22 March 2012 by Michael Marshall. Zoologger Zoologger is our weekly column highlighting extraordinary animals – and occasionally other organisms – from around the world Species: Allapasus aurantiacus Habitat: On and around the seabed off the coast of California If there’s one way we can be sure that life on Earth really is the result […]
By Larry Pynn, Vancouver Sun March 28, 2012 Environmentalists and the groundfish bottom trawl industry on Wednesday announced a landmark agreement on ways to limit the impact of trawl nets on sensitive corals, sponges, and deepsea habitats on the B.C. coast. The agreement sets out total annual bycatch objectives for the entire fleet at 562 […]
By KEVIN WADLOW. [email protected] Wednesday, March 28, 2012 06:00 AM EDT Florida Keys corals that took centuries to grow died within days during the frigid January 2010 cold snap, says a newly published scientific study. “Some monumental corals that were 200 or 300 years old perished in a span of five days,” said Rob Ruzicka, […]
ENN: Environmental News Network — Know Your Environment From: Center for Biological Diversity Published March 16, 2012 01:24 AM SAN FRANCISCO— The Center for Biological Diversity filed a formal notice of intent to sue the National Marine Fisheries Service Thursday for failing to develop a recovery plan for two species of coral, elkhorn and staghorn, […]
By Kim Boodram Story Updated: Feb 25, 2012 at 10:56 PM ECT The dreaded lionfish, a tropical water predator, has been spotted in Tobago. The Institute of Marine Affairs (IMA) has received a report of a sighting in Flying Reef, bringing to reality months of concern of a possible invasion, which could devastate Tobago’s coral […]
Every SCUBA diver knows that urge to get wet again… you just feel it. That urge hits some sooner than others and I can say that it tends to hit my wife sooner than I. I can safely say that it’s time to start planning your next dive trip when your wife starts finding seahorses […]
Senate Bill 724, Domestic Wastewater Discharged Through Ocean Outfalls We need your help, please forward this action alert DEJA VU ALL OVER AGAIN This years attempt by the Florida legislature to never let a good deed go unpunished is a renewed attack on the 2008 ocean outfall bill that outlaws the archaic practice of dumping […]
Nick Collins, Science Correspondent, in Vancouver 12:01AM GMT 18 Feb 2012. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/ Critically endangered sea creatures like Pacific turtles face extinction unless conservation zones are shifted to follow their migration paths, experts have warned. Current marine protection areas designed to preserve under-threat species generally cover fixed geographical spots where they feed, mate or rear their […]
Reef Relief and the City of Key West, having both adopted Resolution # 12-025, approved by the City Commission of Key West on January 4, 2012, turns over management and maintenance of Key West Marine Park (KWMP) for a period of three years. BACKGROUND Reef Relief founders DeeVon and Craig Quirolo first established the park […]
We at the World Ocean Observatory use the belief “The Sea Connects All Things” as the basis for our work to inform citizens and unite to sustain the ocean through change of human behavior on land and sea. What does this sentence actually mean? In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will […]