASTS TO PROTECT FARMED FISH STOCKS

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3028571/Hundreds-seals-secretly-shot-British-coasts.html

                              SALMON FARMS vs. WILD SALMON

                                   Dr. David Suzuki, April 29, 2014

HAS ANYTHING CHANGED AFTER A DECADE OF CONTROVERSY? http://ecowatch.com/2014/04/29/salmon-farms-wild-salmon-controversy/

                                              PHOTOS, SLIDESHOW
                                       FastCoExist, January 29, 2015
INVESTING IN A MORE "SUSTAINABLE" FUTURE THAT INCLUDES A LOT OF FARMED, CAGED FISH  http://www.fastcoexist.com/3041450/investing-in-a-more-sustainable-future-that-includes-a-lot-of-farmed-fish 

SafeBee, January 20, 2015
-▶  FARMED FISH:  YAY OR NAY? Is farmed fish good for your health — or the environment? http://www.safebee.com/food/farmed-fish-yay-or-nay

-▶  FISH FARMING  — A SAD "SOLUTION" TO AN UNNECESSARY PROBLEM J. Morris Hicks, author http://hpjmh.com/2011/07/17/fish-farming-a-sad-solution-to-an-unnecessary-problem/

                                                      VIDEO

                               THE FUTURE OF AQUACULTURE 

                     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtCLJilA6f

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) February 05, 2014

 ▶ FISH FARMS TO PRODUCE NEARLY TWO THIRDS OF GLOBAL FOOD FISH SUPPLY BY 2030 http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/213522/icode/

-▶ WHY CURRENT FISH FARMING IS UNSUSTAINABLE AND HARMING THE PLANET AND YOU http://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsandnature/why-fish-farming-is-unsustainable-and-harming-the-planet/

Should the ocean be farmed like the land, with fish instead of livestock? And if so, how sustainable is sustainable enough?

EENews, November 20, 2014
-▶ OCEANS: DEBATE CHURNS AS NOAA IS SET TO OPEN U.S. FEDERAL WATERS TO AQUACULTURE.  http://www.eenews.net/stories/1060009321

The Scotsman, April 20, 2014
 ▶ SALMON FARM 'KILLING OFF WILD STOCK'  "...since 1989 (we have known) that the collapse of sea trout populations in West Highland Scotland was being driven by the large numbers of sea lice associated with the cage rearing of salmon. “It is a problem which continues to get worse and also greatly depletes salmon populations in fjordic systems.
   “Efforts to reduce sea louse numbers to levels which do not threaten the wild fish have failed dismally, despite the large-scale use of dangerous chemicals which ultimately threaten the valuable lobster, prawn and crab fisheries of the Highlands and Islands.
    “Add to this assault on sea trout and salmon populations the effects of bacterial and virus disease and the widely reported problem of genetic introgression. Healthy wild sea trout and salmon populations cannot exist in the presence of the cage-reared salmon.”  http://www.scotsman.com/news/scotland/top-stories/salmon-farms-killing-off-wild-stock-1-3382113

Epoch Times, July 15, 2014
 ▶ 5 REASONS TO AVOID FACTORY-FARMED FISH http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/802171-5-reasons-to-avoid-factory-farmed-fish/

Jan/Feb 2012 Mother Jones, Tom Philpott
 ▶ FACTORY FARMED FISH: TODAY'S SEAFOOD SPECIAL: PIG MANURE, ANTIBIOTICS, PESTICIDES AND DIARRHEA BUGS  http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2013/01/imported-seafood-shrimp-fda

Guardian Environment, May 19, 2014
-▶ FARMED FISH CONSUMPTION AT RECORD HIGH, UN REPORT REVEALS http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/may/19/farmed-fish-consumption-un-report-wild-stock

Psys.Org, August 20, 2014
-▶ TRACKING GENETICALLY FARMED FISH ESCAPING INTO THE WILD.  WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT http://phys.org/news/2014-08-genetically-tracking-farmed-fish-wild.html

World Fishing & Aquaculture, March 10, 2014
 ▶ RESEARCHERS LOOK AT STERILIZATION OF FARMED FISH TO AVOID CONTAMINATING WILD FISH. Researchers at the UK’s University of East Anglia (UEA) believe farmed salmon should be sterilised to avoid breeding with wild fish. http://www.worldfishing.net/news101/industry-news/researchers-look-at-wild-fish-reproduction

UNESCO, February 22, 2012

-▶ MARINE SCIENTIST ALARMED ABOUT INCREASING THREAT TO OCEAN ECOSYSTEMS. In the last 30 years, coastal resources such as mangroves, coral reefs and fishery resources have become depleted on a large scale. For example, more than 60 per cent of Asia’s mangroves have already been converted to aquaculture farms (ESCAP and ADB, 2000). The region is losing its resource bases to support people’s livelihoods and sustain future economic development.  http://www.unescobkk.org/news/article/marine-scientists-alarmed-about-increasing-threats-to-ocean-ecosystems/

