OUR OCEANS NEED US

May 17, 2013 BBC News Science and Environment

▶  DEEP SEA MINING RUSH MOVES CLOSER

The prospect of a deep sea "gold rush" opening a controversial new frontier for mining on the ocean floor has moved a step closer.... 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22546875

                   SEE FULL REPORT http://sco.lt/85WcRl

Paris (AFP) March 19, 2013 - Marine biologists say they have proof that excessive trawling of small fish species leads to proliferation of jellyfish, a worsening phenomenon whose causes have been unclear.... http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Overfishing_of_small_species_causes_jellyfish_curse_999.html

FOOD WEB AND OCEAN FISHERIES: HELD TOGETHER BY FORAGE FISH http://www.speakupforblue.com/ocean-solutions/food-web-and-ocean-fisheries-held-together-by-forage-fish?awt_l=5ImGg&awt_m=3mxmYa2C26cR8Mt

THE END OF THE LINE - THE FUTURE OF FISH http://sco.lt/6MweXZ

BBC - Future - Science & Environment

VIDEO: BLUE HEART OF THE PLANET

Blue heart of the planet http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20130129-blue-heart-of-the-planet

Center for Investigative Reporting, March 12, 2013

$400 BILLION OCEAN FISHING INDUSTRY:  LARGE CORPORATE FISHING FLEETS EMPTYING OUR OCEANS. Sweeping across the globe is a system that slowly and steadily hands over a $400 billion ocean fishing industry to corporations. The system, called catch shares, in most cases favors large fishing fleets, a review of the systems operating across the United States shows... http://cironline.org/node/4250

World Economic Forum, July 13, 2018

90% OF FISH STOCKS ARE USED UP - FISHERIES SUBSIDIES MUST STOP EMPTYING THE OCEAN

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/07/fish-stocks-are-used-up-fisheries-subsidies-must-stop/

                                                        WATCH:

                  NO SUPER TRAWLERS.  NOT HERE.  NOT ANYWHERE http://www.scoop.it/t/our-oceans-need-us/p/2478442068/no-super-trawlers-not-here-not-anywhere-video

                                                 World Fishing -

                  FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATE 2012 REPORT

US commercial fishermen landed 9.6 billion pounds of fish and shellfish in 2012, valued at $5.1 billion http://www.worldfishing.net/news101/industry-news/us-seafood-landings-remain-hig

Reuters, October 30, 2013
FISHERIES CHIEF SAYS SOME EU COD STOCKS FACING COLLAPSE http://in.reuters.com/article/2013/10/30/us-eu-fisheries-quotas-idINBRE99T0ZX20131030

January 23, 2013 Environment News Service
PACIFIC BLUEFIN TUNA POPULATION DOWN 96 PERCENT http://ens-newswire.com/2013/01/24/pacific-bluefin-tuna-population-down-96-percent/

Center For Public Integrity, May 29, 2014
LOOTING OUR SEAS: 'FREE-FOR-ALL' DECIMATES FISH STOCKS IN THE SOUTHERN OCEAN - Jack mackerel, down 90 percent in 20 years in once-rich southern seas, foretells wider global calamity; world’s largest trawlers compete for what is left http://www.publicintegrity.org/2012/01/25/7900/free-all-decimates-fish-stocks-southern-pacific

 France 24, October 30, 2012

OCEAN-GRABBING BY CORPORATE INDUSTRIAL FISHING THREATENS WORLD'S FISHERIES: UN http://www.france24.com/en/20121030-ocean-grabbing-threatens-worlds-fisheries-un

February 14, 2012 gCaptain - Maritime & Offshore News
TO THE LAST FISH: CAPABLE OF FISHING 76,800 HOOKS PER DAY, JENSEN TO DESIGN ONE OF THE LARGEST LONGLINER http://gcaptain.com/jensen-design-worlds-largest/?40049

                                     VERY IMPORTANT WATCH

                              SUBSIDIZING CORPORATE FISHERIES
VIDEO

********"SEA THE TRUTH -- By 2048 The Oceans Could Be Empty!" (1:00:15 full-length, HiQ) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V325y7QCg3c

 http://www.seathetruth.nl/en/

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

HOW THE WORLD'S OCEANS COULD BE RUNNING OUT OF FISH  http://sco.lt/8X9vST

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

SHARK FINNING: 100 MILLION A YEAR JUST FOR THEIR FINS: SHARK POPULATIONS PLUMMET BY 90% - COULD BE EXTINCT IN A FEW YEARS http://sco.lt/7kHqLZ

