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Our Jaws Are Dropping
Some shark populations in Mediterranean have collapsed, study finds |
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12 Jun 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 5:39 AM on 12 Jun 2008 Populations of five shark species in the Mediterranean Sea have declined by an average of 97 percent in the last 200 years, principally due to fishing, according to a new study to be published in the journal Conservation Biology. Researchers combed historical records and collected other data to piece together the long-term population trend of the blue shark, thresher shark, ... |
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| Topics: endangered species, fishing, news, oceans, wildlife (all these topics) |
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This week in ocean news
Sonar gets presidential pardon, seas more violent |
Andrew Sharpless |
19 Jan 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Citing national security, President Bush exempted the U.S. Navy from a judge's order to cease sonar use in areas frequented by marine mammals ... ... the National Marine Fisheries Service said that the Atlantic white marlin did not meet requirements to be included on the Endangered Species List ... ... a report by the U.K. Marine Climate Change Impacts Partnership found that seas around the U.K. were becoming more violent, thanks to rising water levels a ... |
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| Topics: endangered species, fishing, oceans, wildlife (all these topics) |
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More bluefin blues
Commission on bluefin conservation comes up empty again |
Erik Hoffner |
27 Nov 2007 |
Gristmill |
| The following is a guest essay from Carl Safina, the oceans' most articulate defender and director of the Orion Grassroots Network member group Blue Ocean Institute. His books include Song for the Blue Ocean, Eye of the Albatross, and Voyage of the Turtle. His blog also is a must-read. ----- The story goes like this: It's one of the largest, fastest, most gorgeous fish in the sea. Unfortunately, its extraordinary warm-bloodedness makes its muscle del ... |
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| Topics: endangered species, fishing, oceans, wildlife (all these topics) |
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Illegal sea slugs and undersea webcams
This week in ocean news |
Andrew Sharpless |
21 Sep 2007 |
Gristmill |
| the European Union closed the bluefin tuna fishing season in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean, calling the stocks 'exhausted' ... a developer proposed dredging up 2.6 million cubic yards of sand from the ocean floor in order to build an artificial beach in Nantucket. The developer will replace the 105 acres of seabed habitat with 28,000 concrete railroad ties over 60 acres ... A New York coastal manager told the state government that its 3,200 miles o ... |
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| Topics: endangered species, fishing, oceans, water pollution, wildlife (all these topics) |
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Boiling lakes and misguided supermodels
This week in ocean news |
Andrew Sharpless |
14 Sep 2007 |
Gristmill |
| the U.S. Geological Survey announced that the polar bear population could plummet to one-third of its current level by mid-century because Arctic ice is receding faster than predicted ... a new 350-foot super-ferry designed to go 40 mph between Hawaiian islands concerned scientists, who thought it would collide with whales and dolphins despite new cetacean-avoiding technology ... new DNA studies sugg ... |
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| Topics: endangered species, fishing, oceans, wildlife (all these topics) |
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The Dream of the Black-and-Blue Turtles
Sea turtle activists are pushing for protections in Texas |
Dan Oko |
25 Aug 2000 |
Main Dish |
| They may be swimming against the current, but sea turtle advocates say they want Gov. George W. Bush (R) to show a little of his fabled compassion for the endangered reptiles that frequent the Gulf of Mexico along the Texas coast. The New York Times ad. Image: STRP. As the GOP presidential hopeful prepared to accept his party's nomination earlier this month, the San Francisco- ... |
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| Topics: endangered species, fishing, grassroots activism, oceans, Texas, wildlife (all these topics) |
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