                                                       EXPOSE

                                               Wall Street Journal:
TAMING THE WILD TUNA:  WHY FARMED FISH ARE TAKING OVER OUR DINNER PLATES http://online.wsj.com/articles/why-farmed-fish-are-taking-over-our-dinner-plates-1415984616

Grist, July 30, 2014
-▶ FARMING BLUEFIN TUNA MIGHT BE OUT OF OUR DEPTHS (AND TOO SHALLOW FOR THEIRS) http://grist.org/news/farming-bluefin-tuna-might-be-out-of-our-depths/

 ▶ FARM-RAISED TUNA MAY NOT BE THE ANSWER TO OVERFISHING - TOO LARGE TO RAISE IN CRAMPED FACTORY-FARMED CAGES http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-01-08/farm-raised-tuna-may-not-be-the-answer-to-overfishing

August 16, 2013 The Fish Site
-▶ PACIFIC TUNA STOCKS IN ALARMING DECLINE: TOO MANY INDUSTRIAL FISHING VESSELS PLUNDERING THE OCEANS WITH HIGHLY DESTRUCTIVE FISHING TECHNIQUES http://www.thefishsite.com/fishnews/21031/pacific-tuna-stocks-in-alarming-decline#sthash.MgpLJS46.dpuf

Business Insider, July 0, 2014
 ▶ FORGET TUNA:  THESE ARE THE SEA FOODS WE'LL BE EATING IN THE FUTURE http://www.businessinsider.com/seafood-well-be-eating-in-the-future-2014-6

                 SEAFOOD SURPRISE.  WAIT...WHAT AM I EATING?

                                        http://sco.lt/4ix4jp

September 11, 2012 - The Guardian -

-▶ AQUA FARMS CRAM FISH INTO SMALL SPACES (#CAFOs)

The chemicals used are highly toxic to many marine species, especially crustaceans. The treatments use organophosphates, which attack the nervous system of sea lice and teflubenzuron, which interferes with their ability to grow shells. Marine scientists have shown the chemical is extremely threatening to young lobsters, crabs and prawns, Staniford said.... http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/sep/10/scottish-fish-farmers-parasite-pesticide

NPR, January 3o, 2012
 ▶ WILD FISH STOCKS THAT FEED FARMED SALMON IN MASSIVE DECLINE.

Farmed salmon, that ubiquitous pink fish decorated with ribbons of fat, can thank the forage fish of the southern Pacific ocean – like anchovy and jack mackerel – for their calorie-rich diet. Indeed, more than 5 pounds of jack mackerel typically can go towards raising one pound of farmed salmon. But that food supply – and the ocean ecosystem that supports it — may be in peril, according to a new report by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. According to scientists the ICIJ spoke to, "supertrawler" fishing vessels from Asia, Europe and Latin America have contributed to a 63 percent decline in jack mackerel stocks since 2006. At the current rate of overfishing, the world's stock of jack mackerel, which is largely located off the coast of Chile, could collapse soon.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2012/01/30/146083919/pacific-mackerel-stocks-that-feed-farmed-salmon-in-decline

                                                        VIDEO:

                         FORAGE FISH (USED FOR FISH FARMING)

              KEY TO A HEALTHY OCEAN FOOD WEB GOING, GOING

                                           http://sco.lt/54Pqnh

Quartz, December 15, 2014
 ▶ FARMED SHELLFISH: THE WORLD'S SCALLOPS AND OYSTERS ARE MYSTERIOUSLY DYING OUT. British Columbia’s share of Canada’s aquaculture industry is in a tailspin.  http://qz.com/311345/the-worlds-scallops-and-oysters-are-mysteriously-dying-out/

Bloomberg, December 15, 2014
-▶ OYSTER HERPES' KILLER VIRUS THREATENS $4 BILLION INDUSTRY http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-12-14/oyster-herpes-killer-virus-threatens-4-billion-industry.html

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                        GENETICALLY ENGINEERED FARMED-FISH

                                ============================

▶ “FATALLY FLAWED" FDA ASSESSMENT TO UNLEASH GENETICALLY ENGINEERED SALMON ONTO YOUR DINNER PLATE, NO REGULATIONS, NO OVERSIGHT, NO LABELING http://sco.lt/8ZDraz

-▶  WHEN FARMED FISH ESCAPE: YOU COULD BE EATING GENETICALLY ENGINEERED FRANKENFISH WITHOUT EVEN KNOWING IT http://gizmodo.com/5916306/you-could-be-eating-genetically-engineered-frankenfish-without-even-knowing-it

April 24, 2013 Guardian Environment
 ▶ GM SALMON'S GLOBAL HQ - 1,500 HIGH IN THE PANAMANIAN RAINFOREST - WHAT DO THEY HAVE TO HIDE? http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/apr/24/genetically-modified-salmon-aquabounty-panama-united-stat

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                          FARMING SALMON IN CONFINED CAGES

                                ============================

▶ WHY EVERYONE SHOULD BE ANGRY ABOUT CORPORATE FACTORY FARMING  http://sco.lt/7kUpVp

                                                     VIDEO

       FARMED SALMON EXPOSED: THE WORST FISH YOU CAN EAT -  http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/11/30/farmed-salmon-exposed.aspx