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

September 6, 2013 Earth Island Journal
IT'S TIME TO STOP DRIFT GILLNET FISHING OFF THE CALIFORNIA COAST. The “curtains of death” sweep up whales, dolphins and sea turtles along with the swordfish and sharks they are fishing for... http://www.earthisland.org/journal/index.php/elist/eListRead/its_time_to_stop_drift_gillnet_fishing_off_the_california_coast/

FARM-RAISED TUNA MAY NOT BE THE ANSWER TO OVERFISHING http://sco.lt/8MPWYz

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

SHARK SPECIES FACING EXTINCTION  - in pictures | @scoopit http://sco.lt/9DsVbV

TO THE LAST FISH: Pacific island nations band together as commercial overfishing takes toll on global tuna http://sco.lt/5Pq0sj

Sushi Appetite Could Bye Bye Atlantic Bluefin Tuna - Corporate Industrial Fishing Emptying Our Oceans  http://www.scoop.it/t/our-oceans-need-us/p/3419907577/sushi-appetite-could-bye-bye-atlantic-bluefin-tuna-corporate-industrial-fishing-emptying-our-oceans

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

                                                    WATCH:
                              "DROP INTO THE OCEAN" 15:50

Take a deep breath and imagine the oceans... Short Greenpeace documentary outlining the threats to our oceans and what can be done to restore their health produced in 2005.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vdo-YUFZd6c&feature=youtu.be

April 23, 2013 The Pew Charitable Trusts
PACIFIC BLUEFIN TUNA NEED PROTECTION -- NOW http://ht.ly/kwM7B

+++MORE ON OVERFISHING http://www.scoop.it/t/our-oceans-need-us?q=OVERFISHING

March 11, 2013 - CNN US

Your first view of Kamilo Beach on Hawaii's Big Island is of majestic rock, postcard-worthy waves and miles of uninhabited beach. But look closer at the sand and you see specks of blue, yellow and white plastic... http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/11/us/hawaii-japan-tsunami-debris

MORE ON THE DEVASTATING PLASTIC TRASH IN OUR OCEANS

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

March 14, 2013 BBC NEWS SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT

The BBC's Science Editor David Shukman explains how companies are planning to extract minerals from areas of hydrothermal vents, deep on the seabed - the process and environmental concerns. ,, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21787098

MORE ON DEEP SEA MINING http://www.scoop.it/t/our-oceans-need-us?q=deep+sea+mining

Paris (AFP) March 8, 2013 - The tsunami that ravaged northeast Japan in March 2011 created the biggest single dumping of rubbish, sweeping some five million tonnes of shattered buildings, cars, household goods and other rubble into the sea.   ... http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Floating_tsunami_trash_to_be_a_decades-long_headache_999.html

                                               INFOGRAPHIC

▶  THE TRUTH ABOUT PLASTIC AND ITS IMPACT ON OUR PLANET  - Is temporary convenience worth the 400 to 1000 years it takes plastic silverware to break down? http://holykaw.alltop.com/the-truth-about-plastic-and-its-impact-on-our-planet-infographic

Guardian, March 8, 2013 :

▶  SPANISH SPERM WHALE DEATH LINKED TO UK SUPERMARKET SUPPLIER'S PLASTIC TRASH - Had swallowed 17kg of plastic waste dumped by greenhouses supplying produce to UK http://ow.ly/iE7QY

▶  SPERM WHALES:  HOW PLASTIC BAGS ARE POISONING THE PLANET'S GREATEST PREDATORS Feb 8, 2013 Mail Online http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2096142/Sperm-whales-How-plastic-bags-poisoning-planets-greatest-predators.html

                                                        VIDEO

                          KILL PLASTIC, NOT WILDLIFE (6:00) 

          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTQywfyECs0&sns=em

Common Dreams, Jan 18, 2013:

▶  NEWLY DISCOVERED 'PLASTIC ISLAND' SHOWS GLOBAL EPIDEMIC WORSENING http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/01/18-3

▶  OUR PLASTICS WILL POLLUTE OCEAN FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS  http://sco.lt/7tYlQ9

