Sep 08, 2011 Global Campaign to End Illegal Fishing, Protecting the Deep Sea Contact: Shannon Pao, 202.540.6568 The deep sea, home to some of the world’s most unusual creatures, is teeming with biological diversity, most of which has yet to be scientifically-documented. But in spite of the wonders that exist far below the surface, the […]
By KEVIN WADLOW Florida Keys Keynoter – Saturday, September 03, 2011 10:45 AM Anglers can catch more sea trout but need to kill fewer sharks, state fishery managers will recommend at this week’s Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission meeting in Naples. The state regulatory board also begins reviewing a budget for the next fiscal […]
By: David Royse News Service of Florida | Posted: September 1, 2011 3:55 2 A Tampa Democrat has filed a Senate version of a proposed constitutional amendment to ban oil drilling within about 10 miles of Florida’s coastline. The proposed amendment (SJR 90), filed Tuesday by Sen. Arthenia Joyner, matches a House version (HJR 23) […]
Suzanne Goldenberg, US environment correspondent guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 23 August 2011 22.00 BST Latest bid to count and catalogue the living world is billed as the most accurate yet, but only a tiny proportion is known to science Humans share the planet with as many as 8.7 million different forms of life, according to what is […]
ScienceDaily (Aug. 17, 2011) — A research team from Rollins College in Florida and the University of Georgia has identified human sewage as the source of the coral-killing pathogen that causes white pox disease of Caribbean elkhorn coral. Once the most common coral in the Caribbean, elkhorn coral was listed for protection under the United […]
By Nick Bryant BBC News, Sydney The Great Barrier Reef is a World Heritage-listed natural wonder Continue reading the main story Agricultural pesticides are causing significant damage to the Great Barrier Reef, according to a new Australian government report on water quality at the site. The report says some farmers must be more careful with […]
BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) – Commercial fishermen in the Gulf are worried that their livelihood could be coming to a screeching halt. It’s been more than a year since the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion and fishermen are still finding sick fish. Gulf fishermen are seeing increased numbers of fish with sores, fin rot and […]
ScienceDaily (Aug. 15, 2011) — A global study by an international team including professor John Graves of the Virginia Institute of Marine Science has found that several species of tunas and billfishes are threatened and in need of further protection. The team’s analysis — published in a recent issue of Science magazine’s Policy Forum — […]
(Photo: Anabaenaalgae bloom in Caloosahatchee River at Franklin Lock, June 17, 2008) A federal appeals court today struck down a challenge filed by the Florida Department of Agriculture and several chemical companies and upheld a clean water settlement between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and conservation groups. The 2009 settlement requires EPA to set limits on sewage, […]
Queensland’s dugong population in decline after summer floods. Photo: Supplied Miranda Forster August 8, 201. The Sydney Morning Herald More dugongs have died this year than in all of 2010 because of Queensland’s summer of disasters. Ninety-six of the sea mammals washed up dead on the state’s coastline in the first seven months of this […]