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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)

Something Fishy: Knitting for dolphins Get to stitchin', bitchez	Sarah van Schagen	02 Mar 2007	Gristmill
Yo-ho-ho me fellow lovers of the briny deep. I realized just recently that me li'l column be runnin' for a whole year now. Remember that first arrrr-ticle? With the joking about poop decks and the promise to shiver ye timbers? (And speaking of that, we should get together soon, matey ...) How the time flies when ye be drinking rum! But that be enough reminiscing for now. Let's move on to more recent headlines, like, oh, say, "Navy may deploy anti-terrorism ...
Topics: oceans, wildlife (all these topics)

Something Fishy: Smack is wack Overfishing, global warming causing increases in jellyfish populations	Sarah van Schagen	27 Sep 2006	Gristmill
Ahoy, me hearties! Me hopes ye've now recovered from Talk Like a Pirate Day. Turned out to be a jolly good time here at Grist HQ aboard me ship -- a good lot of pirate jokes and a few noggins o' rum and me timbers were shivered, if ye know what I mean. Well, this week mateys, me post was inspired by the maritime adventures of a coworker shipmate during his travels in Cabo. Apparently, after a dip in the refreshing waters, his partner started to develop a large wel ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, oceans, wildlife (all these topics)

Something Fishy: Manatee migration Florida manatee found in waters off Cape Cod	Sarah van Schagen	31 Aug 2006	Gristmill
Ahoy me hearties! 'Tis I, back again from the briny deep. Me spyglass has been focused lately on Florida's favorite aquatic mammal: Shamu the manatee. Seems at least one of the slow-moving 'sea cows,' which usually make their home off the Florida coast, has traveled all the way up to Cape Cod. Another manatee (or perhaps the same one) was spotted in the Hudson River two weeks ago. Says one wildlife biologist, 'It's, to our knowledge, the northernmost sighting of ...
Topics: oceans, wildlife (all these topics)

Something Fishy: An interview with film director Alan De Herrera The documentary filmmaker talks about his film on California sea lions	Sarah van Schagen	17 Aug 2006	Gristmill
Avast, mateys! 'Tis been too long since me last post. The good ship Something Fishy, she been a'travelin' far and wide to find ye the juiciest sea-worthy stories yet untold. This week, I introduce you to Alan De Herrera, a documentary filmmaker whose latest work, Sea Lions: An Unforgettable Encounter, delves deep into the lives of California sea lions. Circus veterans for more than a century, California sea lions are entertaining animals, and as a result, are on ...
Topics: interview, movies, oceans, wildlife (all these topics)

Virtual fish	Chris Schults	08 Jun 2006	Gristmill
Seeing how it is World Ocean Day (and being the geek that I am), I'd like to follow up my virtual ecology post with this: virtual schools of fish. While real-world fish need to worry about climate change, toxic runoff, and what have you, virtual fish run the risk of 'swimming off world.' (Would that be like the dolphins in A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy?)
Topics: oceans, wildlife (all these topics)

Something Fishy: Hooked on toothfish and turtles A new book reveals the truth about Chilean sea bass	Sarah van Schagen	23 May 2006	Gristmill
Ahoy, mateys! Methinks you landlubbers will enjoy this here installment of Something Fishy, as I bring news of a book hitting the shelves this month -- about pirates! That's right, me hearties, it's called Hooked: Pirates, Poaching, and the Perfect Fish, and the 'perfect fish' in question is the Patagonian toothfish (better known to seafoodies as Chilean Sea Bass). As described in press materials, Hooked is an adventure story about toothfish poachers caught in one ...
Topics: oceans, wildlife, fishing (all these topics)

Something Fishy: Whale of a tale Marine mammals face myriad dangers thanks to humans	Sarah van Schagen	10 May 2006	Gristmill
Yo-ho-ho mateys! Today we celebrate the many ways man has pillaged marooned fked over plank-walked marine mammals everywhere.Off Hawaii, boats have hit a record number of humpback whales (go team human! high score, baby!), including some of the 1,000-or-so calves born this year. Though some say the increase in 'hits' is due to a growing population of the endangered whale [happy face here], I ask, what about the growing population of whale-watchers, which now tota ...**
Topics: endangered species, oceans, wildlife (all these topics)