Tidal Vision, December 23, 2014
 -▶ THREE FACTS ABOUT FARMED SALMON THAT WILL SHOCK YOU http://tidalvisionusa.com/3-facts-about-farmed-salmon-that-will-shock-you/

The Fish Site, February 09, 2015
 ▶ PANCREAS DISEASE THREAT TO WILD SALMON FROM ESCAPED NORWEGIAN FARMED SALMON  http://www.thefishsite.com/fishnews/25085/pancreas-disease-threat-from-escaped-norwegian-salmon

-▶ FOOD SAFETY AGENCY SHOULD PROTECT PUBLIC, NOT COVER UP VIRUS FOR SALMON FARMING INDUSTRY http://commonsensecanadian.ca/food-safety-agency-should-protect-public-not-cover-up-virus-for-salmon-farming-industry-cfia-isav-kibenge/

                                                      WATCH
                                SALMON CONFIDENTIAL 1:09:14

                            2013 British Columbia Documentary

                      INDUSTRIAL SALMON FISH FARMS VIRUSES

                  DESTROYING NATURAL SALMON POPULATION
                     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2AUHpuJzac

August 24, 2013 Herald Scotland
-▶ SCIENTISTS CLAIM SEA LICE IN FISH FARMS KILL ONE THIRD OF WILD SALMON http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/scientists-claim-sea-lice-in-farms-kill-one-third-of-wild-salmon.21946288

CBC News, January 08, 2015
▶ SEA LICE PESTICIDES USED IN SALMON FARMING INDUSTRY MAY BE HAZARDOUS  http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/sea-lice-pesticides-used-in-salmon-industry-may-be-hazardous-1.2894258

Oceana, July 22, 2014
 ▶ CHILEAN SALMON FARMING INDUSTRY FOUND TO USE HIGHEST AMOUNT OF ANTIBIOTICS WORLDWIDE http://oceana.org/en/blog/2014/07/chilean-salmon-industry-found-to-use-highest-amount-of-antibiotics-worldwide

▶ SCOTTISH FISH FARMERS USE RECORD AMOUNTS OF PESTICIDES, DESTROYING MARINE ECOSYSTEMS http://sco.lt/4i52I5

Earth Justice

▶ SALMON MUST BE PROTECTED FROM PESTICIDES http://earthjustice.org/features/salmon-must-be-protected-from-pesticides

                                                  WATCH

                                       FACTORY FARMED FISH
▶ THE MASSIVE POLLUTION AND CONDITION UNDER A FISH FARM IN NORWAY : Lerøy west (English subtitle) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAIShIjPbIE

Blue Planet Society, February 15, 2015
 ▶ WE MUST DEMAND SEAL-SAFE FARMED SALMON http://blueplanetsociety.blogspot.com/2009/07/it-is-now-time-for-seal-friendly-farmed.html

Quartz, July 21, 2014
 ▶ AMERICA CATCHES SOME OF THE WORLD'S BEST SALMON BUT EATS SOME OF THE WORST. THE CRAZY EXPORT, IMPORT BUSINESS OF WILD FISH Instead of demanding their own Pacific salmon, Americans are mostly eating the blander-tasting, farmed Atlantic variety imported from countries like Norway and Chile, or other farmed fish from China. The crazy export, re-import business of wild fish http://qz.com/234197/america-catches-some-of-the-worlds-best-salmon-but-eats-some-of-the-worst/

                                                      SHRIMP

                 THE MASSIVE HIDDEN ENVIRONMENTAL PRICE TAG

               DESTROYING MANGROVE FORESTS AND OUR OCEANS

                                                  http://sco.lt/7eonir

Truthout, December 07, 2014
- ▶ ENCLOSING THE AQUATIC COMMONS IN BRAZIL - AQUACULTURE: THE PARTITIONING OF BRAZIL'S OCEAN AND RIVERS THREATENS SMALL-SCALE FISHING FAMILIES. The federal government has implemented a plan for privatizing water resources that can then be used by private companies for fish farming, and its objective is to produce 20 million tons of fish annually through aquaculture. Privatizing the water in this way enables companies to intensively produce one type of fish in an area, without the fish having to compete with other species for food and space. Raising fish through aquaculture, however, requires the use of countless chemicals and has led to the displacement of small-scale fishermen and women. http://truth-out.org/news/item/27824-the-partitioning-of-brazil-s-ocean-and-rivers-threatens-small-scale-fishing-families

Energy Live News, July 01, 2014
-▶  SEAFOOD "COULD BE COOKED BY CLIMATE CHANGE" We could reach a point where governments battle it out over dwindling pockets of seafood. Big predators such as tuna could move and aquacultures – which can farm carnivorous species such as salmon – need fish meal and if these smaller fish move there could be a real “price hike”.

http://www.energylivenews.com/2014/07/01/seafood-could-be-cooked-by-climate-change/

