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Whaling: On the Brink of a Return to Full Scale Commercial Whaling

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Humpback Whale, target for whaling

Did You Know We Are on the Brink of a Return to Full Scale, Commercial Whaling? I didn’t.  And that’s the way its supposed to go.  You and I aren’t really supposed to know about this.  This isn’t some conspiracy theory or clandestine operation.  Its just a good ol’ fashion case of commercial greed coupled [...]

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Health Benefits of Seafood include Mercury and Plastic

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Healthy Seafood?  Think Again In my April 28th post, Let’s get Real on Sustainable Seafood, I discussed the need to stop eating seafood because of environmental degradation and heavily depleted worldwide fish stocks.  But for many people, it’s out of sight out of mind and if it’s in the grocery store they’ll buy it; oftentimes [...]

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Let’s get REAL on Sustainable Seafood

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Let’s get REAL on SUSTAINABLE SEAFOOD I am tired of being politically correct and holding my tongue about sustainable seafood.  So today, I unleash it on us Americans.  I speak to Americans because we lead the way and because the world does follow our lead….at least for the moment.  And you might say, “but what [...]

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The Real Meaning of Earth Day

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Today marks the 40th anniversary of Earth Day. According to a brief memoir written by former Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson for the Envirolink website, the creator of Earth Day, it didn’t turn out quite as he expected. Nelson was troubled by the fact that the state of the environment was just not an issue for [...]

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News From Ocean of Hope Foundation

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ocean conservation in Fiji

International Ocean Conservation Programs So how does Ocean conservation work overseas??? As we walked in the stifling heat on a narrow dirt path that cut along between the village and ocean, we looked ahead through the brush and palm trees and could see a clearing in the distance. As we got closer, the trail opened [...]

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NASA Helps Save Turtles

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Who would have thought that building a heater to warm the Space Shuttle at Kennedy Space Center would help sea turtles? During the second week of January when a cold snap sent temperatures plummeting, 2148 mostly endangered green sea turtles were rescued from Mosquito Lagoon at Merritt Island Wildlife Refuge. Air boats were sent out [...]

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Policy that is HUGELY important for the ocean – your voice counts

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Part of the challenge in addressing the various problems facing our oceans, coasts and Great Lakes is that they are currently governed by more than 140 laws and 20 different agencies, each with different goals and often conflicting mandates. Like the Clean Air Act for our air, and the Clean Water Act for our water, [...]

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Lionfish Invasion – Super Predator

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I knew that lionfish (Pterois volitans) were voracious predators but not like this “And like lions, they are ferocious predators. Last year, Hixon co-authored a study with Mark Albins that showed a lionfish can kill three-quarters of a reef’s fish population in just five weeks.” Carin and I have been watching this for a few [...]

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New Documentary on Declining Fish Populations

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A new documentary is being released this week called End of The Line about declining fish populations, the demise of the blue fin tuna and asking us to imagine an ocean without fish and the implications of that. The one minute trailer was so effective that I became noticeably choked up after watching it. They [...]

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Ocean acidification: the scariest environmental problem you’ve never heard of

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If you have never heard of Ocean acidification (and even if you have), you need to read this. No hype, but scary, yes. The human race has now changed the chemistry of the entire Ocean. Its amazing to even consider. But as our population pushes north of 6 Billion, we need to carefully consider what [...]

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