Coral Reef Fact: Sea butterflies are small sea snails which float freely in the water with the currents. Their bodies have adapted to this existence, shrinking their shell & gills & the foot has become 2 wing-like lobes(parapodia) used to move it through the sea. Even though “their shell may be so fine as to […]
Two-decade study unlocks secrets of “living fossil” fish. Not only is the coelacanth one of the world’s oldest fish species, but the individual fish may also be long-lived. (From National Geographic / by Matt Kaplan) — A new study suggests the ancient fish can live up to a hundred years and even longer. Until 1938, […]
Watching Google Earth over time could show the effects of predator removal, such as through fishing, nearly anywhere on Earth, according to a study published this week in Scientific Reports. A Google Earth image survey of the lagoon habitat at Heron Island within Australia’s Great Barrier Reef revealed distinct halo patterns within algal beds surrounding […]
The Huffington Post Posted: 06-14-11 12:24 PM “Demon Fish: Travels Through The Hidden World Of Sharks” is a new book that explores the way humans and cultures around the world interact with the ocean’s top predator. Written by Juliet Eilperin, national environment report for The Washington Post, the book gives an up-close look at understanding […]
Coral Reef Fact: The Mahi-mahi or Dolphinfish (Coryphaena hippurus) “often change color among several hues ” after it is removed from the water “finally fading to a muted yellow-grey upon death”. Fact source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahi-mahi Join Reef Relief today and help support our amazing marine world. reeefrelief.org/act/donate
New Partnerships Needed to Ensure Future of Marine Environments: UN On World Oceans Day, UN Environment Programme Launches Guide to Ecosystem-based Management Nairobi, 8 June 2011 – Declines in marine and coastal ecosystems due to human activities such as overfishing and pollution could be reversed if organisations, communities and other stakeholders adopt a more integrated […]
WASHINGTON, D.C — Statement by Wenonah Hauter, Executive Director, Food & Water Europe: Brussels, Belgium – “It is deeply disturbing that McDonald’s Filet-O-Fish sandwich will soon carry the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) eco-label at the fast food chain’s European locations. Filet-O-Fish sandwiches are made from a controversial fish, the New Zealand hoki — a species […]
PHOTO Exploratory mining licences have been granted for waters off Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Tonga and Solomon Islands. [ABC: file photo] Last Updated: Thu, 9 Jun 2011 07:47:00 +1000 Environmental lobby group Greenpeace has raised concerns that deep-seabed mining in the Pacific ocean may cause irreparable damage to the region’s marine ecosystems. Exploratory licences have […]
Celebrate all that the oceans does by making a commitment to do one new ocean friendly action today. Visit https://www.reefrelief.org/blog/ocean-friendly-practices/ for suggestions on things you can to do to help our oceans today and into the future. WORLD OCEANS DAY 2011 The world’s oceans—which account for about 70 per cent of the Earth’s surface—are facing […]
(Dive Travel Business News – June 8, 2011) — Today is World Oceans Day – a time to celebrate our earth’s most beautiful blue resource, and to take a moment to consider how we are taking care of it. World Oceans Day, which had been unofficially celebrated every June 8 since its original proposal in […]