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Must Not Be Any Oil There Bush creates world's largest marine protected area		16 Jun 2006	Daily Grist
Must Not Be Any Oil There Bush creates world's largest marine protected area Well, slap our ass and call us Sally: George W. Bush, the prez formerly known as the earth's worst enemy, created the largest protected marine area in the world yesterday when he designated the 1,200-mile-long Northwestern Hawaiian Islands chain and surrounding waters as a national monument. The region is home to some 7,000 marine species, at le ...
Topics: George Bush, Hawaii, news, oceans (all these topics)

Safe in Sound Puget Sound orcas gain more protection; Florida manatees downlisted to threatened		12 Jun 2006	Daily Grist
Safe in Sound Puget Sound orcas gain more protection; Florida manatees downlisted to threatened Ninety endangered orcas in the Northwest may soon swim easier, as the National Marine Fisheries Service proposed Friday to designate nearly the entire Puget Sound -- about 2,500 square miles of water -- critical orca habitat. The usual suspects took the usual sides: developers o ...
Topics: Florida, marine life, National Marine Fisheries Service, news, Northwest, oceans (all these topics)

Virtual fish	Chris Schults	08 Jun 2006	Gristmill

Topics: oceans, wildlife (all these topics)

Something Fishy: World Ocean Day Celebrate the oceans by learning what you can do to help protect them	Sarah van Schagen	08 Jun 2006	Gristmill

Topics: oceans (all these topics)

Kelp, I Need Somebody It's World Ocean Day, and the watery deep could use some help		08 Jun 2006	Daily Grist

Topics: marine life, oceans (all these topics)

The Turn of the Drew Drew Weiner, reef-protection crusader, answers readers' questions		02 Jun 2006	InterActivist
Drew Weiner, Reef Protection International. Does Reef Protection International have a position on keeping corals and invertebrates as aquarium pets? -- Linus C., Washington, D.C. RPI supports responsible fish/reef keeping. We believe that having a home aquarium provides people, especially children, with a great opportunity to learn about marine science and fish behavior. In addition, it is the e ...
Topics: environmental non-government organizations, InterActivist, interview, marine life, oceans (all these topics)

A Bid for a Whale, and It's About to Set Sail Japan may have enough votes to set stage for repeal of whaling ban		31 May 2006	Daily Grist
A Bid for a Whale, and It's About to Set Sail Japan may have enough votes to set stage for repeal of whaling ban The end of the 20-year-old global commercial-whaling ban is a looming possibility, as pro-whaling Japan may have garnered enough allies to win control of the 66-member International Whaling Commission. The IWC's pro-whaling contingent now numbers about 35 countries, including some ...
Topics: International Whaling Commission, Japan, news, oceans, whaling (all these topics)

It's the End of the World as We Blow It Ecosystems don't like hurricanes any more than we do		30 May 2006	Daily Grist
It's the End of the World as We Blow It Ecosystems don't like hurricanes any more than we do With hurricane season approaching, scientists are voicing worries about the ability of coastal ecosystems to recover from repeated storms. Some 118 square miles of coastal wetlands were lost to Hurricane Katrina, and the Gulf Coast is vulnerable to more loss, as many islands that had acted as storm barriers are fragmented ...
Topics: land degradation, news, oceans, wetlands (all these topics)

Swimming With the Fishes Drew Weiner, reef-protection crusader, answers Grist's questions		29 May 2006	InterActivist
Drew Weiner. With what environmental organization are you affiliated? I'm the director of Reef Protection International. What does your organization do? RPI contributes to coral-reef conservation by educating the public about the marine aquarium trade and helping consumers make responsible, "reef-safe" buying choices. Coral reefs are in crisis due to warming seas, pollution, and overfi ...
Topics: environmental non-government organizations, InterActivist, interview, marine life, oceans (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

Topics: fishing, oceans, wildlife (all these topics)

Something Fishy: Whale of a tale Marine mammals face myriad dangers thanks to humans	Sarah van Schagen	10 May 2006	Gristmill

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

Curses, Fideled Again U.S. lawmakers see offshore drilling near Cuba and feel left out		09 May 2006	Daily Grist
Curses, Fideled Again U.S. lawmakers see offshore drilling near Cuba and feel left out The U.S. has a years-old ban against offshore drilling in the Florida Straits, but it looks like the area might get drilled anyway -- by Cuba. The island country has rights to resources in half of the straits under a 1977 agreement, which President Bush renewed for two years in December. Inste ...
Topics: China, Cuba, Florida, India, mining and drilling, news, oceans, politics (all these topics)

Something Fishy: Ay Caribbean! Warmer waters, disease causing major reef die-off	Sarah van Schagen	03 May 2006	Gristmill

Topics: oceans (all these topics)

