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Closure of Aleutian Fisheries
The poor endangered Steller’s sea lions are surviving so poorly, and their populations decreasing alarmingly, at the point of Alaska’s Aleutian Islands that the Obama administration is stepping up, and calling for the immediate cease and desist order for the commercial fishing of two very prominent species of fish; the Atka mackerel and the Pacific…
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Right Whales On The Rise: Ship Strikes on Their Way Out
The measures meant to put a stop to the extinction of one of the world’s most endangered marine animals appear to be having an effect, as the population of the North Atlantic right whales rises slightly as the deaths linked to ship strikes decline just a tad.
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Cold is Killing Millions of Fish in Bolivia
If you think you don’t like the cold, think of the fish! Somewhere in the neighborhood of six million fish have perished in three different rivers of Bolivia due to intense cold. This cold snap has been passing through the country for the last couple of weeks.
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The Gulf Dead Zone, Might Just Be the Largest Dead Zone on Record!
The “Dead Zone”, the low-oxygen area in the Gulf of Mexico, which has been recorded this year, might just be the largest on record and it overlaps areas which were affected by the oil spill courtesy of our Eco-friendly oil conglomerate BP.
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It’s the Oil We Can’t See in The Gulf That Poses Great Risk!
Government officials have gone on the record, and stated that the spill in the Gulf of Mexico is no longer a threat to the East Coast, however Marine Scientists are begging to differ. The scientists are saying it’s not the oil we can see, but the oil that we can’t see, that is the problem.
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Illegal massacre of almost 300,000 sharks
The Brazilian Environmental Justice Institute has officially accused Siglo do Brasil Comercio, a well known exporter of sea food, of engaging in the illegal massacre of almost 300,000 sharks.
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Five Penguins Win Endangered Species Act Protection:
Five penguins species are finally getting a new lease on life, after being awarded protection under the U.S. Endangered Species Act.
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Blue Whales Can Carry a Tune: “Always Calling At The Exact Same Pitch”
It has been discovered that Blue whales are actually able to effectively tune the pitch of their calls with an astounding amount of accuracy, and are able to repeat this process call after call.
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“How many fish in the Sea?”
The first global census of life in the sea has logged some 230,000 species, however a ten year study on the subject performed by over 300 scientists warns of mass extinctions.
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Lynx Nudibranch, AKA Phidiana Lynceus, Gets Video Debut:
The Lynx Nudibranch, known in scientific circles as Phidiana lynceus, is a rather interesting marine animal. It can be amazingly efficient at getting rid of hydroid pests, but it must have access to a continuous source of food.
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Despite Being Explicitly Told Not To, BP Used Dispersant
Despite the May 26 directive issued by the Environmental Protection Agency, the Coast Guard approved dozens of requests by BP to disperse hundred of thousands of gallons of surface oil dispersants in the Gulf of Mexico. The actual directive stated that they should only be using dispersants rarely, this according to documents analyzed by a…
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“Clock Is Ticking” The Mekong Dam is Threatening Rare Giant CatFish:
The wild stock of the Mekong giant catfish are going to be driven to extinction if the hydropower dams planned for construction in the Mekong River get the go ahead, says a report recently released by the WWF (World Wildlife Fund)
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Weird Yellow Colored Lobster Hauled in in R.I.
Denny Ingram reeled in a rather strange lobster in Narragansett Bay’s East Passage last week. It was peculiar indeed, this lobster you see, was gold colored on top, and bright yellow on its sides.
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A New New York Bill May Ban Flesh Eating Fish Pedicures
The controversial use of live fish to chew away dead skin in pedicures may be banned in New York State for health and safety issues which have been proposed in a new bill.
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The Sapphire Princess was Delayed By…. A Whale?
When the Sapphire Princess pulled into Juneau it was actually stopped in it’s tracks this Past Wednesday, when a dead whale was found on the ship’s bow.
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The Fight to Close Down a German Dolphinarium is on!
Rocko, Nando, Kite and Palwas.. Those are the names of four very distinct bottlenose dolphins who are currently turning tricks at the dolphinarium in Germany. The dolphinarium was constructed in 1974 as a part of the local zoo, and is one of the last three of its kind in Germany.
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Has the Damage from the BP Oil Spill Been Exaggerated?
President Obama himself has been quoted as saying that the BP oil spill is the “ worst environmental disaster America has ever faced,” and well, so has just about anyone else asked what they thought about it. All sorts of different environmental groups are sounding the klaxons and screaming “catastrophe along the Gulf coast”, while…
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PETA Lobbying for Criminal Charges to be Filed in Sea World Attack
PETA is lobbying for Sea World to be held criminally responsible for the death of Dawn Brancheau. Since that fateful day, PETA has been launching numerous campaigns against Sea World and their operational procedures.
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Brand New Clownfish From Pacific Described
Douglas Fenner, Joshua Drew, and Gerald Allen, described this new clownfish as Amphiprion pacificus in their report which was recently published in Aqua, the International Journal of Ichthyology.