▶  HOW MUCH GARBAGE IS PUT INTO THE OCEAN EACH YEAR - APPROXIMATELY 14 BILLION POUNDS  http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_much_garbage_is_put_into_the_ocean_each_year

▶  OCEAN AWASH IN PLASTIC

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

National Geographic

▶  MARINE POLLUTION - CENTURIES OF ABUSE HAVE TAKEN A HEAVY TOLLhttp://ocean.nationalgeographic.com/ocean/critical-issues-marine-pollution/

▶  WHY ARE BRITISH FISH EATING PLASTIC? SERIOUS FOR FISH, SERIOUS FOR YOU AND OUR FOOD CHAIN http://sco.lt/54HFsf

▶  YOUR LAUNDRY IS LITTERING WORLD'S OCEAN WITH MICRO-PLASTIC PIECES ENDING UP IN YOUR FOOD CHAIN

http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2012/s3418575.htm

▶  THE WORLD'S RUBBISH DUMP - OUR OCEANS - A TIP THAT STRETCHES FROM HAWAII TO JAPAN -Green Living - Environment - The Independent http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/green-living/the-worlds-rubbish-dump-a-tip-that-stretches-from-hawaii-to-japan-778016.html

April 24, 2013 Mongabay

The sight of a clownfish wriggling through the stinging tentacles of its anemone is a familiar and seemingly well-understood one to most people—the stinging anemone provides a protective home for the clownfish who is immune to such stings, and in turn the clownfish chases away any polyp-eating sunfish eyeing the anemone's tentacles for a meal. But recent research has shown that all that clownfish wriggling significantly helps to oxygenate the anemone at night, when oxygen levels in the water are low. ... http://news.mongabay.com/2013/0424-oneill-clownfish-anemone.html

July 07, 2012 TIME Magazine

Fish are the last wild food, but our oceans are being picked clean. Can farming fish take the place of catching them?

"Fish are the last wild food," says Paul Greenberg, author of Four Fish, one of the best books on the state of seafood. "And we're just realizing it."

But we may be coming to that realization too late, because it turns out that even the fathomless depths of the oceans have limits. The U.N. reports that 32% of global fish stocks are overexploited or depleted and as much as 90% of large species like tuna and marlin have been fished out in the past half-century. Once-plentiful species like Atlantic cod have been fished to near oblivion, and delicacies like bluefin tuna are on an arc toward extinction. A recent report by the International Programme on the State of the Ocean found that the world's marine species faced threats "unprecedented in human history" — and overfishing is part of the problem. Read more: http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2081796,00.html#ixzz2Ll3nuhqO

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/

TO THE LAST FISH: CAPABLE OF FISHING 76,800 HOOKS PER DAY, JENSEN TO DESIGN ONE OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST INDUSTRIAL FISHING VESSELS http://sco.lt/8ugqB7

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/

                                                  WATCH

                                       FACTORY FARMED FISH

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

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

AQUAFARMING: Scottish fish farmers use record amounts of parasite pesticides - Destroying Marine Ecosystems http://www.scoop.it/t/our-oceans-need-us/p/2663697390/aquafarming-scottish-fish-farmers-use-record-amounts-of-parasite-pesticides-destroying-marine-ecosystems

UNLEASHING GENETICALLY ENGINEERED SALMON ONTO YOUR DINNER PLATE - NO Regulation, NO Oversight, NO Labeling

http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides?q=SALMON

                                 WHAT ARE FORAGE FISH?

                                        The Safina Center

           http://safinacenter.org/issues/changing-ocean/forage-fish/

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

-▶  FOOD WEB AND OCEAN FISHERIES: HELD TOGETHER BY FORAGE FISH http://www.speakupforblue.com/ocean-solutions/food-web-and-ocean-fisheries-held-together-by-forage-fish?awt_l=5ImGg&awt_m=3mxmYa2C26cR8Mt

                                                 -- WATCH ---

                                        - Pew Environment

FORAGE FISH ARE KEY TO A HEALTHY OCEAN SYSTEM.  LEARN WHY IT'S TIME TO PROTECT THEM ON THE WEST COAST 

http://www.pewenvironment.org/news-room/other-resources/pew-encourages-timely-adoption-of-west-coast-ocean-ecosystem-plan-85899449551

