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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)

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
Ahoy there, buccaneers. 'Tis I, returned from the briny depths for another fishy update. And this one's a sad tale, me hearties, for anyone who's ever appreciated the beauty of a coral reef. Even ye landlubbers out there may know what I mean, what with all your fancy 'snorkel gear' -- me, I wouldn't be caught dead in a get-up involving the word snork, but you lot seem to enjoy it. And I enjoy the pointin' and laughin' from atop me crow's nest. Arrrr!But I digress. ...
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
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)

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
I was reading the April 10th edition of The New Yorker this morning (for the cartoons, I'll admit). As I was flipping through the pages searching for the next illustration, I came across this full page ad that featured a message that caught me completely off guard. The smaller text reads as follows: Environmental scares about trace amounts of mercury in fish rely on a study of island natives who eat huge amounts of whale meat. However, scientists who study heavy ...
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
Ahoy there, fellow poop-deckers! I hope the fair seas have treated ye well since me last arrrr-ticle. This one, dear mateys, will focus on grub -- that's food to you landlubbers -- specifically seafood. There's been much to-do lately on mercury advisories and the safety of sushi, so how's a seadog to know what's safe to eat, what's caught (or farmed) sustainably, and what's not? But before I delve into the murky waters of seafood safety, I've a message for any bilg ...
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
Ahoy, mateys! Welcome aboard the good ship Something Fishy, a biweekly blog column focused on all things, um, fishy, and oceanic, and marine biological, and whatnot. It's sure to shiver your timbers ... if you know what I mean. (Should I have stopped at 'ahoy'? Methinks the eye patch is on a bit tight. Aarrr!) Pirate lingo aside (for now ... there may be mention of a 'poop deck' later on), this first column will focus on the theme of buried treasure -- from new s ...
Topics: biodiversity, fishing, oceans (all these topics)

Aw, Mom, Not Whaleloaf Again! Japanese government trying to unload surplus whale meat		13 Feb 2006	Daily Grist
Aw, Mom, Not Whaleloaf Again! Japanese government trying to unload surplus whale meat Japan's "research" whaling has led to a market glutted with whale meat. Burdened by 2,700 tons of whale heading for freezer burn, the Japanese government has launched a campaign to overcome an increasingly common sentiment: "To put it simply," says one Japanese diner, "whale meat tastes horrible." The government has issue ...
Topics: Japan, news, oceans (all these topics)

What Doesn't Krill Me Makes Me Stronger Smaller number of gray whales migrating south to breed, says researcher		13 Feb 2006	Daily Grist
What Doesn't Krill Me Makes Me Stronger Smaller number of gray whales migrating south to breed, says researcher Fewer gray whales are migrating from North Pacific feeding grounds to warm Mexican lagoons to breed this year. British whale researcher William Megill says only 90 whales made it to the San Ignacio lagoon on Mexico's Baja Peninsula by February -- down about 50 percent from the same time last year. Scientists have noted an ab ...
Topics: Mexico, news, oceans (all these topics)

Derrick Cheater Bush admin proposes drilling off Florida, Virginia, Alaska coasts		09 Feb 2006	Daily Grist
Derrick Cheater Bush admin proposes drilling off Florida, Virginia, Alaska coasts When President Bush said "America is addicted to oil," we thought ... wait, did we say this already? Yesterday, the administration proposed new oil and gas drilling off the coasts of Florida, Virginia, and Alaska -- including areas covered by a long-standing moratorium on offsh ...
Topics: Alaska, Department of Interior, Florida, mining and drilling, news, oceans, Virginia (all these topics)

Wait, We Thought He Was a C Student Bush, Congress get D+ on ocean protection efforts		06 Feb 2006	Daily Grist
Wait, We Thought He Was a C Student Bush, Congress get D+ on ocean protection efforts Ocean advocates are urging the Bush administration to wake up and smell the marine decay. The Joint Ocean Commission -- a collaboration of two expert panels -- has given the U.S. a D+ for efforts to reverse the deterioration of the world's oceans, and warned that this failure of federal will is putting the American economy at serious risk. Former e ...
Topics: news, oceans, politics (all these topics)

At Least the City's Back Up and ... Oh Gulf Coast ecosystems slow to bounce back after hurricanes		30 Jan 2006	Daily Grist
At Least the City's Back Up and ... Oh Gulf Coast ecosystems slow to bounce back after hurricanes Gulf Coast ecosystems are struggling to rebound from last year's record hurricane season. Hurricanes Rita and Katrina destroyed over 100 square miles of wetlands in Louisiana alone. They spread salt water inland and killed many plants, including marsh grasses along the Louisiana coast, popular chow for wild d ...
Topics: land degradation, Louisiana, news, oceans, Texas (all these topics)

A Whale of a Door Prize Greenpeace dumps dead whale at Japanese embassy		20 Jan 2006	Daily Grist
A Whale of a Door Prize Greenpeace dumps dead whale at Japanese embassy Greenpeace, ever masters of artful subtlety, dumped a big ol' dead whale on the doorstep of the Japanese embassy in Berlin yesterday. Here we pause a moment to let you savor the mental image ... ahh. The whale dump was a protest against Japan's ongoing hunt for minke and fin whales in the Southern Ocean, allegedly in the name of research. Two Greenpeac ...
Topics: Greenpeace, Japan, news, oceans (all these topics)

Sonar, and Thanks for All the Fish References to naval sonar cut from report on mass whale stranding		20 Jan 2006	Daily Grist
Sonar, and Thanks for All the Fish References to naval sonar cut from report on mass whale stranding Sonar who? A federal government report on the stranding of 37 whales on North Carolina's Outer Banks last year conspicuously fails to mention the possible influence of naval sonar. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration investigator Teri Rowles says that although she initially su ...
Topics: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, news, NRDC, oceans (all these topics)

Walk the plankton Global warming could wipe out the bottom of the food chain.	Sarah K. Burkhalter	19 Jan 2006	Gristmill
When you woke up this morning, did you thank [God, your lucky stars, the Big Bang] for plankton? If you didn't, consider adding it to your daily routine. Sure plankton are teeny-tiny and look like scary aliens, but they're also moderately important, in that sustaining-life sort of way. Sadly, global warming could kill them off. The Independent wins my nomination for 'Most Sinister Opening Paragraph o' the Day': The microscopic plants that underpin all life in ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, oceans (all these topics)

Been There, Bumped That Whaling and protest ships collide in Antarctic waters		10 Jan 2006	Daily Grist
Been There, Bumped That Whaling and protest ships collide in Antarctic waters Japanese officials are claiming that a Greenpeace ship intentionally hit a whaling ship in the Southern Ocean on Sunday. But crewmembers of the protest vessel say the whaler rammed their smaller ship, and they've posted video of the incident on the Greenpeace blog. The collision left a big dent in the activist ship's hull, damaged a mast, and sca ...
Topics: Greenpeace, Japan, news, oceans (all these topics)

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