May 27, 2011 UPDATE – read to the end to download a new Technical Report released by the National Marine Fisheries Service recommending TEDs in skimmer trawls to save sea turtles! A legal loophole deadly to sea turtles allows shallow water shrimp vessels known as skimmer trawls to operate without sea turtle escape hatches, known […]
Forget about the spurious benefits of eating shark fin soup, a traditional Chinese delicacy that is said to be responsible for the needless destruction of some 73 million sharks a year. In Palau, the first country in the world to proclaim a shark sanctuary, the sharks that frequent the Pacific island country’s reefs generate enormous […]
By North Asia correspondent Mark Willacy, wires Updated Thu May 26, 2011 7:52pm AEST Greenpeace says data from its radiation monitoring in the ocean off Japan’s stricken Fukushima nuclear plant shows massive levels of contamination in seaweed and other marine life. The environmental group is warning that both the environment and people are at long-term […]
Reef Relief Board member, Captain Victoria Impallomeni-Spencer offers thanks to Rep. Ron Saunders for his work on recent ocean outfalls legislation at the May 25, 2011 Key West Chamber of Commerce luncheon.
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — No longer able to land hundreds of tons of shark fins per year at private docks in Costa Rica, the foreign fleet is now landing its consignment of fins in Nicaragua. Concerned over the situation, Nicaraguan environmental organizations have warned governmental authorities of the situation but have yet to receive […]
May 14, 2011 Bali, Indonesia / Arlington, Virginia, U.S. — A two-week marine survey conducted by scientists with Conservation International (CI) in Indonesia, along with local partners, led to the discovery of eight potentially new species of fish and a potentially new species of coral in the waters surrounding Bali island. Read the full article
Tuesday, 17 May 2011 20:36 Jonathan Mayuga / Correspondent THE Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) wants the owners of MV Double Prosperity, which inflicted severe damage on Bakud Reef in Kaimba, Sarangani, on May 8, to pay dearly for its recklessness. Aside from the cost of the damaged coral area, Environment Secretary Ramon […]
by Underwatertimes.com News Service – May 16, 2011 20:03 EST WASHINGTON, D.C. — Nitrogen pollution in our coastal ecosystems, the result of widespread use of synthetic agricultural fertilizers and of human sewage, leads to decreased water transparency, the loss of desirable fish species, and the emergence of toxic phytoplankton species—such as the algae behind the […]
By SUSAN COCKING [email protected] Here in Florida, you can adopt a highway, a park, a manatee, a tree – donating money and time to make sure the object or creature of your interest receives care and upkeep. Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/05/15/2218218/um-shark-scientists-enlist-corporate.html#ixzz1McdSOv4f
From Reef Rescue Your many hundreds of emails may have helped the Florida Senate see the light. Bill SB 796 was never brought up for a vote and died as this years Florida legislative session came to an end. The intent of bill SB 796 was to delay the implementation of 2008 Ocean Outfall Legislation […]