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

April 24, 2013 - IPS News

 ▶   KRILL SUPER TRAWLERS PUSHING PENGUINS TOWARD EXTINCTION... Penguins are threatened with extinction by climate change and giant fishing trawlers from Europe and Asia stalking the oceans around Antarctica. Penguins are a protected species, but the factory-sized trawlers are vacuuming up the tiny shrimp-like krill that are their main food source. The Southern Ocean is also becoming increasingly acidic from emissions of fossil fuels and will have a significant impact on krill populations. And yet efforts to create two marine protected areas in the Southern Ocean have been blocked by China, Russia and Norway.... http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/04/krill-super-trawlers-pushing-penguins-toward-extinction/

Sydney Morning Herald, October 6, 2013
▶ STRESSED ANTARCTICA KEYSTONE SPECIES, KRILL, IS FIRST SIGN OF DAMAGE:  'We are entering an unknown territory of marine ecosystem change, and exposing organisms to intolerable evolutionary pressure,' http://www.smh.com.au/national/stressed-krill-first-sign-of-damage-20131006-2v26j.html#ixzz2h0GQOmEe

August 23, 2013 TerraDaily
▶ WARMING ANTARCTIC SEAS LIKELY TO IMPACT KRILL HABITATS AND THEIR MAJOR ROLE IN SUSTAINING MUCH OF LIFE IN THE SOUTHERN OCEAN  http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Warming_Antarctic_seas_likely_to_impact_on_krill_habitats_999.html

Grist, November 11, 2014

-▶ FORAGE FISH:  SARDINES HAVE NEARLY DISAPPEARED OFF USA WEST COAST http://grist.org/news/sardines-have-nearly-disappeared-off-west-coast/

                                       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/

 August 28, 2013 Pew Charitable Trusts
▶ MARINE ECOSYSTEM DEPENDS ON THE FATE OF PACIFIC FORAGE FISH http://www.care2.com/causes/marine-ecosystem-depends-on-the-fate-of-pacific-forage-fish.html

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

Lenfest Forage Fish Task Force
▶ FORAGE FISH TWICE AS VALUABLE IN THE WATER AS IN THE NET - Expert Task Force Recommends Halving Global Fishing for Crucial Prey Species http://www.oceanconservationscience.org/foragefish/press/index.html

Climate Progress, November 26, 2013
▶ RAPID PLANKTON DECLINE PUTS OCEAN'S FOOD WEB IN PERIL http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/11/26/2999611/plankton-ocean-food-web/

Aeon, February 18, 2014
-▶ ACID TRAP: EARTH'S OCEANS ARE BEGINNING TO WARM AND TURN ACIDIC, ENDANGERING PLANKTON AND THE ENTIRE MARINE FOOD CHAIN http://aeon.co/magazine/nature-and-cosmos/plankton-the-tiny-sentinels-of-the-deep/

                                                 WATCH

PHYTOPLANKTON: EXCERPT FROM PLANET OCEAN THE MOVIE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeeipUefe8A&list=PLBlJ3A1ic8WfR2nU_bG3ppDscvx_yGKyz

 ▶ OVERFISHING OF SMALL SPECIES CAUSES JELLYFISH CURSE http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Overfishing_of_small_species_causes_jellyfish_curse_999.html

Inquisitr, October 15, 2014
-▶  NOAA'S NEW ORCA IMAGES ARE BOTH STUNNINGLY BEAUTIFUL AND DISTURBING: STARVATION  http://www.inquisitr.com/1541424/noaas-new-orca-images-are-both-stunningly-beautiful-and-disturbing/

-▶ 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

 -▶ HOW THE WORLD'S OCEANS ARE RUNNING OUT OF FISH  http://www.scoop.it/t/our-oceans-need-us/p/2780633722/how-the-world-s-oceans-could-be-running-out-of-fish

EMagazine, July01, 2012
BY THE NUMBERS:  DISAPPEARING FISH -   90%. That’s the staggering amount of forage fish caught globally that are used for non-human activities such as providing fishmeal for aquaculture—fish farms—and agriculture, pigs and chickens. Other uses include fish oil for Omega-3 oils and pet food. Human consumption is limited.  http://www.emagazine.com/magazine/by-the-numbers-disappearing-fish