Earth Policy Institute, March 27, 2014

▶ FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE FACT SHEET http://www.earth-policy.org/press_room/C68/fisheries_and_aquaculture_fact_sheet

The Blog Aquatic November 21, 2014
- ▶ 5 REASONS YOU DEPEND ON HEALTHY FISHERIES  http://blog.oceanconserva

ncy.org/2014/11/21/5-reasons-you-depend-on-healthy-fisheries/

EMagazine.com, May 1, 2013
▶ FREE RANGE FISH: THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROMISE OF OPEN OCEAN FISH FARMS? open ocean fish farms may be the solution to a whole range of environmental problems. Not the crowded, close-to-shore pens where fish are trapped like caged chickens, requiring doses of antibiotics which leak, along with the concentrated wastes, into surrounding water. But submersible net pens, more than 150 feet apart, where ocean currents disperse waste, and fish swim and live in the closest possible approximation to their natural habitat. Free-range fish. - See more at: http://www.emagazine.com/magazine/free-range-fish/

August 19, 2013 National Geographic

-▶ CAN NEW SHARK-RESISTANT NETS SPUR RESPONSIBLE AQUACULTURE? http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2013/08/19/can-new-shark-resistant-nets-spur-responsible-aquaculture/

August 17, 2012 The Fish Site

▶ NIGERIA: N1.17 BILLION INVESTED ON BAYELSA AQUACULTURE FARMS http://www.thefishsite.com/fishnews/21030/n117-billion-invested-on-bayelsa-aquaculture-farms

QUESTScience, February 13, 2014

ARE VEGETARIAN FISH THE KEY TO SUSTAINABLE FISH FARMING? 

http://science.kqed.org/quest/2014/02/13/vegetarian-farmed-fish-may-be-key-to-sustainable-aquaculture/

                            INFOGRAPHIC:  FARMED FISH DIETS

http://science.kqed.org/quest/2014/02/13/infographic-can-farmed-fish-go-vegetarian/

                          IS 'SUSTAINABLE' SEAFOOD A FANTASY?

                                     FARMED FISH vs WILD FISH                  

                                           http://sco.lt/5ZTLhR

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              WRECKING THE OCEAN ECOSYSTEM: OVERFISHING

COLLAPSING FISHERIES, OCEAN DEPENDENT SPECIES STARVING - WHAT ARE WE DOING? http://sco.lt/84rBVx

                                                    VIDEO

                                       EMPTYING OUR OCEANS

              THE WORLD'S LARGEST FACTORY FISHING TRAWLER

                   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCb2TT5GW7k

▶ WE MAY BE THE LAST GENERATION TO CATCH FOOD FROM THE OCEANS http://sco.lt/8uHn7Z

                                                    AQUAPONICS: 

            GROWING FISH AND ORGANIC LEAFY GREENS TOGETHER

                               http://www.leadsleap.com/go/48619

                                                             VIDEO

                                           WHAT IS AQUAPONICS?

                  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26xpMCXP9bw

▶ THE FARMING TECHNIQUE THAT COULD REVOLUTIONIZE THE WAY WE EAT http://sco.lt/7YO4vZ

The Ideas Arcade, March 02, 2014
▶  GROWING FRESH ORGANIC VEGETABLES AND FISH TOGETHER - WITHOUT SOIL:  FEEDING THE WORLD WITH AQUAPONICS http://www.theideasarcade.com/growing-food-without-soil-feeding-world-aquaponics/

                      THE SIXTH MASS EXTINCTION IS UPON US

                                           http://sco.lt/4ywB3h

                         EXCEPTIONAL DOCUMENTARY (1:29:00)

                    "PLANET OCEAN" - WHO OWNS THE OCEANS?

                     How The Health of The Oceans Are The Pivot

                         For all of Earth's Healthy Eco Systems

                https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eH1s9GCqPKo

                @pdjmoo CURATING THE FOLLOWING SCOOPIT's

-▶ CLIMATE CHANGE WILL IMPACT US ALL http://www.scoop.it/t/changingplanet

 -▶ BIODIVERSITY IS LIFE  http://www.scoop.it/t/biodiversity-is-life?page=1&cp=49

  -▶ CORPORATE "SOCIAL" RESPONSIBILITY? http://www.scoop.it/t/environmental-and-human-health

  -▶ YOUR FOOD, YOUR HEALTH http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides

 -▶ OUR OCEANS NEED US http://www.scoop.it/t/our-oceans-need-us

                              WHEN MONEY DRIVES EXTINCTION

Elephant Journal, November 13, 2011
-▶  SHARK POPULATIONS HAVE PLUMMETED BY 90% IN RECENT DECADES...WILL BE EXTINCT IN A FEW YEARS UNLESS WE PUT A BRAKE ON THIS SLAUGHTER http://www.elephantjournal.com/2011/11/shark-populations-have-plummeted-by-90-in-recent-decadeswill-be-extinct-in-a-few-years/

                                                             VIDEO
                                        WHY SHARKS MATTER (2:55)
                                   https://vimeo.com/117815581#at=0

