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If you're in Brussels next week, come talk about MPAs

May 6, 2008

Posted by Kate Wing in Reviving the World's Oceans

Tags:
acronyms, California, CBD, EU, marine reserve, MPA, TPAGE

If you happen to be in Europe next week, why not stop by Brussels on May 16th and participate in a conversation between folks in the EU and the US working on marine protected areas, aka MPAs. It's not that...continued

Salmon flunk

May 2, 2008

Posted by Kate Wing in Reviving the World's Oceans

Tags:
california, Sacramento, salmon, simplesteps

The Secretary of Commerce has now officially declared the west coast salmon fishery a "disaster" and a "failure." These dire words have a legal meaning; their utterance opens the door for disaster relief money. Ever since fishery managers made the...continued

The last one standing

April 23, 2008

Posted by Kate Wing in Reviving the World's Oceans

Tags:
california, civil society, marine reserve, MLPA, MPA, nudibranch

It started raining in San Rafael around 5:30 pm last night, right around rush hour, and the 250 people who'd shown up to talk about marine protected areas were getting antsy. They'd been there since 9 am, wearing shirts and...continued

Cape Wind is needed now; MMS should move quickly

April 21, 2008

Posted by Nathanael Greene in Reviving the World's Oceans , Solving Global Warming

Tags:
capewind, markettransformation, MMS, offshorewind, renewables, wind

Today we pressed send on our written comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the proposed Cape Wind offshore wind project.The DEIS was prepared by the Mineral Management Service as part of the permitting process for the project....continued

Fishing makes fish populations unstable

April 21, 2008

Posted by Kate Wing in Reviving the World's Oceans

Tags:
fish, fisheries, Nature, Scripps, stockassessment, Sugihara

I'm always excited to see new papers from George Sugihara's lab, because his group of researchers is applying new math to old problems. Since you can't count all the fish in the sea, regulators rely on estimates produced by stock...continued

Can you hear me now?

April 9, 2008

Posted by Kate Wing in Reviving the World's Oceans

Tags:
acoustic, Antarctica, noise, underwater, whale

We at NRDC have a long history of worrying about the sound in the sea. When your life's aquatic, your ability to detect vibrations can mean life or death or lunch. You might even want to make some joyful noise...continued

C is for...Could be doing more for oceans

March 31, 2008

Posted by Melissa Waage in Reviving the World's Oceans

Tags:
jointoceanscommission, NOAA, oceangovernance

The good news: America’s oceans policy score improved this year!  The bad news: from a C- to a C.  The Seattle Post-Intelligencer recently highlighted these poor marks from the Joint Oceans Commission Initiative.   Our C grade means that U.S. policy...continued

Jump, tuna, jump!

March 27, 2008

Posted by Kate Wing in Reviving the World's Oceans

Tags:
games, purse seine, tuna

Casual games are all the rage these days, what with Freerice racking up billions of grains. They even have some that make you happy and more confident. But what if you just want to pretend to be a tuna?...continued

On their bellies, sea pigs crawling

March 24, 2008

Posted by Kate Wing in Reviving the World's Oceans

Tags:
Antarctica, Black Sabbath, eelpout, holothurian, Ross Sea

I usually count on the boys at Zooillogix to post the best news of new creatures first, but I'm disappointed they left out the sea pigs and eelpout in their post on the Tangaroa voyage. Giant starfish and jellyfish? Cool,...continued

Fewer eggs, fewer baskets

March 24, 2008

Posted by Kate Wing in Reviving the World's Oceans

Tags:
Antarctica, forage, globalwarming, penguins

The idea of a diverse portfolio is a common theme in financial discussions. If you happen to have any money these days, the experts would tell you to spread it around to maximize your returns and reduce your risk....continued