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Hold the phone Evaluating seafood choices just became a lot easier	Katy Balatero	03 Oct 2007	Gristmill
Wondering whether the seafood entrée you are about to order at a restaurant is environmentally friendly? Pulling the Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch Card out of your wallet to check it out is so 2006. Enter FishPhone, a text-messaging service provided by the Blue Ocean Institute. Text 30644 on your cell phone with the message "FISH" and the name of the fish in question, and the BOI will get back to you within seconds. The FishPhone website all ...
Topics: oceans, fishing, food (all these topics)

The Thin Bluefin Line Bluefin tuna population in Mediterranean declining, sushi blamed		02 Oct 2007	News
Posted at 6:16 AM on 02 Oct 2007 The population of bluefin tuna in the Mediterranean Sea is plummeting and could be seeing the start of a collapse, warn experts from the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tuna and the World Wildlife Fund. High-end sushi restaurants in Japan fuel demand for premium catches of the fish, which can net some $15,000 each for the biggest and best. Demand, as ...
Topics: fishing, news, oceans, wildlife (all these topics)

This week in ocean news European fisheries 'poor,' island nation Palau rich in corals	Andrew Sharpless	29 Sep 2007	Gristmill
Stakes in the seas are high, but in at least one case, an interest in ocean health can lead to cooperation between unlikely teammates ... ... the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution held an international conference on the possibility of mitigating global warming by seeding the ocean with iron, a controversial procedure which would theoretically boost phytoplankton populations ... ... meanwhile, the scientist behind the theory that the e ...
Topics: oceans, fishing, wildlife, climate (all these topics)

The sea turtle hurdle New study shows turtle populations on the decline	Andrew Sharpless	27 Sep 2007	Gristmill
Loggerhead sea turtle nesting subpopulations in the North Atlantic are on the decline, according to a new study released by the National Marine Fisheries Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The study, a five-year status review for loggerhead sea turtles required by the Endangered Species Act, confirms what Oceana has been telling the federal government all along. If there is to be any real chance for restoring sea turtle populations, the feder ...
Topics: fishing, oceans, wildlife (all these topics)

It's not hot in here, it's just global warming Icy creature populations to deplete as temperatures rise	Andrew Sharpless	25 Sep 2007	Gristmill
Reports are all over the headlines recently of creatures, particularly Arctic and Antarctic marine creatures, being threatened by extinction because the Earth is warming too fast for them or their icy environments to be able to sustain themselves. A colony of Antarctic penguins, for one, could be extinct in as little as eight years, according to one researcher who's been documenting their population since the mid-1970s. Upward of two-thirds of the Arctic polar ...
Topics: fishing, oceans, wildlife (all these topics)

So Much for Slow and Steady Loggerhead turtle populations declining		24 Sep 2007	News
Posted at 9:59 AM on 24 Sep 2007 Loggerhead turtle populations rose in the 1990s but are now falling again, according to a recent federal review. Thanks, commercial fishing! source: Associated Press From the Archives We're Just Going Through a Phaseout. Faster phaseout of ozone-damaging chemicals agreed to by 191 nations. The Long, Hot Summit. U.N. climate summit kicks off in New York; Bush preps for ...
Topics: fishing, news, oceans, wildlife (all these topics)

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 ...
Topics: endangered species, fishing, oceans, water pollution, wildlife (all these topics)

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 ...
Topics: endangered species, fishing, oceans, wildlife (all these topics)

The week in ocean news A round-up of top ocean stories	Andrew Sharpless	10 Sep 2007	Gristmill
A Manhattan-sized iceberg that had broken off a Canadian island came to a rest in a dead-end Arctic Ocean channel, much to the relief of cargo ships and oil rigs, which may have been threatened by the two-billion-ton berg. A family out sailing in Massachusetts spied a mola mola, a bony sun ...
Topics: fishing, oceans, wildlife (all these topics)

Who's watching the watchdog? Harassment reports against fishing observers double	Andrew Sharpless	07 Sep 2007	Gristmill
In just one year, attacks have doubled on government observers contracted to collect catch and bycatch information from commercial fishing fleets. Observers are the only independent source of data we have for tracking catches, monitoring quotas and recording harmful activity. They're contracted under NOAA, an agency within the Department of Commerce that conducts environmental research. But the agency has ceased collecting data on reports of harassment or int ...
Topics: fishing, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, oceans (all these topics)