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CSIRO Comes Up With New Way To Detect Oil
Scientists of the CSIRO have come up with a revolutionary new way to quickly detect and find out how much petroleum hydrocarbons (which you get from crude oil) is present in soil, silt, sediment, or even rock.
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Japanese Company Caught in $2.4 Million Fishing Bust!
A Japanese company was caught with their hands in the cookie jar. They were caught in one of the biggest fisheries bust in New Zealand, illegally reeling in 600 tonnes of fish.
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Oceans Heating Up – Will Cause Decline and Rearrangement of Sea Life
There have been two separate studies in which researchers discovered that the ocean heating up has caused a massive decline in the amount of plant life in the ocean over the past 100 years. The studies also indicated that there is a link between the ambient temperature of the water of the ocean and the…
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Undercover Op by Sea Shepherd Exposes Slaughter!
On the 19th of July, some 236 pilot whales met a rather ruthless demise in the town of Klaksvik, located in the Danish Faeroe Islands. Thanks to the excellent work of an undercover operative of Sea Shepherd, who was amongst the locals to document “the grind”, the whole thing was caught on tape.
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Scientist Ecstatic Over Rare Coral!
A scientist from Australia has stumbled across what might be the rarest coral in the world, in the vastness of the remote North Pacific.
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Seaweed Is Great Barrier Reef’s Biggest Enemy
New research has discovered that seaweed is leeching the life right out of the Great Barrier Reef and annihilating coral!
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BP Oil Spill: Oil Disappears? Where Did It Go?
As the size of the disaster seems to shrink away to nothing, experts are saying that the oil is actually breaking up, and staying beneath the waves.
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25 Percent of China’s Water Unusuable
Somewhere in the neighborhood of twenty-five percent of the surface water in China is so contaminated that it can’t even be used for industrial purposes. The sad thing about that figure is, while twenty-five percent is that contaminated, less than half of the total supply available is fit for human consumption. This data came from…
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Dolphin-Safe Tuna? Is it a Success? Or Is Something Fishy Here?
You like to think you’re doing the world a favor, and doing your part by making sure that can of tuna you pick up at the supermarket is “Dolphin Safe”, however, have you ever stopped to think what it might be doing to other sea life?
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Ancient Wrecks Found off Italian Coast, Found By Sonar Scanners
A group of scientists have discovered four ancient shipwrecks off of Zannone, a tony Italian island, which appear to have their cargoes of wine and oil intact.
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All Out War Declared on Asian Carp: Groups are Mobilizing Against the Invaders!
Governor Ted Strickland is getting about half of what he pleaded the White House to do in a July 8th letter about the Asian Carp problem. As you know, the Asian carp are entering into Lake Michigan, and if not stopped, it could become a colossal problem!
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A New Species of Hemigrammus Tetra Has Been Described:
A brand spanking new species of Hemigrammus tetra has been categorized, analyzed and described by a group of ichthyologists from Brazil. The new species makes its home in the Tocantins River drainage out in the central area of Brazil.
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Coral Conservation: Barking up the Wrong Tree?
Scientists and conservationists might be barking up the wrong tree when it comes to finding corals which are suited to surviving the global climate crisis. This is according to a recent research paper which was published in the journal Science.
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Japan Releases First Marine “Red List”
Greenpeace Japan has just recently released its “red list” this past 21st of July. This comprehensive little guide outlines the different endangered species which are currently being sold in supermarkets or served up in restaurants.
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Whales SMELL? Who Knew!
Bowhead whales apparently have the ability to sniff the air! This discovery could drastically change our theories on how baleen whales find their food, as researchers now have a sneaking suspicion that the bowhead whales actually sniff out swarms of krill, their main food source.
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Lionfish Have Been Discovered in the Gulf of Mexico, Just Off Southwest Florida!
Two young lionfish have been reeled in by Florida fisheries scientists this past week by two different fishing expeditions, one 99 miles from the coast, and the other 160 miles off the coast, just a tad north of the Dry Tortugas, and a little bit west of Cape Romano. This news was reported by the…
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A New Species of Pike Cichlid is Unveiled
Icthyologists from Argentina in conjunction with scientists from the Czech Republic have finally unveiled a new species of pike cichlid which makes its home in the Parana River drainage of Argentina.
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More Than 30 Dead Sea Turtles Found in Guatamala
More than 30 sea turtles have washed up in Guatamala’s southern coast, dead, mutilated and showing signs of suffocation, authorities have reported.
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Sabertooth Salmon Gets CT Scan
This is one of those rare occasions in which the doctors did not have to remind the patient to be completely still while they were trying to perform a CT scan. Another positive aspect was they didn’t need to worry about the specimen “flipping out” while lying inside the $900,000 wonder of modern medicine.
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New Sea Creatures Discovered off the Coast of Newfoundland
A conglomerate of Canadian and Spanish researchers have discovered new marine life, which have been previously unknown to the scientific community, and some are even over a 1,000 years old. They are hoping that these creatures will shed some light into the secrets of the ancient underwater ecosystems.
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Experts Backing Law Which Bans Shark Fishing
Conservationists and researchers are lashing out after the 11th fish was killed in BDA waters in the past week.