Yale Environment 360 March 19, 2015
-▶ SHARK DEPLETION: NOT JUST ABOUT SHARKS - WITH FINS OFF MANY MENUS, A GLIMMER OF HOPE FOR SHARKS

http://e360.yale.edu/feature/with_fins_off_many_menus_a_glimmer_of_hope_for_sharks/2857/

NPR, March 03, 2015
-▶  WHY SHARK FINNING BANS AREN'T KEEPING SHARKS OFF THE PLATE (YET)  http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2015/03/03/390449252/why-shark-finning-bans-arent-keeping-sharks-off-the-plate-yet

The Dodo, March 03, 2015
-▶  SHARKS ARE GOING EXTINCT.  HERE'S HOW YOU CAN STOP THAT https://www.thedodo.com/community/RacingExtinction/sharks-extinction-fin-trade-1021832235.html

Mongabay, February 07, 2015
-▶  35 PICTURES OF THE SHARK FIN TRADE THAT WILL SHOCK AND DISMAY YOU http://news.mongabay.com/2014/0207-sharkfin-trade-pictures.html

                                                      VIDEO
                 SHARK FINNING:  THE SHOCKING TRUTH (5:30)
                https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6Q4MHX-GIs

Inside Science, November 25, 2014
-▶  THREATS TO SHARKS THREATEN ENTIRE ECOSYSTEMS: 100 MILLION DIE A YEAR, JUST FOR THEIR FINS  http://www.insidescience.org/content/threats-sharks-threaten-entire-ecosystems/1351

                                           SHOCKING VIDEO:

 TENS OF THOUSAND OF MUTILATED SHARK FINS DRYING ON HONG KONG ROOFTOPS - HOW MANY SHARKS IS THAT?  http://www.scoop.it/t/our-oceans-need-us/p/3994748174/video-shocking-thousands-of-mutilated-shark-fins-drying-on-hong-kong-rooftops-how-many-sharks-is-that

August 5, 2013 Pew Environment

-▶  EVERY WEEK, APPROX 2 MILLION SHARKS ARE KILLED MOSTLY TO SUPPLY FINS AS A SOUP FOR ASIAN MARKETS http://www.pewenvironment.org/news-room/other-resources/seven-conservation-wins-for-each-day-of-discoverys-shark-week-2013-85899494193

                                              PHOTO GALLERY

                                      August 2, 2013 Treehugger
                         AN EXPLANATION OF OF SHARK FINNING

http://www.treehugger.com/natural-sciences/shark-week-an-explanation-of-shark-finning.html

-▶  NATIONS CONSIDER PROTECTING SHARKS AS 100 MILLION SLAUGHTERED EACH YEAR -- JUST FOR THEIR FINS http://sco.lt/5RKfQn

                                                    VIDEO
                                  SHARK FIN CATCHING (6:58)
                  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bv_8vx1fHLo

September 02, 2013 The Independent
-▶ SHARK FIN SOUP OFF THE MENU: CHINA'S CRACKDOWN ON EXTRAVAGANT BANQUETS GIVES SHARKS A SECOND CHANCE http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/shark-fin-soup-off-the-menu-chinas-crackdown-on-extravagant-banquets-gives-sharks-a-second-chance-8795235.html

 South China Morning Post, April 09, 2014
-▶  SHARK FIN TRADE FROM HONG KONG TO CHINA DROPS ALMOST 90 PERCENT IN ONE YEAR http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1469412/hong-kong-shark-fin-imports-fall-35pc

Mongabay, August 13, 2014
-▶  DEMAND FOR SHARK FIN PLUNGING http://news.mongabay.com/2014/0812-hance-demand-shark-fin.html

-▶ HOW MANY SHARKS DO WE KILL PER HOUR?  THIS INFOGRAPH WILL SHOCK YOU http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/27/sharks-killed-per-hour-infographic_n_2965775.html

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                                                        WATCH

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/

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 Boston Globe, July 24, 2014
-▶  MASSACHUSETTS SHARK FIN BAN SIGNED INTO LAW:  NINTH U.S. STATE TO DO SO http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/2014/07/24/shark-fin-ban-signed-into-law/h4n92gQKbOcB5gekYeMtQM/story.html

                                    An Image Say A Thousand Words

                                           SHARK FINNING

                                     Google Search http://ow.ly/koU4C

  -▶  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

                                                  IN PICTURES:

EXCLUSIVE: THE CRUEL REALITY OF THE GLOBAL SHARK FIN TRADE http://www.scoop.it/t/our-oceans-need-us/p/1078235910/exclusive-the-cruel-reality-of-the-global-shark-fin-trade-in-pictures

                                                         VIDEO

                                                      "FIN" - 14 Min

             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

-▶  WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF SHARKS DISAPPEARED? http://www.scoop.it/t/our-oceans-need-us/p/2398871120/what-would-happen-if-sharks-disappeared

                                SHARKS' ROLE IN THE OCEAN

https://www.sharksavers.org/en/education/the-value-of-sharks/sharks-role-in-the-ocean/

