Posted March 21, 2012 by Karen Garrison in Reviving the World's Oceans
Sarah Palin’s moment of power may have faded from real life to a television series, but her shouts of “drill baby drill” will echo until elected leaders get the message that a majority of the public wants more conservation and...continued→
Posted December 21, 2011 by Karen Garrison in Reviving the World's Oceans
(Credit: Octavio Aburto-Oropeza/Marine Photobank) World peace remains elusive, yet as 2011 draws to a close, I’m heartened by the terrific progress California has made toward restoring the bounty of our seas and the marine habitats that keep visitors coming to...continued→
Posted October 20, 2011 by Karen Garrison in Reviving the World's Oceans
Earlier this week, a California judge delivered a win for the economic engine of our state’s tourism & recreation businesses—healthy ocean habitats and the wildlife that live there. Millions of visitors who flock to the coast every year will continue...continued→
Posted September 30, 2011 by Karen Garrison in Reviving the World's Oceans
Recent study adds two popular sport fish to the list of collapsed Southern California fisheries I’ve written in the past about the health of California’s fisheries, and how we can use available information to assess how well the state is...continued→
Posted June 8, 2011 by Karen Garrison in Reviving the World's Oceans
Last Wednesday night, I attended the kick-off event for the Blue Mind Symposium in San Francisco, which brought neuroscientists, artists, architects, engineers, sailors and many others together to explore the connections between the ocean and the human mind. The goal...continued→
Posted December 17, 2010 by Karen Garrison in Reviving the World's Oceans
On December 15th, California’s Fish and Game Commission adopted a network of safe havens for ocean wildlife along the coastline of southern California under the state’s visionary Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA). The adopted plan—the “Integrated Preferred Alternative” (IPA)—will create the...continued→
Posted December 14, 2010 by Karen Garrison in Reviving the World's Oceans, Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
Sportfisherman Jim Donlan and his friends had fished California’s Channel Islands since the 1950s. The steep declines in fish populations they witnessed prompted them to propose marine reserves around the islands in 1999. Abundance of fish and lobsters in those...continued→
Posted August 31, 2010 by Karen Garrison in Reviving the World's Oceans, Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
Among the spate of recent setbacks for America’s seas and the fishermen who make a living on them, at least one ongoing effort provides a glimmer of hope: California’s implementation of the Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA), a law calling...continued→
Posted August 4, 2010 by Karen Garrison in Reviving the World's Oceans, Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
For more than a century, America has been safeguarding its most treasured landscapes as national parks and its wildlife in refuges. Now it’s time to ensure the same protections for ocean creatures and ecosystems that sustain so much life: kelp...continued→
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