Everyone loves a happy ending One lucky sea turtle released back into the wild	Andrew Sharpless	05 Sep 2007	Gristmill
Four hooks in the throat and belly, three hooks embedded in the skin, two feet of fishing line in the stomach -- one happy ending for a lucky loggerhead sea turtle. After months of rehabilitation, rescuers in Florida finally released a female sea turtle, estimated between 40 and 50 years of age. She took off quickly, according to witnesses, hopefully never to again to be so hooked and entangled. That's an optimistic point of view. Trouble is all the commercia ...
Topics: fishing, oceans, wildlife (all these topics)

Bring in the Reserves Bush administration expands marine reserves off Southern California		10 Aug 2007	Daily Grist
Bring in the Reserves Bush administration expands marine reserves off Southern California Ending eight years of debate and study, the Bush administration yesterday announced the expansion of a network of marine reserves around Southern California's Channel Islands. The move permanently bans recreational fishing in an area of some 150 square miles; nearly 80 percent of the area remains open to sport and comm ...
Topics: California, fishing, George Bush, news, oceans (all these topics)

Sobering fish story Turning the seas into sterile wastelands	JMG	06 Aug 2007	Gristmill
I don't eat meat, or fish, or, as a friend puts it, anything with a face. (This comes up because in the Midwest, when you tell your host you are a vegetarian, you will be asked, 'What about chicken? Do you eat that?' So you need a quick summary that describes the boundaries of your food weirdness.) Occasionally people will assure me that I should be eating fish for the health benefits. After watching an extraordinary documentary feature called Deep Trouble by the BBC, I'm con ...
Topics: fishing, oceans (all these topics)

It's time to cut the bait Too many boats are fishing for too few fish	Andrew Sharpless	03 Aug 2007	Gristmill
Here's a remarkable fact: Global fishery collapse is financed with tax money. You already know that many nations are failing to enforce the laws that are essential to keeping our oceans healthy and abundant forever. Instead, they are presiding over a global ocean collapse. According to a report in Science, 29 percent of the world's commercial fisheries have already collapsed. This is terrible news for the billion people who turn to the ocean for protein, th ...
Topics: fishing, international politics, oceans, politics (all these topics)

The good news is that we're pulling mercury from the ocean The worst good news/bad news tale ever told	JMG	25 Jul 2007	Gristmill
The bad news is that we're doing it by eating the fish that are eating the concentrated mercury in the food chain, further concentrating it in ... us. Mad as hatters we are! This could also have been titled, "Another reason that coal is the enemy of the human race (or at least those members of it that like to eat)."
Topics: fishing, food, mercury, oceans, toxics (all these topics)

Your media at work The continuing quest to find something, anything to bash Gore with	David Roberts	18 Jul 2007	Gristmill
People magazine reports that Al Gore's daughter Sarah just got married, revealing in the course of the article that Chilean sea bass was served at the rehearsal dinner. In the Daily Telegraph, Australian Humane Society Rebecca Keeble writes that 'only one week after Live Earth, Al Gore's green credentials slipped.' Why? Because Chilean sea bass is endangered. ABC politics columnist Jake Tapper, smelling the kind of vapid, gimmicky story upon which his profession thr ...
Topics: Al Gore, endangered species, fishing, food, oceans (all these topics)

West African fisheries being destroyed Unsustainability in the water	Jon Rynn	18 Jul 2007	Gristmill
Poor African countries have been selling their fishing rights to richer countries for years, and now they can neither catch enough fish for their populations nor protect their fisheries from collapsing. In today's Wall Street Journal (behind a subscriber wall), the grim state of affairs is laid out: Wealthy countries subsidize their commercial fishermen to the tune of about $30 billion a year. Their goal is to keep their fishermen on the water. China, for example, provid ...
Topics: fishing, oceans (all these topics)

Ranger crew encounters jellyfish swarm Overfishing, pollution contribute to exponential rise	Andrew Sharpless	11 Jul 2007	Gristmill
Oceana divers documenting the state of ecological communities in Cabrera Marine Park along the Mediterranean Coast encountered swarms of jellyfish, with numbers in the thousands, 30 miles south of the area. On a seamount some 130 meters from the surface, Oceana's unmanned submarine robot revealed especially high concentrations of these jellies that have wreaked havoc along the Mediterranean in years past. Oceana is working to have the area added to the national p ...
Topics: biodiversity, fishing, oceans, wildlife (all these topics)