Something Fishy: Nursing Australia's sharks A new breeding program aims to revive the gray nurse shark	Sarah van Schagen	12 Apr 2006	Gristmill
Ahoy once again, me faithful readers! 'Tis been too long since our last voyage, and some interesting goings-on have passed me harbor in the meantime. First, I share some grave news for me fellow pirates -- that happens to be good news for me fellow greens: Greenpeace has been a'pirate huntin' off West Africa! I'd suggest they walk the plank for that, had I not seen this bit here: 'Pirate fishing is a global threat to the oceans and those who depend on them.' Well, ...
Topics: fishing, oceans, wildlife (all these topics)

King of the Ill Orcas top polar bears as most toxic Arctic mammals		12 Dec 2005	Daily Grist
King of the Ill Orcas top polar bears as most toxic Arctic mammals Orcas have officially surpassed polar bears as most toxic mammal in the Arctic. Wo0t! Researchers tested blubber samples and found them permeated with pesticides, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) -- highly persistent toxic chemicals also found in the breast milk of Inuit mothers -- and a flame retardant linked to nervous and reproductive disorders. ...
Topics: Arctic, news, oceans, toxics, wildlife (all these topics)

Gulf Toast Woods, wetlands, and marine ecosystems hit hard by storm, pollution		21 Sep 2005	Daily Grist
Gulf Toast Woods, wetlands, and marine ecosystems hit hard by storm, pollution The Gulf Coast's estuaries, wetlands, and cypress swamps are hurting in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. The storm damaged 25 national wildlife refuges, and recovery costs are expected to be at least $93 million -- about a quarter of the federal refuge budget. In Mississippi's Noxubee refuge, pine trees crucial ...
Topics: Louisiana, Mississippi, news, oceans, toxics, wetlands, wildlife (all these topics)

Where's Horton When You Need Him? Natural disasters boon, bust for marine animals		10 Jan 2005	Daily Grist
Where's Horton When You Need Him? Natural disasters boon, bust for marine animals The latest in grim tsunami news comes via Sri Lankan sea-turtle researcher Kithsiri Kannangara, whose turtle hatchery was completely wiped out by the enormous waves, which have produced more tragedies than the ancient Greeks. In addition to a large leatherback turtle, seven rare green turtles, and some $500,000 worth of equipment, Kannangara lost 20,0 ...
Topics: Asia, oceans, wildlife (all these topics)

Last Resort A new resort complex threatens a Japanese paradise	Jeff Shaw	29 Sep 2004	Main Dish
The elusive and endangered yamaneko. Photo: Makoto Yokotsuka. The Iriomote cat is a survivor. For centuries, it employed the surest survival technique of all -- avoiding humans -- before being scientifically described for the first time in 1967 by Dr. Yoshimori Imaizumi of Tokyo's National Science Museum. Its home, Iriomote Island, is one of the southernmost points in Japan. Located more than 1,200 miles ...
Topics: Japan, oceans, wildlife (all these topics)

Bleeding Between the Lines Longline Fishing Takes Heavy Toll on Turtles		13 Feb 2004	Daily Grist
Bleeding Between the Lines Longline Fishing Takes Heavy Toll on Turtles Yesterday we wrote about longline fishing wiping out large numbers of albatrosses; today, there's news that the fishing technique is messing with another charismatic critter -- the sea turtle. "In the year 2000, longline fishermen from 40 nations set at least 1.4 billion hooks on longlines that average about 40 miles long ...
Topics: marine life, oceans, Pacific Ocean, Washington, wildlife (all these topics)

Ballast Off! Invasive Species in Ballast Water Messing With World's Oceans		11 Feb 2004	Daily Grist
Ballast Off! Invasive Species in Ballast Water Messing With World's Oceans Ships that carry ballast water -- used to balance and stabilize the vessels -- also carry thousands of aquatic species across the globe to foreign habitats, where they can have environmentally catastrophic effects. Recognizing this as one of the top four environmental problems facing the world's oceans (al ...
Topics: globalization, marine life, oceans, placemaking, United Nations, wildlife (all these topics)

20,000 Toxins Under the Sea Ocean Mammals Getting Pummeled by Pollution		27 Jan 2004	Daily Grist
20,000 Toxins Under the Sea Ocean Mammals Getting Pummeled by Pollution New research indicates that human-made toxins have infiltrated deep and remote parts of the ocean. The Ocean Alliance, a Massachusetts-based research organization, has found troubling levels of DDT, PCBs, and other contaminants in the blubber of sperm whales. Scienti ...
Topics: Australia, marine life, oceans, pollution and waste, toxics, United States, water bodies and marine life, wildlife (all these topics)

