Archive for October, 2011
20th Annual Meeting Of The Minds: DON’T STOP THE CARNIVAL
November 3 – November 6, 2011
For decades the faithful PHlockers have met for their Parrot Head pilgrimage. This year they are marking this milestone by offering the chance to win a 5 Day / 4 Night stay for two at the Margaritaville Beach Hotel on Pensacola Beach, FL And by taking a chance to help protect north America’s only living coral reef
The Margaritaville Beach Hotel in Pensacola Beach sits on over 800 feet of gulf-front property. An additional 800 feet overlooks the bay. The new beachfront hotel features ‘barefoot elegance’ with 162 newly appointed guest rooms.
Raffle tickets will be on sale in the Margaritaville Store beginning with the early arrivals on Tuesday, November 1, and will be available throughout the Margaritaville Street Fair on Friday, November 4th, ending at 3PM. The winning ticket will be announced from the stage at 3:30PM.
You must be present to win. Tickets will be just $5.00 each or 5 for $20.00.
You can also support the reef by purchasing the Don’t Stop The Carnival design 100% cotton crew neck T’. Visit http://www.margaritavillestore.com/browse.cfm/4,3247.html. Limited quantities are available exclusively at Margaritaville Key West.
For only $5 per ticket the winner will receive airfare for 2 from any continental U.S. city to Pensacola Beach, FL., a 5 Day / 4 Night stay at the Margaritaville Beach Hotel, $100 for food & beverage at the hotel and a gift card from Margaritaville Key West with some travel fun(d)s applied for you to enjoy during your stay. A good return on your investment and welcome relief for our reef.
ScienceDaily (Oct. 3, 2011) —
This photo shows Hawaiian chubs (Kyphosus species) and other reef fish swimming near the healthy Acropora cytherea species coral reefs found at French Frigate Shoals in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. (Credit: Jamison Gove, JIMAR/NOAA CRED)
Changing human activities coupled with a dynamic environment over the past few centuries have caused fluctuating periods of decline and recovery of corals reefs in the Hawaiian Islands, according to a study sponsored in part by the Institute for Ocean Conservation Science at Stony Brook University. Using the reefs and island societies as a model social-ecological system, a team of scientists reconstructed 700 years of human-environment interactions in two different regions of the Hawaiian archipelago to identify the key factors that contributed to degradation or recovery of coral reefs. Read the full article
By Richard Black Environment correspondent, BBC News
The Marshall Islands government has created the world’s largest shark sanctuary, covering nearly two million sq km (750,000 sq miles) of ocean.
The Pacific republic will ban trade in shark products and commercial shark fishing throughout its waters.
Tourism, including diving, is a staple of the Marshall Islands archipelago, which is home to just 68,000 people.
Sharks and their near relatives such as rays are seriously threatened by issues such as habitat loss and fishing.
