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September 28, 2010
Genetically Engineered Salmon Safe to Eat, but a Threat to Wild Stocks, Expert Says

ScienceDaily (Sep. 25, 2010) — Craig Altier, a member of the Food and Drug Administration’s Veterinary Medicine Advisory Committee and an associate professor at the College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell University, comments on potential FDA approval of the first genetically engineered animal for use as food. Read the full article

September 28, 2010
Taking the Pulse of Coral Reefs

ScienceDaily (Sep. 25, 2010) — Healthy reefs with more corals and fish generate predictably greater levels of noise, according to researchers working in Panama. This has important implications for understanding the behaviour of young fish, and provides an exciting new approach for monitoring environmental health by listening to reefs Read the full article

September 24, 2010
City of Key West Gets New Pumpout Boat

KeyWest City.com – Date of Record: September 23, 2010 The City of Key West on Wednesday took delivery of a brand new pumpout vessel, serving as a reminder that pumping out your liveaboard is easy, inexpensive, and a vital part of protecting our nearshore waters. The state-of-the-art 26-foot Pumpout USA 26T-1000 vessel is paid for entirely with […]

September 23, 2010
China Tops World in Catch and Consumption of Fish

ScienceDaily (Sep. 22, 2010) — China leads the world in tonnage of fish caught annually as well as the amount of fish consumed, according to new finding. Read the full article

Events 
September 22, 2010
Attend the Children’s Movement of Florida’s Key West Milk Party Event September 30

Go here for details: http://childrensmovementflorida.org/about/the_florida_tour/

September 22, 2010
Locally-Run Protected Areas Could Reverse Fisheries’ Death Spiral

By Stephen Leahy UXBRIDGE, Canada, Sep 15, 2010 (IPS) – Local fishers objected to the creation of a new no-fishing marine protected area off the coast of Belize in 1996. Today they are benefiting from the bounty of fish spilling out of the Laughing Bird Caye National Park. Tourism has also boomed, illustrating the multiple […]

News 
September 21, 2010
World’s coral faces second mass die-off

By JUSTIN GILLIS This year’s extreme heat is putting the world’s coral reefs under such severe stress that scientists fear widespread die-offs, endangering not only the richest ecosystems in the ocean but also fisheries that feed millions of people. Read the full story

Coral Off Puerto Rico’s Coast ‘Ideal Case Study’ for Gulf Oil Spill’s Impact

ScienceDaily (Aug. 26, 2010) — Coral living off the coast of Puerto Rico may provide researchers valuable information about the potential impact of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Read the full article

September 16, 2010
Global Fisheries Research Finds Promise and Peril: While Industry Contributes $240B Annually, Overfishing Takes Toll on People and Revenue

ScienceDaily (Sep. 14, 2010) — Global fisheries, a vital source of food and revenue throughout the world, contribute between US$225-$240 billion per year to the worldwide economy, according to four new studies. Researchers also concluded that healthier fisheries could have prevented malnourishment in nearly 20 million people in poorer countries. Read the full article

September 15, 2010
Expanding Threat of Hypoxia in U.S. Coastal Waters

ScienceDaily (Sep. 14, 2010) — A report issued September 3 by key environmental and scientific federal agencies assesses the increasing prevalence of low-oxygen “dead zones” in U.S. coastal waters and outlines a series of research and policy steps that could help reverse the decades-long trendead. Read the full article