-▶  SHARKS ON A COLLISION COURSE - COULD CAUSE IRREVERSIBLE 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

                                                         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
                    SHARK FINNING AND LONG LINING ... STOP IT ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMYtuMgwNCY&feature=youtube_gdata_player

                                             STUNNING PHOTOS

      OF SHARKS AND PEOPLE DOCUMENT A VULNERABLE SPECIES
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/09/photos-sharks-people_n_5552283.html

- ▶  WHY SHARKS AND THEIR SOLUTIONS ARE DECLINING WORLDWIDE http://www.care2.com/greenliving/why-sharks-are-declining-worldwide.html

                                                      WATCH
                                CHANGING SEAS: TIGER SHARKS:

             4 MILLION YEARS IN THE MAKING AND LOSING THEM FAST

                                             http://sco.lt/7WtWF7

 The Guardian, March 11, 2013
-▶  FIVE SHARK SPECIES WIN PROTECTION AGAINST FINNING TRADE http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/mar/11/shark-species-greater-protection-finning

Mongabay, February 07, 2014
-▶  35 PICTURES OF THE SHARK FIN TRADE THAT WILL SHOCK AND DISMAY YOU http://news.mongabay.com/2014/0207-sharkfin-trade-pictures.html

                                                     WATCH

         SHARK FINNING PUTS SPECIES ON VERGE OF EXTINCTION   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

ITV, October 17, 2013

-▶  DOLPHINS BUTCHERED FOR SHARK BAIT IN ILLEGAL HUNT OFF THE COAST OF PERU http://www.itv.com/news/2013-10-17/dolphins-butchered-for-shark-bait-in-illegal-hunt-off-the-coast-of-peru/

Latin Post, October 24, 2013

▶  DOLPHINS CHOPPED UP, SKINNED ALIVE IN PERU FOR SHARK BAIT FOR ASIAN DELICACY http://www.latinpost.com/articles/3242/20131024/dolphins-chopped-up-skinned-alive-peru-use-shark-bait-asian.htm

 -▶ SLAUGHTERING BEAUTIFUL WHALE SHARKS -- JUST FOR THEIR FINS  http://sco.lt/81PhB3

IOL.co.za, June 04, 2014
-▶ SHARK MEAT WORSE THAN ITS BITE. Top Predators absorb all the toxins as they move up the food chain. Recent meat samples from at least three species of shark had levels of arsenic, mercury and other toxic compounds way above the recommended food safety levels.

 273 million sharks are killed every year around the world. While a large percentage were destined for the shark fin soup market, shark meat was also used widely for direct human consumption or indirectly in fish meal or fertiliser. http://www.iol.co.za/scitech/science/environment/shark-meat-worse-than-its-bite-1.1698302#.U47-XfldUrU

 Salon, January 27, 2014
-▶  UNDERCOVER ACTIVISTS BUST "WORLD'S BIGGEST WHALE SHARK SLAUGHTERHOUSE" IN CHINA http://www.salon.com/2014/01/27/undercover_activists_bust_worlds_biggest_whale_shark_slaughterhouse_in_china/

                                              WATCH - SHORT VIDEO

                                           "EXTINCTION SOUP" (3:38)

                    http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/extinction-soup

-▶  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

Cornell University, December 03, 2013
-▶ SHARKS & HUMANS ... WE'RE RELATED.   SHARK, HUMAN PROTEINS ARE SURPRISINGLY SIMILAR http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/2013/12/shark-human-proteins-are-surprisingly-similar

-▶  SHARKS ARE CRUCIAL TO OCEAN ECOSYSTEMS, SAYS UMS PROFESSOR  http://sco.lt/5lkhGr

                               AUSTRALIAN SHARK SLAUGHTER

                         BRUTAL CULL IMPOVERISHES OCEANS

                         GOVERNMENT-SANCTIONED ECOCIDE

                                           http://sco.lt/89FFLt

 Guardian Environment, January 11, 2014

-▶  THIS COULD BE THE YEAR WE START TO SAVE, NOT SLAUGHTER, THE SHARK. Specialist restaurants in Beijing are changing their menus or closing down as the Far East begins to share world revulsion at cutting off shark fins to make a gourmet soup
 http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jan/11/shark-finning-in-decline-in-far-east

Pew Environment, January 09, 2014

-▶  DISPATCH FROM PANAMA:  40 SPECIES OF SHARKS AT RISK

Less well-known is that this Central American country’s waters are home to more than 40 species of tiburónes, or sharks, primarily off its Pacific coast. The majority of these species are threatened or near threatened with extinction, mainly because of overfishing during the past 30 years. - http://www.pewenvironment.org/news-room/other-resources/dispatch-from-panama-taking-steps-to-protect-sharks-at-risk-85899531069

 -▶  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

                                       =====================

                                                         CHINA

                                       =====================

  ThinkProgress, December 9, 2013

 -▶  CHINA BANS SHARK FIN SOUP FROM OFFICIAL BANQUETS http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/12/09/3036831/china-bans-shark-fin-soup/