The Few, the Proud, the Exempt Defense Bill Will Exempt Military from Species-Protection Laws		24 Nov 2003	Daily Grist
The Few, the Proud, the Exempt Defense Bill Will Exempt Military from Species-Protection Laws The U.S. military may be having trouble achieving its goals in Iraq, but at least it's getting what it wants on Capitol Hill: exemptions from key environmental laws. President Bush today is scheduled to sign a $401 billion defense authori ...
Topics: air pollution, Department of Defense, marine life, oceans, politics, pollution and waste, US Military, US Navy, wildlife (all these topics)

Slope on a Rope Bush Administration Opens Alaskan Land to Drilling		21 Nov 2003	Daily Grist
Slope on a Rope Bush Administration Opens Alaskan Land to Drilling Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge isn't on the oil-and-gas chopping block under the terms of the current behemoth energy bill, but the rest of the state isn't quite as lucky: The Bush administration will announce today that it plans to open 8.8 million acres of Ala ...
Topics: Alaska, Bureau of Land Management, Department of Interior, energy, mining and drilling, oceans, politics, wildlife (all these topics)

The Coast in the Machine Bush Pushes for Offshore Oil Drilling in Alaska		15 Sep 2003	Daily Grist
The Coast in the Machine Bush Pushes for Offshore Oil Drilling in Alaska The Bush administration is moving aggressively to open Alaska's coastal waters to oil exploration -- a campaign that is not getting nearly as much public scrutiny as efforts to drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The administration plans to offer eight oil and gas lea ...
Topics: Alaska, commercial and industry organizations, energy, mining and drilling, oceans, politics, wildlife (all these topics)

Read Between the Pipelines Huge Energy Project on Russian Island Could Wreak Environmental Havoc		26 Aug 2003	Daily Grist
Read Between the Pipelines Huge Energy Project on Russian Island Could Wreak Environmental Havoc Conservationists are warning that plans to build the world's largest energy project -- a massive pipeline and three oil-drilling platforms on and around the Russian island of Sakhalin, just north of Japan -- could mean environmental disaster. T ...
Topics: commercial and industry organizations, mining and drilling, oceans, Russia, water bodies and marine life, wildlife (all these topics)

Calling in the Reserves		21 Jan 2003	Daily Grist
Calling in the Reserves The debate over oil and gas drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge has been in the limelight a lot lately -- but what about energy exploitation in the rest of the state? On Friday, the Bush administration released a report on the likely environmental impact of new dril ...
Topics: Alaska, Department of Interior, energy, marine life, mining and drilling, oceans, politics, US Geological Survey, US Navy, wilderness, wildlife (all these topics)

Polar Bear Market		10 Jan 2003	Daily Grist
Polar Bear Market The polar bear -- that pinnacle of megafauna adulation -- could disappear from the planet this century as a result of global warming, according to a top scientist. The Arctic-dwelling animal, which is the world's largest land predator, is thought to be particularly susceptible to climate change because it relies on floating sea ice to catch seals and hitch lifts from feeding grounds back to denning area ...
Topics: Arctic, climate, oceans, wildlife (all these topics)

Tuna Sandwiched		09 Jan 2003	Daily Grist
Tuna Sandwiched Two former government scientists say their superiors shot down years' worth of research on the effects of tuna fishing on dolphin populations because the findings clashed with the policy aims of the Clinton and Bush administrations. Separate research conducted by Albert Myrick and Sarka Southern indicated that dolphins are exposed to dangerous levels of stress by the practice ...
Topics: food and agriculture, marine life, oceans, politics, wildlife (all these topics)

Like Padre, Like Son		22 Nov 2002	Daily Grist
Like Padre, Like Son With no public announcement, the Bush administration has given the go-ahead to two new natural gas wells in the Padre Island National Seashore, which boasts the nation's longest stretch of undeveloped beach and 11 endangered species. Oil and gas drilling have occurred in the Texas park before, but the rate of drilling dropped sharply in th ...
Topics: energy, mining and drilling, national parks, oceans, politics, Sierra Club, Texas, wildlife (all these topics)

Mickey Mao's		22 Feb 2002	Daily Grist
Mickey Mao's It might be the Magic Kingdom, but sometimes it has to face reality: That's the message of an environmental study released today on a future Disney theme park in Hong Kong. Environmentalists have attacked the $1.8 billion project as an ecological nightmare, and now the report seconds the opinion. The park is slated to be built in Penny's B ...
Topics: Asia, business, food and agriculture, Hong Kong, marine life, oceans, pollution and waste, wildlife (all these topics)

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