You Darwin Some, You Lose Some One coral species found able to adapt to warmer waters; others screwed		27 Apr 2006	Daily Grist
You Darwin Some, You Lose Some One coral species found able to adapt to warmer waters; others screwed Last year, unusually warm Caribbean waters killed some 40 percent of the coral around the U.S. Virgin Islands and weakened much of the rest. This year, wouldn't you know it, the waters are warming again. "It's impossible to overstate how important this is," says biologist Caroline Rogers. High ...
Topics: Caribbean, Hawaii, news, oceans, US Virgin Islands (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

Topics: fishing, oceans, wildlife (all these topics)

Life's a Bleach and Then You Die Caribbean coral reefs hammered by bleaching, disease		11 Apr 2006	Daily Grist
Life's a Bleach and Then You Die Caribbean coral reefs hammered by bleaching, disease It hasn't been a good year for coral. Last summer, reefs from Panama to the Virgin Islands suffered bleaching; now coral in the Caribbean, some of it centuries old, is being attacked by deadly diseases. The whole grim sequence can be traced back to unusually high Caribbean ocean temperatures last summer, which caused the coral to freak out and exp ...
Topics: Caribbean, news, oceans (all these topics)

Dirk in a Full Nelson Debate over offshore drilling may hold up Kempthorne's confirmation		10 Apr 2006	Daily Grist
Dirk in a Full Nelson Debate over offshore drilling may hold up Kempthorne's confirmation A Bush administration plan to open 2 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico to oil and gas drilling has created rifts in Congress and may hold up Dirk Kempthorne's confirmation as interior secretary. The sentimentally named "Area 181," south of Pensacola, Fla., is estimated to have resource c ...
Topics: Department of Interior, Florida, mining and drilling, news, oceans (all these topics)

Is FishScam.com a scam?	Chris Schults	08 Apr 2006	Gristmill

Topics: food, mercury, oceans, toxics (all these topics)

A Cure for What Whales Ya Five major food firms dump shares in whaling operator		05 Apr 2006	Daily Grist
A Cure for What Whales Ya Five major food firms dump shares in whaling operator The Gorton's fisherman is going cold turkey on whale meat. Five major food companies, including Japanese seafood giant Nissui -- the owner of Gorton's -- announced that they are ending support for Japanese whaling by dumping their one-third share in Kyodo Senpaku, the largest operator of whaling ships in ...
Topics: commercial and industry organizations, Greenpeace, Japan, news, oceans (all these topics)

The Missing Minke Japanese, Norwegians, and Icelanders spout off in favor of whaling	Colin Woodard	04 Apr 2006	Main Dish
If you're into eating whales, Kouji Shingru's shop is the place for you. Located on a pedestrian-only street in Tokyo's bustling Asakusa neighborhood, Shingru's compact establishment has it all: deep red whale steaks and fillets in vacuum-sealed packages, cured whale on a stick, snack-sized bags of whale jerky, and a wide selection of canned whale morsels packed in brown sauce. A ...
Topics: Iceland, Japan, Norway, oceans, whaling (all these topics)

Oceans Delve On measuring ocean temperatures	Umbra Fisk	27 Mar 2006	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, I've been hearing about rising ocean temperatures more and more. My question is, what are the criteria for measuring the temperature of the ocean? Wouldn't probe location, probe depth, water depth, prevailing current, time of day, and ambient temperature all potentially affect the result? Have the criteria remained constant for the recorded history? Douglas Seattle, Wash. Dearest Douglas, I became riveted with t ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, climate, oceans (all these topics)

Yeah, Right, and Greenland Is Melting Study confirms that rising ocean temps mean more intense hurricanes		20 Mar 2006	Daily Grist
Yeah, Right, and Greenland Is Melting Study confirms that rising ocean temps mean more intense hurricanes A major new study in Science confirms the findings of previous studies: rising ocean temperatures are the primary factor behind stronger, more intense hurricanes in the last few decades. Since 1970, global sea-surface temperatures have risen by 1 degree Fahrenheit, while the yearly number of Category 4 or 5 hurricanes has doubled ...
Topics: climate, news, oceans (all these topics)

Something Fishy: Fish and RIPs Tips on seafood consumption from a seafaring wench	Sarah van Schagen	09 Mar 2006	Gristmill

Topics: aquaculture, fishing, food, health, mercury, oceans (all these topics)

Florida, Come and Rock the Offshore Shot Congress and Bush admin push to open offshore areas to drilling		03 Mar 2006	Daily Grist

Topics: California, energy, Florida, mining and drilling, natural gas, oceans, oil, politics (all these topics)

Something Fishy: Buried treasure Discover new species in the Caribbean, a new reef off Thailand, and an ocean-centric MoJo issue	Sarah van Schagen	22 Feb 2006	Gristmill

Topics: biodiversity, fishing, oceans (all these topics)

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