Business Week, December 20, 13
 -▶  SHARK FIN SOUP STILL SELLS DESPITE CHINA'S EXTRAVAGANCE CRACKDOWN http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-12-20/shark-fin-soup-still-sells-despite-chinas-extravagance-crackdown

Washington Post, October 19, 2013

-▶  IN CHINA, VICTORY FOR WILDLIFE CONSERVATION AS CITIZENS PERSUADED TO GIVE UP SHARK FIN SOUP
-▶http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/in-china-victory-for-wildlife-conservation-as-citizens-persuaded-to-give-up-shark-fin-soup/2013/10/19/e8181326-3646-11e3-89db-8002ba99b894_story.html

Salon, January 27, 2014
-▶  UNDERCOVER ACTIVISTS BUST "WORLD'S BIGGEST WHALE SHARK SLAUGHTERHOUSE" IN CHINA http://www.salon.com/2014/01/27/undercover_activists_bust_worlds_biggest_whale_shark_slaughterhouse_in_china/

 September 13, 2013 Treehugger
-▶  CHINA CLAIMS SHARK FIN CONSUMPTION HAS DROPPED 70% SINCE 2012 BAN -- BUT WAIT BEFORE YOU CELEBRATE  http://www.treehugger.com/endangered-species/china-claims-shark-fin-consumption-dropped-70-2012.html

-▶  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

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-▶  MILLIONS (NOT THOUSANDS) OF MARINE TURTLES KILLED BY LONGLINE, SUPER TRAWLER FISHERIES http://sco.lt/72A0mH

 -▶  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

 Southern Fried Science:
-▶  13 AMAZING THINGS SCIENTISTS DISCOVERED ABOUT SHARKS IN 2013 http://www.southernfriedscience.com/?p=16267

                                                       WATCH

                                    "BLUE WATER, WHITE DEATH"

http://gearpatrol.com/2013/08/09/the-greatest-shark-movie-youve-never-seen/

  -▶  SHARKS:  AN UPDATE FROM THE FINNING INDUSTRY  http://sco.lt/6Jm9th

                                    DO SHARKS HAVE CULTURE?

                                   Shark species facing extinction

                                          http://sco.lt/4oWoQT

 ▶ THE TERRIBLE COST OF SHARK BAIT SOUP -DOLPHINS CHOPPED UP AND SKINNED ALIVE - PETITION http://act.watchdog.net/petitions/3993?l=X7wKqXEQxgI

 July 9, 2012 Treehugger

-▶  3-4 TIMES MORE SHARKS KILLED ANNUALLY THAN UN STATS SHOW http://www.treehugger.com/ocean-conservation/3-to-4-times-more-sharks-killed-annually-than-stats-show.html

-▶  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

                                                         WATCH

                SENEGALESE SHARKS THREATENED BY OVERFISHING

                                              http://sco.lt/7wji2j

  -▶ COSTA RICA: ZERO TOLERANCE FOR SHARK FINNING

Eurasia Review, October 24, 2012

“It is estimated that in Costa Rica alone, between 350,000 and 400,000 sharks were caught in 2011 to use the fins and this must be stopped,”

 Eurasia Review http://www.eurasiareview.com/24102012-costa-rica-zero-tolerance-for-shark-finning/

 HuffPost Green, November 20, 2013
-▶ GRUESOME SHARK-FINNING TACTIC LETS COSTA RICAN FISHERMEN EXPLOIT LEGAL LOOPHOLE http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/20/shark-fin-costa-rica_n_4305394.html

Mongabay, November 10, 2013
-▶ FISHERMEN FIND WAY TO CIRCUMVENT SHARK FIN BAN (PHOTOS) http://news.mongabay.com/2013/1110-shark-fin-technique.html

 Guardian Environment, February 13, 2013

 -▶  MOZAMBIQUE COASTLINE: MANTAS AND HAMMERHEADS TO 'DISAPPEAR' FROM DIVER' PARADISE IF PLUNDER IS UNCHECKED  http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/feb/14/chinese-shark-fin-soup-mozambique

 -▶  A DISASTER:  LOSS OF TWO THIRDS OF TOP PREDATORS CAUSING GLOBAL ECOSYSTEMS TO COLLAPSE http://sco.lt/7XHisr

-▶  THE DEVOLUTON OF THE SEAS:  THE CONSEQUENCES OF OCEANC DESTRUCTION AND CLIMATE CHANGE http://sco.lt/6tulKj

-▶  -▶  MORE ON SHARKS AND SHARK FINNING

http://www.scoop.it/t/our-oceans-need-us?q=shark+finning

             THE LOSS OF OCEAN SPECIES IS STAGGERING

                                     http://sco.lt/61gcWf

                         EXCEPTIONAL DOCUMENTARY (1:29:00)

                    "PLANET OCEAN" - WHO OWNS THE OCEANS?