July 21,  2012

Al Jazeera

-▶ HOW MANY MORE FISH IN THE SEA? http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2012/06/201261462834779767.html

                                                      VIDEO

                NO SUPER TRAWLERS. NOT HERE.  NOT ANYWHERE

                                           http://sco.lt/8Xe9ab

June 5, 2012 McCarthy

-▶ THE POINT OF NO RETURN: RESEARCHERS LEARN HOW FISH POPULATIONS COLLAPSE  http://www.rdmag.com/News/2012/06/General-Science-Researchers-Learn-How-Populations-Collapse/

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

-▶ MAINTAINING HEALTHY, BALANCED MARINE SYSTEMS ARE CRUCIAL FOR SPECIES SURVIVAL  http://www.natuurbericht.nl/?id=9583

 ▶ THE END OF THE LINE - THE FUTURE OF FISH http://sco.lt/6MweXZ

 ▶ TOMORROW'S LIFE-SAVING MEDICATIONS MAY CURRENTLY BE LIVING AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA ... KEEP OUR OCEANS CLEAN AND HEALTHY http://sco.lt/7tJmK1

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

                                                      WATCH

                                                  CNN VIDEO

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

                                  WRECKING THE OCEAN ECOSYSTEM

        OVERFISHING DESTROYING FOOD SOURCE FOR OCEAN SPECIES

                                                 http://sco.lt/5T7ZGj

                                                    AQUACULTURE

                     TAMING THE BLUE FRONTIER.  SHOULD WE?

                 WILD vs FARMED FISH. THE TERRIBLE PRICE WE PAY

                                                   http://sco.lt/6jhIJd

                                                  WATCH

                       EXCEPTIONAL DOCUMENTARY (1:29:00)

                    "PLANET OCEAN" - WHO OWNS THE OCEANS?

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

                     How The Health of The Oceans Are The Pivot

                         For all of Earth's Healthy Eco Systems

                        In Just Over 400 years We have Disrupted

                   4 Billions Years Of Interdependent Ecosystems.

                                                  VIDEO

                        BBC - Future - Science & Environment

                    -▶     "BLUE HEART OF THE PLANET"  

 http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20130129-blue-heart-of-the-planet

                                                        VIDEO: 2:51

                                                Pew Environment

                              www.PewEnvironment.org/PacificFish
               FORAGE FISH KEY TO A HEALTHY OCEAN FOOD WEB
                  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DESuCIunLoU

-▶ ANTARCTIC ICE LOSS HAVING PROFOUND EFFECTS ON OCEAN FLOOR ECOLOGY http://sco.lt/6cuyFF

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

-▶  BILLIONS OF POUNDS OF OIL-BASED PLASTIC IN OUR OCEANS:  IMPACT ON SEA LIFE, YOUR SEAFOOD AND OUR HEALTH http://sco.lt/60XRsP

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

National Geographic:

-▶  HUNDREDS OF CALIFORNIA SEA LION PUPS WASH ASHORE - MALNOURISHED, DEHYDRATED http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/03/130319-sea-lions-pups-strandings-california-animals-science/?now=2013-03-21-00:01

 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/

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

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

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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/

New Scientist, May 08, 2014

-▶  DEADLY STRANDINGS OF THOUSANDS OF STARVING, EMACIATED SEA LION PUPS EXPLAINED http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25532-deadly-strandings-of-sea-lion-pups-explained.html#.U22fosf1_OQ

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/

                                                      WATCH

                                             Pew Environment

           FORAGE FISH ARE KEY TO A HEALTHY OCEAN SYSTEM. 

  LEARN WHY IT'S TIME TO PROTECT THEM ON THE WEST COAST  -

http://www.pewenvironment.org/news-room/other-resources/pew-encourages-timely-adoption-of-west-coast-ocean-ecosystem-plan-85899449551

                                     WHY SARDINES MATTER: 

             CRITICAL ECOSYSTEM FOOD SOURCE IN STEEP DECLINE

                                           http://sco.lt/5I8QOf

                               WRECKING OCEAN ECOSYSTEM

         OVERFISHING DESTROYING FOOD SOURCE FOR OCEAN SPECIES

                                        http://sco.lt/5T7ZGj

-▶  FOOD WEB AND OCEAN FISHERIES: HELD TOGETHER BY FORAGE FISH http://www.speakupforblue.com/ocean-solutions/food-web-and-ocean-fisheries-held-together-by-forage-fish?awt_l=5ImGg&awt_m=3mxmYa2C26cR8Mt

