BY Jacqueline Charles and Curtis Morgan. Miami Herald. September 24, 2012 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Plastic and foam food containers are everywhere in this enterprising Caribbean nation — clogging canals, cluttering streets and choking ocean wildlife. Now those pesky black plastic bags made of polyethylene and polystyrene foam cups, plates, trays and other containers that have […]
By Carl Hiaasen [email protected] Earlier this summer, in the Gulf waters near the Florida-Alabama border, somebody stabbed a screwdriver into the head of a bottlenose dolphin. Sightings of the injured mammal occurred for a couple of days until it turned up dead in Perdido Bay. The crime, which remains unsolved, is notable for more than […]
Listen now! On Deck with Reef Relief Tune in now for Reef Relief’s radio show, On Deck with Reef Relief, hosted by Reef Relief’s Executive Program Director Mill McCleary and Director of Marine Projects Rudy Bonn. Go to www.konknet.com to watch or listen to the live stream. Tune in the 4th Wednesday of every month […]
By Madeline McCurry-Schmidt | September 12, 2012 | http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/ Researcher Eugenie Clark is 90 years old. Her office shelves are lined with gaping shark jaws. One is from a tiger shark. It bit her once—the only shark bite of her life. She was driving to talk to a student group, and the shark jaw sat on […]
Lauren Davis. September 9, 2012 . http://io9.com/ Matthew Albanese specializes in photo trickery, sculpting detailed dioramas out of everything from garbage bags to jelly beans and lighting them in such a way that they look like natural landscapes. He’s built the surface of Mars from charcoal and paprika, turned ostrich feathers into weeping willows, and […]
Reef Relief will be celebrating the 27th year of the International Coastal Cleanup with a community kayak shoreline cleanup on Saturday, September 15th of Geiger Key. Kayaks are being generously provided by Key West Ecotours. Meet us at Geiger Key Marina located at 5 Geiger Key Rd, on Geiger Key, look for the Reef Relief […]
Thanks to West Marine in Key West for choosing to support Reef Relief’s coral reef conservation work. West Marine’s Community Day in August 2012 benefited Reef Relief with 5% of sales. The money will be used to support Reef Relief programs such as Coral Camp and […]
For immediate release: August 13, 2012 Contact: Amanda Nalley, 850-410-494 The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) announced changes to the lionfish harvest at a media event today in Coral Gables. Harvesting invasive lionfish no longer will require a fishing license when using certain gear, and there is no recreational or commercial bag limit. […]