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Eco-Tourism, Elephant Seals, and Funding
By Charmaine Coimbra Tourists, worldwide, either randomly fall upon the elephant seal view site at Piedras Blancas, just north of San Simeon, Ca., or they stop to view the unique marine mammals...
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Tuna U (Or How to Make Tuna Salad From the Best Label)
From Monterey Bay Aquarium July 15, 2010 Tuna: What’s in the Can? Our Seafood Watch pocket guides (and iPhone app) are designed to help you have a conversation at the fresh fish counter, or the...
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Chef Gordon Ramsay Attacked After Exposing Shark Fin Trading
From: The Toronto Sun Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay was doused in gasoline and held at gunpoint as he tried to uncover the dark world of illegal shark fin trading for a new TV show. The Hell’s Kitchen...
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“Parasites, Pesticides, Sick Salmon,…Dead Lobsters”
From Bangor Daily News /7/11 10:36 pm Updated: 1/7/11 11:48 pm By Bill Trotter BDN Staff Parasites, pesticides, sick salmon and dead lobsters. These four things have become an issue in Passamaquoddy...
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World Oceans Day, June 8
A Message From World Oceans Day. org: June 8, 2012 is World Oceans Day, a day when people around the globe come together to celebrate our ocean and take action to protect it. And with good cause! The...
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Community Actions Make An Ocean of Difference
From the Editor: Sometimes it feels like all that we post the bad news about the oceans. But there is a purpose: to help Neptune 911′s readers understand the seriousness of how what we do has...
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Coastal Community Protests Decibel Levels, Intensity of Proposed Seismic Testing
By Charmaine Coimbra Citizens along the Central Coast of California have joined forces to halt the proposed seismic testing in the ocean waters that lap up against the Diablo Nuclear Plant, as reported...
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Protecting the Coral Triangle
From The Nature Conservancy Between the southern tip of Asia and northern Australia, hundreds of miles of coral reef bind six island nations – Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, East Timor, Papua...
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What About Sea Otters & Seismic Blasts?
Editor’s Note: Carol Georgi is the California Central Coast marine Sanctuary Alliance Coordinator. She is active in halting the proposed PG&E Seismic Testing proposal along the Central Coast....
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Louisiana’s Dead Zones Linked to Iowa Farm Runoff
From the Des Moines Register Click this link for a video where environmental reporter Perry Beeman explores Iowa’s fertilizer runoff and Louisiana’s fisheries:...
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Sylvia Earle Urges a Rethink on Fish as Food
From The Maritime Aquarium 3/28/13 When marine scientist Dr. Sylvia Earle, National Geographic’s first explorer in residence, visited The Maritime Aquarium recently, she offered a very interesting...
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Maine’s Lobsters Face “Double Whammy”
You might not know it from their abundance in Maine restaurants, or by the number of traps in Casco Bay, but scientists warn that lobsters are facing a double whammy of a threat: climate change and...
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What’s in Your Fish?
Editor’s Note: What’s in your fish? Mercury or Cesium? The following two news releases are something to consider. The Mercury Factor MONDAY, Aug. 26 (HealthDay News) — Levels of mercury in Pacific...
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Seafood Not That Dolphin-Friendly: Entanglement Issues & Waste
Hundreds of thousands of marine mammals are injured or killed every year by fishermen around the world. And because most seafood in the U.S. Sea Turtle Caught In Fishing Net is imported, that means...
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Overfishing Seriously Endangers Sharks & Rays
From Shark Advocates.org Highlighted sentences by Neptune 911 editorial staff Sharks and rays of all shapes and sizes are at risk of serious and long-lasting depletion, primarily from overfishing for...
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Fishing Gear–Deadly For 8 Large Atlantic Whale Species
From Marine Link: While countries such as Japan, Norway and Iceland often are criticized for their commercial whaling practices, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) marine biologist Michael...
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The Economist Discusses “The Tradgedy of the High Seas”
New management is needed for the planet’s most important common resource Feb 22nd 2014 | From the print edition The Economist IN 1968 an American ecologist, Garrett Hardin, published an article...
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Oceana Releases Shocking Report: “Wasted Catch” in the US
From Oceana, March 20, 2014 Today, Oceana released a new report exposing nine of the dirtiest fisheries in the United States. These nine fisheries combined throw away almost half of what they catch and...
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Acidic Oceans and the Lobster, Scallop, & Crab Industry
A recent study led by Aleck Wang, a chemical oceanographer from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, has identified “Cecilia Talopp/Marine Photobank.” the Gulf of Maine as outstanding in an...
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English Channel–“Scraping the Barrel” for Finfish
C. Coimbra Photo Staff Report FRISCO — The English Channel is all but fished out, leaving fishermen scraping the bottom of the barrel in their quest for a commercial haul. Sharks, rays, cod, haddock...
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