51 Ways to reduce plastic use or completely eliminate it!
What you've been waiting for, a long long list of ways you can reduce your plastic use. You probably know some already, but I hope that many of these ideas are new and do-able. Just think of the pacific garbage patch whenever you feel tempted to buy water, get a to-go cup or buy liquid […]
More than 100 marine scientists call for protecting the deep sea from trawling. Will you join us?
By David Shiffman, on January 28th, 2013 The least-impacted places in the ocean are mainly in the deep sea, but as fishing technology has improved, even seamounts, sponge gardens and deep-sea coral beds are no longer out of reach of our appetites for seafood. Bottom trawling, which involves dragging a heavy weighted net along the seabed, is […]
New Evidence Highlights Threat to Caribbean Coral Reef Growth: Many Caribbean Coral Reefs Are Starting to Erode
ScienceDaily. Jan. 29, 2013 — Coral reefs build their structures by both producing and accumulating calcium carbonate, and this is essential for the maintenance and continued vertical growth capacity of reefs. An international research team has discovered that the amount of new carbonate being added by Caribbean coral reefs is now significantly below rates measured […]
Navy weapons testing safe for marine mammals, report finds
By David Fleshler Sun Sentinel Published: January 29, 2013 A Navy plan for testing submarines off Fort Lauderdale, torpedoes off Rhode Island and other weapons systems at installations across the East Coast will have only "negligible" impact on whales, dolphins and other marine life, according to a draft federal report to be released […]
Little Hamaca Park Cleanup
Title: Little Hamaca Park CleanupLocation: Little Hamaca Park Key WestDescription: Meet us at Little Hamaca Park located on Government Rd of Flagler Ave.,in Key West, look for the Reef Relief sign. The event will start at 10:00 am and finish up at 1:00pm. Marine debris is not just ugly it is dangerous • Discarded debris […]
Endangered Species Day Youth Art Contest (entry deadline March 15th)
Celebrate the 40th anniversary of the U.S. Endangered Species Act by having your students participate in the Endangered Species Day Youth Art Contest (entry deadline March 15th), in an activity celebrating Endangered Species Day (May 17, 2013), or both! Find details on the Youth Art Contest and hosting your own Endangered Species Day […]
Proposed Listing Determinations for 82 Reef-Building Coral Species; Proposed Reclassification of Acropora palmata and Acropora cervicornis from Threatened to Endangered
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Proposed rule; request for comments. Public Comments Solicited To ensure that any final action resulting from this proposal will be as accurate and effective as possible, we are soliciting comments from the public, other concerned governmental agencies, the scientific community, […]
Opportunity for public comments on EPA’s proposed rule for Florida’s waters
EPA will hold two public information sessions in Tampa, Florida. These sessions will provide opportunities for members of the public to submit written comments on EPA's proposed rule for some of Florida's coastal and estuarine waters, and on EPA's proposed rule on remanded portions of its final rule for Florida's inland waters. The public information […]
Protect dolphins from deafening airgun blasts
Call your Representative today to stand up for our Atlantic wildlife Seismic airgun testing is used to find deep pockets of oil in the sea floor. The decibels produced by airgun blasts are loud enough to kill a human at close range. For marine life, like the endangered North Atlantic right whale, the stakes are […]
You Can Have Your Fish and Eat Them Too
by Enric Sala of National Geographic in Ocean Views on September 25, 2012 Ninety percent of the large predators in the ocean are gone and their populations have collapsed, and some scientific studies suggest that most fisheries worldwide will collapse before 2050. The reason for this is that we have taken too many fish out […]