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Zoning-Lessons from the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park

Day, Jon C. (2002), Ocean and Coastal Management 45:139-156

WWF: Global Marine Programme

Conservation of ocean environments, seas, coasts, the coral reefs and their magnificent diversity of marine animals and plants.

World's Marine Reserves Under-Protected (WWF)

Gland, Switzerland - WWF, the conservation organization, today called on governments and local communities around the world to mark World Oceans Day by committing themselves to finding new ways to protect the world's vital marine resources.

Recent estimates suggest that up to 80% of the world's marine protected areas are not being managed effectively. Though properly managed marine protected areas can provide a range of benefits for fisheries, conservation and local economies, increas... [More]

World's largest Marine Protected Area one step closer (WWF)

What may become the world's largest marine protected area came a step closer today following the announcement by Australia’s environment minister Peter Garrett that the Coral Sea would become a Conservation Zone.

The area, which is found east of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef Marine park and amounts to almost a million square kilometers, is home to significant seabirds and migratory marine species, and has remained relatively undisturbed by direct human impact.

Will Ocean Iron Fertilization Work?

Jan. 7, 2008 - Getting carbon into the ocean is one thing. Keeping it there is another.

Will human-induced changes in seawater chemistry alter the distribution of deep-sea scleractinian corals?

Guinotte, J., J. Orr, S. Cairns, A. Freiwald, L. Morgan, and R. George (2006), Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 4(3): 141-146

Will Climate Change Disrupt the Arctic Ecosystem?

Jun. 20, 2008 - WHOI biologist led ambitious expedition to the Bering Sea aboard the icebreaker Healy

WIDECAST - Sea Turtle Care and Medicine

WIDECAST has published this "first response" manual which addresses the issue of euthanasia and also provides a list of sea turtle vets in the Caribbean.

Why the world needs a time-out on high seas bottom trawling

Morgan, L.E., E.A. Norse, A.D. Rogers, R.L. Haedrich, S.M. Maxwell (2005), Deep Sea Conservation Coalition

Whither the North Atlantic Right Whale?

Nov. 3, 2004 - Scientists explore many facets of whales' lives to help species on the edge of extinction

While Oil Gently Seeps from the Seafloor

May. 14, 2009 - Oil naturally leaking into the ocean offers a 'laboratory' to study accidential spills

What's on the Hook?

Because recreational anglers are concerned about mercury, Oceana analyzed fish caught at a fishing rodeo for mercury and looked at what anglers are actually eating.

What Does It Take To Break a Whale?

Jun. 20, 2007 - Stress tests on whale bones aim to help endangered species

What Brings the Food that Brings the Whales?

Mar. 22, 2006 - Scientists investigate delicately balanced ecosystem off Alaska (bowhead whales)

What Are the Possible Side Effects?

Jan. 8, 2008 - The uncertainties and unintended consequences of manipulating ecosystems

Whaling

Valued for their oil, blubber, meat and baleen, many species of whales were hunted nearly to extinction by the 20th century. Even with laws enacted by the International Whaling Commission (IWC), most species haven't recovered. Some countries, like Japan and Norway, still ignore conservation plans, threatening the survival of these awesome animals.

Whales Before Whaling in the North Atlantic

Roman, J., and S.R. Palumbi (2003), Science 301: 508-510

West African Marine Ecoregion protected areas (WWF)

Supporting and creating marine protected areas

Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are powerful biodiversity management tools. They provide essential safe havens for marine species and their habitats, and function as insurance against the unexpected. From an economic perspective, MPAs have been shown to maintain vital fisheries resources and to attract valuable tourism.

Unique Opportunity to Restore Oceans

Prominent leaders and experts lay out clear path to fix bad regulations and revitalize America's fisheries
Posted: 12-Nov-2008; Updated: 13-Jan-2009

Will jellyfish replace our favorite kinds of seafood? That appears to be the way we're headed — but a new report Oceans of Abundance [PDF], from leading U.S. policy makers and fisheries experts, says this does not have to be.

President-elect Barack Obama and the U.S. Congress have a unique opportunity to restore Amer... [More]

UNESCO’s Ecosystem-based Marine Spatial Management Initiative

Throughout the world, marine spatial management is gaining considerable importance as a constructive first step to make an ecosystem approach to ocean management a reality. Ongoing economic development such as aquaculture, fisheries, maritime transport, oil and gas, offshore renewable energy, has increased the pressures on the marine environment. This wide range of human activities, mostly uncoordinated among economic sectors, has resulted in a substantial and largely irreversible loss of the di... [More]

UNEP's Global Marine Litter Information Gateway

A co-operative effort of the UNEP GPA Coordination Office, the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, and the UN International Maritime Organization. The objective is to provide a clearing-house, a gateway, for supply and exchange of information on the global, regional and local problem of marine litter.

Turtles and Whales (WWF)

The project will build on earlier conservation work to protect marine turtles and humpback whales in Colombia.

It will continue to create new protected areas and reduce key threats, but will also address new and additional pressures such as infrastructure proposals and problems associated with bycatch.

Tuna Wishing

by Dr. Carl Safina, Edible East End, High Summer 2008

"The next time you eat sushi, consider this."

Troubled Waters: A Call for Action

Norse, Elliott A. (chief author) and 1,604 other scientists (1998), Released at the US Capitol, January 6, 1998

Trouble for Turtles: Trawl Fishing in the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico

Trouble for Turtles shows that an estimated 770 sea turtles are caught annually in Mid-Atlantic trawl fisheries alone.

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