AFP, SAINT HELIER, Jersey Japan and the anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd on Tuesday swapped angry words at the world whaling conference on the British Channel Island of Jersey over the hunting of cetaceans around Antarctica. In a plenary session of the International Whaling Commission, Japanese delegation chief Kenji Kagawa blasted Sea Shepherd’s pursuit of Japanese […]
by SEAN KINNEYPosted – Wednesday, July 13, 2011 11:00 AM EDT Environmental groups are turning to Facebook to raise awareness of dredging and impacts from larger cruise ship vessels in Key West Harbor. This comes in advance of Wednesday’s public workshop to discuss possible expansion of Key West’s shipping channel. The proposal calls for widening […]
ScienceDaily (July 12, 2011) — One in 10 species could face extinction by the year 2100 if current climate change impacts continue. This is the result of University of Exeter research, examining studies on the effects of recent climate change on plant and animal species and comparing this with predictions of future declines. Published in […]
— By Kate Sheppard. | Wed Jul. 13, 2011 9:59 AM PDT. Mother Jones After propelling Republican Rick Scott into the governor’s office last fall, Florida tea partiers have found a new target: manatees. My friend Craig Pittman of the St. Petersburg Times, a manatee reporter extraordinaire, writes today about how the endangered species has […]
By KEVIN WADLOW. Florida Keys Keynoter Saturday, July 09, 2011 10:53 AM EDT Hammerhead sharks are beautiful creatures — but you wouldn’t want to be in the water. Save the sharks, Florida residents said at a series of statewide workshops on protecting species of tiger and hammerhead sharks. “The whole ‘Jaws’ mentality about sharks definitely […]
ScienceDaily (July 5, 2011) — Speculation that the welfare of a small, at-risk shorebird is directly tied to horseshoe crab populations is in part supported by new scientific research, according to a U.S. Geological Survey- led study published in Ecosphere, a journal of the Ecological Society of America. Population health of the red knot, a […]
by Underwatertimes.com News Service – July 5, 2011 18:28 EST CAIRNS, Australia — Australian scientists today announced they have sequenced the genome of the staghorn coral Acropora millepora, a major component of the Great Barrier Reef and coral reefs worldwide. This is the first animal genome project to be carried out entirely in Australia, and […]
Snapper Ledge known for its diversity of fish and corals BY TIMOTHY O’HARA. Key West Citizen July, 6, 2011 Upper Keys divers and conservationists are ramping up their efforts to create a no-fishing area on one of the Florida Keys’ most spectacular patch reefs, Snapper Ledge. They lobbied the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary two […]
New handbook for marine protected areas marks start of worldwide campaign ‘Homes for Whales and Dolphins’ wildelifeextra.com. July 2011. “Marine protected areas are steadily getting bigger which is good news for large marine predators with big habitats. Comparing the top 15 areas in 2005 to 2011, the average size has gone from just over 100,000 […]
By Juliet Eilperin, Washington Post. Tuesday, July 5, 10:47 AM The Bahamas announced Tuesday morning it would end all commercial shark fishing in its waters, an area that encompasses more than 240,000 square miles. The move — under which only the catch and release of sharks is permitted — marks the second time in two weeks that […]