                                                        VIDEO

                                EVEN SHARKS MAKE FRIENDS
                             Discovery News, February 20, 2012
http://news.discovery.com/animals/sharks/blacktip-reef-sharks-122002.htm#mkcpgn=rssnws1

The Independent, November 30, 2014
-▶ THE TRUTH ABOUT SHARKS: Far from being 'killing machines', they have personalities, best friends and an exceptional capacity for learning http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/the-truth-about-sharks-far-from-being-killing-machines-they-have-personalities-best-friends-and-an-exceptional-capacity-for-learning-9887898.html

Deutche Welles, October 28, 2014
-▶ MYTH BUSTED:  SHARKS HAVE PERSONALITY QUIRKS

  http://www.dw.de/myth-busted-sharks-have-personality-quirks/a-18025172

            WHY SAYING SHARK "ATTACKS' IS JUST PLAIN WRONG

                                          http://sco.lt/5iD3ez

-▶  THE SURPRISINGLY SOCIABLE LIVES OF SHARKS http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/news-sharks-have-friends-too

PHOTOS
Oceana, August 11, 2014
THE 10 COOLEST FACTS YOU NEVER KNEW ABOUT SHARKS

http://oceana.org/en/blog/2014/08/photos-the-10-coolest-facts-you-never-knew-about-sharks

TerraDaily, April 16, 2013

-▶  SHARKS DIVE BY THE MOON: STUDY http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Sharks_dive_by_the_moon_study_999.html

VIDEO (1:11) Trailer
SHARK CULTURE
http://youtu.be/uNHGFOPZm44

      SHARKS' ROLE IN THE OCEAN

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

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

 Pew Environment, December 05, 2013
-▶ NEW STUDY: SHARKS OFTEN RETURN HOME TO GIVE BIRTH http://www.pewenvironment.org/news-room/other-resources/new-study-shows-that-sharks-often-return-home-to-give-birth-85899524374

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

-▶  INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT SHARKS http://www.treehugger.com/clean-technology/shark-week-interesting-facts-about-sharks.html

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

-▶  NATIONS CONSIDER PROTECTING SHARKS AS 100 MILLION DIE EACH YEAR -- JUST FOR THEIR FINS http://sco.lt/7wZKNd

                                             STUNNING PHOTOS

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

                                                        WATCH

                   THE GENTLE GIANTS OF THE SEA:   WHALE SHARKS

                                             http://sco.lt/5trNfl

Planet Earth Online, March 16, 2011
-▶  SHARKS VISIT PERSONAL HYGIENISTS http://planetearth.nerc.ac.uk/news/story.aspx?id=935&cookieConsent=A

                                                 SLIDESHOW

                                                Scuba Diving
                    GREAT HAMMERHEADS:  A PHOTO GALLERY http://www.scubadiving.com/photos/great-hammerhead

July 29, 2013 LiveScience
-▶  GREAT WHITE MYSTERY: EXPEDITION TO UNRAVEL SHARK SECRETS http://www.livescience.com/38502-great-white-shark-tagging.html

 Discovery Channel
 -▶  BASKING SHARKS - Overview — Basking sharks may look fearsome, but they are relatively gentle giants that can grow up to 33 feet long. Their size is matched in heft, with many weighing up to 8,000 pounds or about as much as a four-passenger jet. http://dsc.discovery.com/tv-shows/shark-week/types-of-shark/basking-shark.htm

                            SHARK POPULATIONS PLUMMET BY 90%

                                COULD BE EXTINCT IN A FEW YEARS

                                    100 MILLION KILLED A YEAR

                                       JUST FOR THEIR FINS

Fishing rates outstripping the ability of populations to recover, scientists have estimated. Sharks are targeted for their fins for use in shark fin soup, a delicacy in Asia, but as they are slow-growing and slow to reproduce, they are vulnerable to overfishing..  http://www.scoop.it/t/our-oceans-need-us/p/2452651059/100-million-a-year-shark-populations-plummet-by-90-will-be-extinct-in-a-few-years

DW.DE September 27, 2009
-▶  MIGRATORY SHARKS INCH CLOSER TO EXTINCTION http://www.dw.de/migratory-sharks-inch-closer-to-extinction/a-16266288-1?maca=en-rss-en-environment-4553-rdf

                                                     WATCH

                                   Award Winning Short Film

                           WHERE HAVE OUR SHARKS GONE?

