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I Don't Think You're Ready for This Jelly Northern Ireland and Japan plagued by jellyfish		27 Nov 2007	News
Posted at 10:34 AM on 27 Nov 2007 We're sure you have plenty of fodder for eco-nightmares, but let us add another: killer jellyfish. Last week, a horde of jellies covering an area of 10 square miles (!) attacked Northern Ireland's only salmon farm, killing some 100,000 fish. The mauve stinger jellyfish were well north of their favored Mediterranean habitat, thanks to warmer-than-normal water. Another type, ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, fishing, insanity, Ireland, Japan, news, oceans, wildlife (all these topics)

More bluefin blues Commission on bluefin conservation comes up empty again	Erik Hoffner	27 Nov 2007	Gristmill

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

POGO Shtick Scientists urge investment in deeper understanding of the deep		26 Nov 2007	News
Posted at 4:08 PM on 26 Nov 2007 Things we know about the world's oceans: They're big. They're watery. They're in bad shape. And that's about it. To that end, the Partnership for Observation of the Global Oceans is urging the 72-nation Group on Earth Observations, which meets this week, to invest $2 billion to $3 billion over the next decade in a comprehensive marine monitoring system. Scientists say that such a system c ...
Topics: news, oceans, scientific research (all these topics)

This week in ocean news ... A bottom trawler scores underwater pot, and it's open season for Japanese whalers	Andrew Sharpless	15 Nov 2007	Gristmill

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

Where It Stops, Nobody Knows Navy must adopt safeguards for whales in 2008, says court		14 Nov 2007	News
Posted at 11:54 AM on 14 Nov 2007 Update on the seemingly endless saga of whether the U.S. Navy should restrict underwater sonar use in the interest of whale health: A federal appeals court has ruled that while the Navy may continue its current training exercises in southern California as is, exercises that begin in January must operate under better safeguards for marine mammals. The plan will have to be appro ...
Topics: California, Department of Defense, litigation, news, oceans, wildlife (all these topics)

This week in ocean news Six tons of fish soup in Russia, 500 tons of pee in the Pacific	Andrew Sharpless	10 Nov 2007	Gristmill

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

As a matter of fact you can't take your eyes off these people Oil companies target the fragile Arctic continental shelf for oil drilling	David Roberts	08 Nov 2007	Gristmill

Topics: Alaska, energy, oceans, oil, oil and gas drilling, water pollution, wildlife (all these topics)

Planktos update	David Roberts	07 Nov 2007	Gristmill

Topics: business, carbon sequestration, climate, climate change mitigation, geoengineering, oceans (all these topics)

This week in ocean news ... Iraqi catches shark, blames America	Andrew Sharpless	03 Nov 2007	Gristmill

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

This week in ocean news Fish living in trees and underwater pumpkin carving	Andrew Sharpless	27 Oct 2007	Gristmill

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

Big news The ocean carbon sink is saturating	Joseph Romm	23 Oct 2007	Gristmill

Topics: carbon sequestration, climate, energy, oceans (all these topics)

It Hasn't Sunk In Just Yet Atmospheric CO2 rises more than expected since 2000		23 Oct 2007	News
Posted at 7:11 AM on 23 Oct 2007 The concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is increasing more than expected due to less-efficient use of fossil fuels, and carbon sinks that are absorbing less carbon, according to research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Overall, "atmospheric carbon dioxide growth has increased 35 percent faster than expected since 2000," said th ...
Topics: climate change impacts, news, oceans, scientific research (all these topics)

Everything But the Ocean Sink World's oceans sequestering less CO2 than expected		22 Oct 2007	News
Posted at 11:55 AM on 22 Oct 2007 The world's oceans appear to be sequestering far less carbon dioxide than one would hope, says a new study. CO2 soakage by the north Atlantic Ocean has lessened dramatically in the last decade. "The speed and size of the change show that we cannot take for granted the ocean sink for the carbon dioxide," says one researcher. What we can take for granted: a continuing slew o ...
Topics: carbon sequestration, climate, climate science, greenhouse-gas emissions, news, oceans (all these topics)

One if by land, two if by sea Overlap in supervision allows sea turtles to slip through the cracks	Andrew Sharpless	20 Oct 2007	Gristmill

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

This week in ocean news Insomniac zebra fish and stranded sea-turtle babies	Andrew Sharpless	20 Oct 2007	Gristmill

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

Way Down South Britain wades into battle for sea-floor mineral rights in Southern Ocean		18 Oct 2007	News
Posted at 7:52 AM on 18 Oct 2007 The World Wildlife Fund has been trying to gather support to establish a network of marine protected areas in the Southern Ocean in an attempt to mitigate increasing ecological pressures in the area from climate change, invasive species, and commercial fishing. The plight of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean has often been overlooked compared to the rapidly melting Arctic on ...
Topics: Antarctica, England, news, oceans (all these topics)

An English coast makeover and a cephalopod celebration This week in ocean news	Andrew Sharpless	12 Oct 2007	Gristmill

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

Gore wins his second favorite award Nobel Prize is a nice follow up to Oceana Award	Andrew Sharpless	12 Oct 2007	Gristmill

Topics: Al Gore, climate, heroes, oceans (all these topics)

You Gotta Fight for the Right's Right to Party Right whales get safe haven off east coast of Canada, baby orcas high in PBDEs		11 Oct 2007	News
Posted at 12:36 PM on 11 Oct 2007 The International Maritime Organization has approved a proposal to designate a 695-square-mile zone off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada, an official Area to Be Avoided, hoping to lower the risk of ship collisions with endangered right whales that tend to congregate there from June through December. However, avoiding the zone is voluntary ...
Topics: Canada, news, oceans, Washington, wildlife (all these topics)

A proposal in the making New developments in WTO fisheries subsidies negotiations	Andrew Sharpless	10 Oct 2007	Gristmill

Topics: fishing, international politics, oceans, politics (all these topics)

Better late than never for bluefins European Commission springs to action	Andrew Sharpless	09 Oct 2007	Gristmill

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

This week in ocean news Walruses, whales and ... wave farms?	Andrew Sharpless	05 Oct 2007	Gristmill

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

Wait and Sea Senate may soon vote on U.N. Law of the Sea Treaty		04 Oct 2007	News
Posted at 12:19 PM on 04 Oct 2007 The U.S. Senate may soon vote on whether or not to ratify the United Nations Law of the Sea Treaty, an agreement between some 150 countries that lays out the basic rights and responsibilities that countries have to the world's marine resources. The treaty was signed by President Clinton in the 1990s but has never been ratified by the Senate. Historically, a handful of senators have resisted the trea ...
Topics: news, oceans, politics, United Nations, United States (all these topics)

Hold the phone Evaluating seafood choices just became a lot easier	Katy Balatero	03 Oct 2007	Gristmill

Topics: fishing, food, oceans (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)

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