WASHINGTON (February 1, 2011) – With BP’s announcement today that they intend to restart dividend payments to shareholders, despite losing money in 2010 and tens of billions still outstanding from their company’s spill, Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) called on the company to cease their challenge of the size of the spill or cease handing […]
Check out The Ocean Doctor’s special guest this wee, Jean-Michel Cousteau, who leads Ocean Futures Society, a nonprofit marine conservation organization.With his team, Jean-Michel has been working for months to document the impact of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster. Listen here
The Shark Conservation Act has finally become law, giving much-needed protection to some of the ocean’s most magnificent creatures. Signed by President Obama on January 4, the law closes a major loophole in an existing U.S. ban on shark finning. That gruesome practice involves fishermen cutting off sharks’ fins, which are used in soup, then […]
LAWMAKERS, ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS CALL FOR NEAR- SHORE OIL BAN Tallahassee, February 9, 2011 TALLAHASSEE– On Wednesday, February 9, 2011 a bipartisan group of state legislators and environmental groups called for amending of the Florida Constitution to ban oil drilling in our state’s near shore waters. Reef Relief’s State Policy and Programs Director, Paul […]
Coral Reef Fact: One big threat to the ocean sunfish (Mola mola) or common mola is floating litter such as plastic bags which resemble their main food, jellyfish. Bags can choke and suffocate an individual or fill its stomach to the extent that it starves.Learn more Please support Reef Relief’s work to keep our reefs […]
Coral Reef Fact: The Rough Sea Plume/Feather Gorgonian (Muriceopis flavida) can form different shapes depending on water movement. A bushy appearance occurs in turbulent waters. A flat fan shape occurs when the water current sways the gorgonian back and forth. Please support Reef Relief’s work to protect coral reefs. More info
by Jaymi Heimbuch, San Francisco, California on 01.28.11 Treehugger Travel & Nature Dr. Gregory Stone, Senior Vice President and Chief Ocean Scientist for Conservation International, gave an inspiring TED talk during the Mission Blue Voyage called “Saving The Ocean, One Island at a Time” during which he explained how a new strategy for protecting Kiribati’s […]
Coral Reef Fact: Learn more here Flamingo tongue (Cyphoma gibbosum) snails are recognized world wide as having beautiful shells. However, the brightly colored spots on the shell are not permanent. The color of the shell is due to the mantle of the animal inside the shell. When the animal dies, all that is left is […]
Coral Reef Fact: The larva of the Sea Spider has a body that consists of only a head and its three pairs of cephalic appendages only: the chelifores, palps and ovigers. The abdomen and the thorax with its thoracic appendages develops later. Learn more
To combat last year’s Deepwater Horizon oil spill, nearly 800,000 gallons of chemical dispersant were injected directly into the oil and gas flow coming out of the wellhead nearly one mile deep in the Gulf of Mexico. Now, as scientists begin to assess how well the strategy worked at breaking up oil droplets, Woods Hole […]