                                       http://sco.lt/5snaC1

                                                      WATCH
                                CHANGING SEAS: TIGER SHARKS:

             4 MILLION YEARS IN THE MAKING AND LOSING THEM FAST

                                             http://sco.lt/7WtWF7

                                                   VIDEO (6:30)
                                 SHARKS IN DEEP TROUBLE
              http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uo8K1-BVtNw

                                           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

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

Guardian Environment, July 02, 2014
 -▶  OUR OCEANS WILL BE INFINITELY POORER IF WE LOSE OUR SHARKS http://www.theguardian.com/environment/blog/2014/jul/02/our-oceans-will-be-infinitely-poorer-if-we-lose-our-sharks

                         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

                                 Spiegel Online PHOTO GALLERY
THE JELLIFICATION OF THE SEAS http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/photo-gallery-the-jellification-of-the-seas-fotostrecke-98970.html

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

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

                                                   DEEP END

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

-▶ OCEANS ARE SO DEPLETED SOME WILD FISH STOCKS MAY NEVER RECOVER - CHANGING OCEAN ECOSYSTEMS FOREVER

http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2012/08/31/fish-on-fridays-time-for-new-englands-groundfishery-to-hit-the-reset-button/

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

                                                       VIDEO:

                  DEATH OF THE OCEANS? BBC DAVID ATTENBOROUGH

                                            http://sco.lt/97GRDV

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

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

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

                                                      WATCH

                                                  CNN VIDEO

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

Feb 28, 2013:

The Pacific leatherback braves a transpacific journey that is one of the longest migrations in nature. Experts say its continued existence is imperiled by threats like climate change, plastic pollution, fishing methods, predation and human hunting The leatherback - the world's largest turtle - can grow to six feet long and weigh as much as 2,000 pounds (900 kg).

 be extinct in 20 years."

A study published this week in the Ecological Society of America's scientific journal Ecosphere estimates that only about 500 leatherbacks now nest at their last large nesting site in the Pacific, down from thousands previously. The study tracked the turtle's ongoing population decline since the 1980s.

The giant Pacific leatherback turtle, known for its arduous 6,000-mile ocean trek from the U.S. West Coast to breeding grounds in Indonesia, could go extinct within 20 years as its population continues to plummet, scientists say...

Sea turtles have been around about 100 million years and survived the extinction of the dinosaurs but are struggling to survive the impact of humans," said reproductive biologist Thane Wibbels of the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), a member of a research team studying the fate of these reptiles. "If the decline continues, leatherback turtles will become extinct in the Pacific Ocean within 20 years," Wibbels said.http://planetark.org/wen/68042

As fish populations deplete, jellyfish populations are growing throughout much of the world. The fact that human beings and jellyfish tangle with one another more frequently than in the past is unpleasant for both sides.... http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/photo-gallery-the-jellification-of-the-seas-fotostrecke-98970.html

TerraDaily, March 19, 2013
OVERFISHING OF SMALL SPECIES CAUSES JELLYFISH CURSE http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Overfishing_of_small_species_causes_jellyfish_curse_999.html

Guardian Environment, August 21, 2014
-▶  SPECTACULAR IMAGES OF JELLY FISH IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2013/aug/21/jellyfish-north-atlantic-in-pictures

Oceana, July 24, 2014
-▶  PHOTOS:  A LOOK AT SOME OF THE OCEAN'S MOST BEAUTIFUL TENTACLES http://oceana.org/en/blog/2014/07/photos-a-look-at-some-of-the-ocean-s-most-beautiful-tentacles

A survey of 200 sites in 20 countries around the world has found that bisphenol A, a synthetic compound that mimics estrogen and is linked to developmental disorders, is ubiquitous in Earth's Oceans...

One disturbing possibility is that BPA could bioaccumulate, with animals eating BPA-tainted animals that have eaten BPA-tainted animals, finally reaching high concentrations in top-level ocean predators and the humans who eat them...http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/03/ocean-bpa/

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