By Stephen Lendman February 19, 2012. Fogcityjournal.com In November 2006, Washington Post writer Juliet Eilperin headlined, ” World’s Fish Supply Running Out, Researchers Warn,” saying International ecologists and economists believe “the world will run out of seafood by 2048″ if current fishing rates continue. A journal Science study “conclude(d) that overfishing, pollution and other environmental […]
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 […]
NRDC Action Alert A new EPA proposal would consider acceptable beach water pollution that would let 1 in 28 beachgoers get sick. The Environmental Protection Agency had promised to update beach pollution regulations but these are virtually the same standards it issued in 1986. Before the February 21st comment deadline, urge the EPA to protect […]
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 […]
By Virginia Chamlee | 02.08.12 | 11:53 am A national environmental group has sent state Reps. Seth McKeel, R-Lakeland, and Debbie Mayfield, R-Vero Beach, a letter urging them to put a stop to a controversial Florida fertilizer bill. Though the Senate version of the bill died in committee this week, the House version is still […]
Aboard Mission Blue, scientist Greg Stone tells the story of how he helped the Republic of Kiribati create an enormous protected area in the middle of the Pacific — protecting fish, sealife and the island nation itself.
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 […]
The Beach Act of 2000 gave the EPA a chance to vastly improve protection of the nation’s swimmers and surfers from pathogen-caused illnesses — an opportunity that seems about to be wasted. By Mark Gold. LA Times February 7, 2012 When Congress approved the Beach Act in 2000, I was hopeful. The law required the […]