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The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is conducting several climate change and adaptation-related studies at the moment. Yesterday, they released their study: "CLIMATE CHANGE: Future Federal Adaptation Efforts Could Better Support Local Infrastructure Decision Makers," that examines: 1. The impacts of climate change on roads and bridges, wastewater systems, and NASA centers; 2. The extent to which climate change is incorporated into infrastructure planning; 3. Factors that enabled some decision makers to implement adaptive measures; and 4. Federal efforts to address local adaptation needs, as well as potential opportunities for improvement. This study includes high-level recommendations for executive action in this area which you might be interested in.
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Clam fossils from the middle Devonian era now yield a better paleontological picture of the capacity of ecosystems to remain stable in the face of environmental change, according to new research.
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Neonicotinoid insecticides have adverse effects not only on bees but also on freshwater invertebrates.
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The more we are learning about these quite powerful toxins, the greater the concern seems to be. There is something of a target on the back of these nicotinoids at the moment. But more importantly, this shows the need for a "precautionary principal" approach when it comes to the ecotoxicology of such compounds (and the routine permitting of their use in our coastal ecosystems).
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Remains of endangered Hawaiian petrels -- both ancient and modern -- show how drastically today's open seas fish menu has changed.
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I'm not sure this is (as the author would have you believe) "among the first to address one of the great mysteries of biological oceanography -- whether fishing has gone beyond an influence on targeted species to affect nontarget species and potentially, entire food webs in the open ocean." ...but it is quite interested and yet another datapoint showing the massive influence of our human species on the other denizens of our planet. Fishing is a major, major driver of the goings on of the ocean.
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When the work began on PIIFCAF (Preserving the Independence of the Inshore Fleet in Canada’s Atlantic Fisheries), some surprises lay in store for those writing this update to an old policy.
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Fish are moving away from the equator and toward the poles to maintain their preferred water temperature. That means, for example, that fishermen are seeing swordfish normally found in the Mediterranean swimming near Denmark. Via clare wormald
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I have a now 8-year data set looking at where our seafood conusmed here in Southern California originates from. It will be interesting to see if we can pick-up this signal.
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The FAO Fishing Vessels Finder (FVF), a one-stop site to search for detailed information on individual fishing vessels, is now available.
Click here to enter the FAO Fishing Vessels Finder search panel: http://www.fao.org/figis/vrmf/finder/search/#stats
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Super cool!
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Federal wildlife officials took the unprecedented step Friday of telling private companies that they will not be prosecuted for inadvertently harassing or even killing endangered California condors....
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Good news for our coastal wind farms? Apparenlty yes. Now as long as you make good faith efforts to minimize turbine collisions, you need no longer worry about killing endangered species. Apparently, the same goes for the associated developments; obliterate large sections of critical habitat and you are good. Again, with the "good faith" thing.
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MPA Planning from the Canadiain Perspective
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On April 3, 2013, National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Enric Sala and a team of colleagues from around the world published a scientific paper called “A General Business Model for Marine Reserves” in the journal PLoS ONE.
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One of the oft-pitched but rarely tested or documented aspects of MPAs is their ultimate boost/stabilizing effect upon local economies.
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For the sixth year, the European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA) coordinates the Joint Deployment Plan (JDP) for the Blue Fin Tuna fishery in the Mediterranean Sea and the Eastern Atlantic waters for 2013. Under this JDP, Member States pool their control and inspection means, both material and human, in order to carry out jointly control, inspection and surveillance of fishery activities both at sea and ashore. All these activities are coordinated by a team of national coordinators and EFCA coordinators based in the premises of the EFCA.
At its annual meeting (Agadir, November 2012) the ICCAT adopted a recommendation with new provisions for the bluefin tuna Recovery Plan. These provisions included that the stereo video recording pilot project that was introduced in 2011 will remain a pilot project for transfers of fish at sea, but it will be compulsory at the caging operations.
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Too little too late? Time will tell.
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At least six people have died and four are missing after a ship crashed into a control tower in the Italian port of Genoa, officials say.
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Ummm...Jolly Nero?!? Really?
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RT @Oxfam: #Resilience is the new #globaldev buzzword. So how can we reduce #inequality & make people less vulnerable? http://t.co/HIRCgQ68eW #post2015
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Mmmmmm....new buzzwords.
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A healthy environment is obviously important for outdoor industry companies like Patagonia and L.L.
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Hmmmm...intact, healty land- and seascapes are better places to live. That is funny. I never would have thought that...