                     How The Health of The Oceans Are The Pivot

                         For all of Earth's Healthy Eco Systems

                https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eH1s9GCqPKo

San Francisco Chronicle, April 13 ,2015
 -▶  SARDINE FISHING HALTED AFTER POPULATION PLUMMETS 91 PERCENT, LEAVING OCEAN ECOSYSTEM IN TURMOIL http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Sardine-population-collapses-prompts-ban-on-6197380.php

Smithsonian Ocean Portal, May 27, 2015
FORAGE FISH: WHY THE LITTLEST FISH MATTER A WHOLE LOT

http://ocean.si.edu/blog/why-littlest-fish-matter-whole-lot

                                                       VIDEO:

           FORAGE FISH KEY TO A HEALTHY OCEAN - GOING...GOING...

                                              http://sco.lt/5xliU5

Science/AAAS, April 06, 2015
 -▶  SARDINES HIT HARD BY OVERFISHING http://news.sciencemag.org/climate/2015/04/sardines-hit-hard-overfishing

Summit County Citizens Voice, February 21, 2015
 -▶  WHERE HAVE ALL THE SARDINES GONE?
http://summitcountyvoice.com/2015/02/21/global-warming-where-have-all-the-sardines-gone/

Pew Environment, December 11, 2013

 -▶  WHY SARDINES MATTER - CRITICAL MARINE SPECIES FOOD SOURCE IN STEEP DECLINE The Pacific coast of North America supports one of the most vibrant and diverse marine ecosystems on Earth, largely because of the presence of thick schools of small prey fish such as Pacific sardines.

Unfortunately, this crucial forage fish appears to be in the midst of a severe population decline. Its absence will be felt by dozens of species of West Coast seabirds, whales, sharks, dolphins, and commercially important fish such as salmon and tuna that depend on sardines as a major food source... http://www.pewenvironment.org/news-room/other-resources/pacific-sardines-critical-food-source-in-steep-decline-85899526197?utm_campaign=2013-12-19%20Latest.html&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua

Oceana, February 23, 2015
 -▶  WHY ARE CALIFORNIA SEA LION PUPS STARVING http://oceana.org/blog/why-are-california-sea-lion-pups-starving

  -▶ THOUSANDS OF SEA LION PUPS DEAD FROM STARVATION: NOT ENOUGH FISH IN THE SEA http://sco.lt/6nNENV

Pew Trust, March 06, 2015
 -▶  BAD NEWS ON THE WEST COAST:  PACIFIC SARDINES ARE COLLAPSING  http://www.pewtrusts.org/en/about/news-room/news/2015/03/06/bad-news-on-the-west-coast-pacific-sardines-are-collapsing

Salon, January 25, 2015

 -▶  WHERE DID ALL THE SARDINES GO? Pacific sardines are suffering their worst population crash in decades, and the fallout could be catastrophic  http://www.salon.com/2015/01/25/where_did_all_the_sardines_go_partner/

Reuters, April 07, 2015
 -▶  PLUMMETING SARDINE NUMBERS COULD PROMPT U.S. WEST COAST FISHING BAN http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/07/us-usa-sardines-idUSKBN0MY2AI20150407

Los Angeles Times, January 5, 2014
 -▶  WEST COAST SARDINE CRASH COULD RADIATE THROUGHOUT ECOSYSTEM http://www.latimes.com/science/la-me-sardine-crash-20140106,0,3689464.story#axzz2pgLZvIKp

 -▶  WRECKING THE OCEAN ECOSYSTEM:  OVERFISHING, COLLAPSING FISHERIES, OCEAN DEPENDENT SPECIES STARVING -- AND CLIMATE CHANGE  http://sco.lt/89htxZ

                                                  WATCH

                                      "SEA THE TRUTH" 

                       IN 2048 OUR OCEANS WILL BE EMPTY

http://www.scoop.it/t/our-oceans-need-us/p/1838959581/sea-the-truth-in-2048-our-oceans-will-be-empty-video

▶  THE LOSS OF OCEAN SPECIES IS STAGGERING http://sco.lt/599jsH

-▶  OUR OCEANS ARE DYING:  MASS EXTINCTION MAY BE INEVITABLE http://sco.lt/7dy5iL

                                                      WATCH

                                                  CNN VIDEO

-▶ OVERFISHED AND UNDER-PROTECTED: OCEANS ON THE BRINK OF CATASTROPHIC COLLAPSE http://sco.lt/7cjPXt

                                                           VIDEO
                                              Quest Science (9:39)
UNDERWATER WILDERNESS:  CREATING MARINE PROTECTED AREA
The waters off the coast of California are some of the richest in the world. But massive declines in fish species have led state leaders to begin creating large protected areas, or "no fishing zones," similar to wilderness areas on land.
http://science.kqed.org/quest/video/underwater-wilderness-creating-marine-protected-areas/

      In Just Over 400 years We have Disrupted 4 Billions Years Of

                                     Interdependent Ecosystems.

                                                      WATCH

                              Exceptional Documentary  (1:29:00)

                    "PLANET OCEAN" - WHO OWNS THE OCEANS?

                       How The Health of The Oceans Are The Pivot

                              For all of Earth's Healthy Eco Systems

           http://www.yannarthusbertrand.org/en/films-tv/planet-ocean