Gillnetters get the boot Latest victory protects Pacific sea turtles	Andrew Sharpless	20 Jun 2007	Gristmill
Endangered leatherback sea turtles migrating from an Indonesian beach to feed on jellyfish off the Pacific coast have one less obstacle to overcome. NOAA has denied issuance of the special exempted fishing permit required for gillnet boats to operate in an area of coast stretching from central California to central Oregon, during the time critically endangered leatherback sea turtles are feeding there.Commercial fishing operations kill an estimated 10,000 sea tu ...
Topics: fishing, oceans, wildlife (all these topics)

Frozen in their footprints North Pacific Fishery Management Council protects seafloor habitat areas in Bering Sea	Andrew Sharpless	15 Jun 2007	Gristmill
It's official -- and unanimous. The North Pacific Fishery Management Council voted to ban bottom trawling of some 180,000 square miles of previously unexploited ocean floor in the Bering Sea, particularly in the North. The area is home to 26 species of marine mammals, including whales and walruses, as well as 450 species of fish and million of seabirds that flock to the region from all seven continents. This is a great victory for the oceans and Oceana, too, sinc ...
Topics: biodiversity, fishing, habitat loss, oceans (all these topics)

Oceana: talk of the town Company presentation offers glimpse of life on the other side	Andrew Sharpless	05 Jun 2007	Gristmill
Have you ever wanted to be a fly on the wall at a top-level corporate meeting just to see what really goes on behind closed doors? Consider this nifty PowerPoint presentation your ticket in. It turns out chlorine companies talk about Oceana in their meetings as much as Oceana talks about them. The Chlorine Institute held a meeting a few months back where one of the companies gave a formal presentation about being 'In the 'Crosshairs' of an Environmental NGO.' ...
Topics: business, fishing, oceans, toxics, water crisis (all these topics)

News travels fast Incident on the Mediterranean makes rounds on U.S. news	Andrew Sharpless	01 Jun 2007	Gristmill
Last week we broke the story about French fishermen coordinating an attack on Oceana's research vessel, Ranger, in an attempt to get their hands on the pictures our crew has been taking of them using illegal driftnets. Now everyone's talking about it, including our friends at NPR. They aired a segment on the confrontation on their top radio show, 'All Things Considered.' And footage of the assault is racking up hits on YouTube. Remember, you heard it here firs ...
Topics: fishing, oceans (all these topics)

But don't take my word for it ... Top scientists appeal to WTO	Andrew Sharpless	01 Jun 2007	Gristmill
The other day I told you how there's a good chance we could see an end to commercial overfishing subsidies through WTO negotiations. And my organization is not alone in making the case to the World Trade Organization. At least 125 scientists from 27 countries feel the same way and sent a letter to the WTO making it clear that 'an ambitious outcome in the ongoing WTO fisheries subsidies negotiations is vital to the future of the world's fisheries.'The scientists who ...
Topics: fishing, international politics, oceans, World Trade Organization (all these topics)

Just Say Noh Forty nations condemn Japan's 'scientific' whale hunt		31 May 2007	Daily Grist
Just Say Noh Forty nations condemn Japan's "scientific" whale hunt The International Whaling Commission has been meeting in Anchorage this week, and as always, Japan is making a splash. Yesterday saw fierce debate over a resolution condemning that country's "scientific hunt," in which it's allowed to kill about 1,000 Antarctic whales. The resolution, sponsored ...
Topics: fishing, international politics, Japan, news, oceans, politics, whaling (all these topics)

Fishing subsidies stink WTO talks could end fishing subsidies	Andrew Sharpless	30 May 2007	Gristmill
Most ocean conservationists are on pins and needles in anticipation of the results of this week's International Whaling Commission (IWC) meeting. But I'm also thinking about another three-letter acronym and how much good may be coming out of it. W-T-O. That's right, the World Trade Organization. In Geneva (and at the current Doha round) there's serious talk of cutting government subsidies for commercial fishing -- the fundamental driver for the unsustainable expl ...
Topics: fishing, international politics, oceans (all these topics)

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