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Oceanographers used data from seafloor seismometers to analyze more than 300,000 fin-whale calls. By triangulating the position they created more than 150 tracks off the Pacific Northwest coast.
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Cool beans. Using passive hydrophones has become a major tool for looking at migrating marne mammals.
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Oceanographers find that mercury levels in pelagic fish found around Hawaii are influenced by depth.
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mmmm...this deepsea fish tastes like batteries.
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For the first time, scientists have shown that ocean warming has had a global impact on the mix of species caught by fishermen.
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Catches have been increasingly dominated by warm-water species as a result of fish migrating towards the poles in response to rising ocean temperatures. "One way for marine animals to respond to ocean warming is by moving to cooler regions," says the study's lead author William Cheung, an assistant professor at UBC's Fisheries Centre. "As a result, places like New England on the northeast coast of the U.S. saw new species typically found in warmer waters, closer to the tropics. "Meanwhile in the tropics, climate change meant fewer marine species and reduced catches, with serious implications for food security. We've been talking about climate change as if it's something that's going to happen in the distant future -- our study shows that it has been affecting our fisheries and oceans for decades," says Daniel Pauly, principal investigator with UBC's Sea Around Us Project and the study's co-author. "These global changes have implications for everyone in every part of the planet."
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Refining Canada’s petroleum-soaked oil sands produces petroleum coke, and the question of what to do with it has found at least one answer in Detroit, where a large coke pile covers an entire city block. Via clare wormald
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"I’m not making a value statement, but it comes down to emission controls,” Mr. Routt said. “Other people don’t seem to have a problem" Ummm....really?!? That is your justification? At the risk of being a bit hyperbolic, let's try it like this: "I'm not making a value statement, but when it comes down to child pornography, other people don't seem to have a problem with it." Really? Having been misquoted or quoted out of context myself many times in various media, I understand that one needs to read quotes in newspapers with some caution. But this does strike me as a real statement, illustrative of the attitude of many. It is quite unfortuante and disappointing. This is a classic example of why "sustaiability science"/thinking needs to reach a broader audience. Lifecycles, cradle to cradle, etc. There are clearly local dimnesions to our activities and decisions. But there are also regional, national, and global dimensions to those decisions as well. Here is a great example of that, all wrapped up in one neat package. Or at least all wrapped up enough to spark a larger, meaningful conversation.
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For the first time since the Los Angeles River was channelized in the 1930s, the public will be welcomed to walk, fish, and kayak on a 2.5 mile portion of the L.A. River in Elysian Valley, beginning on Memorial Day 2013. The Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority (MRCA), in cooperation with the City and County of Los Angeles, the Los Angeles County Flood Control District, and the Army Corps of Engineers, will administer the historic Los Angeles River Recreation Zone pilot program to increase safe public access to the L.A. River and to promote the goal of river revitalization.
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Super cool. Everyone should go for a paddle on this once-wild river.
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Visible marking of farmed salmon will make it easier to differentiate escaped farmed salmon from wild salmon. This can reduce problems associated with escaped farmed salmon.
Research at Nofima indicates that removal of the adipose fin in farmed salmon can be the easiest and cheapest method.
A project managed by the food research institute Nofima tested different methods for external marking of farmed salmon, which is necessary for secure identification of escaped farmed salmon.
The project assessed the following methods: complete and partial removal of the adipose fin, freeze branding and visible implant elastomer (VIE).
Publications from NofimaReportsFysisk merking av oppdrettslaks. Test og evaluering av forskjellige merkemetoder: http://www.nofima.no/filearchive/Rapport%2001-2013.pdf
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I wonder what it says about me that I frequent and/or work in most of these?
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Oceana, the ocean conservation organisation, has released a new report finding that illegal, unregulated and unreported (IUU) fishing leads to seafood...
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Only 20% of the global trade in seafood is illegal, etc.? I would have guessed much more.
We need to be careful with such advocacy reports, but this looks to be relatively well researched.
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News, opinions, photos and facts from Ocean Conservancy
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This could ultimately be an important funding stream for coastal management (if it ever comes into being and if the regular suspects don't edge everyone esle out).
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For the first time since the Los Angeles River was channelized in the 1930s, the public will be welcomed to walk, fish, and kayak on a 2.5 mile portion of the L.A. River in Elysian Valley.
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This is a great program that we have been foster for the last couple of years. It has built up momentum each year and is finally all grown up. Folks interested should sign up early as openings have filled quickly in recent years.
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Great video capturing these foraging grizzlies trying eat any shorward-migrating salmon they can get...any anything they can get.