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This report provides an overview of shark characteristics while highlighting their uniqueness and importance in the marine world. The many threats faced by these animals today are also detailed, and methods to ensure their future survival are presented.

The Coral-Climate Connection

Oct. 20, 2006 - The skeletons of corals on the seafloor preserve records of how ocean circulation has changed

The corals of the Mediterranean

Occupying 1.1% of the surface of the world's oceans and 0.3% of all salt water, the Mediterranean no longer shelters the great coral reefs that thrived 60 million years ago. This is due to millennia of climactic and oceanographic changes. However, even today this sea harbors a spectacular array of corals, including some which are not found anywhere else.

More than 200 species of coral (from a total of 5,600 species which have been described worldwide, 500 of which are in Europe) live ... [More]

The death of cetaceans through the use of LFA sonar in naval military maneuvers

The appearance this summer of several cetaceans stranded on the coasts of the Canary Islands and the Azores while naval manoeuvres were being carried out has reopened the debate on the impact on cetaceans of sonar and other acoustic pollution arising from these exercises.

The Evolution of Sushi

by Carl Safina and Katherine McLaughlin, Edible East End, Winter 2008

The fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus (L. 1758), in the Mediterranean Sea

Notarbartolo di Sciara G., Zanardelli M., Jahoda M., Panigada S., Airoldi S. 2003. The fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus (L. 1758), in the Mediterranean Sea. Mammal Review 33(2):105-150.

The Future of the National Marine Sanctuaries Act in the Twenty-first Century

Chandler, W.J. (2006), Master's thesis. Johns Hopkins University. (Large file, 9 MB)

The history and evolution of the National Marine Sanctuaries Act

Chandler, W.J. and H. Gillelan (2004), Environmental Law Reporter News and Analysis, 34(6): 10505-10565

The makings of the National Marine Sanctuaries Act

Chandler, W. J., and H. Gillelan (2005), Marine Conservation Biology Institute, Washington DC

The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) - UK

The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) is the UK charity dedicated to caring for our seas, shores and wildlife. MCS campaigns for clean seas and beaches, sustainable fisheries, and protection for all marine life.

The Marine Mammal Center

Since 1975, over 12,000 animals, such as elephant seals, sea lions, sea otters, harbor seals, fur seals, dolphins, harbor porpoises and the like, have been rescued and treated at our hospital facility. Each year marine science education programs and events reach over 100,000 school children and members of the general public, helping to foster a sense of responsibility and connection to the marine environment. Our science program increasingly provides vital information on our sick and injured pat... [More]

The Moral Climate

by Dr. Carl Safina, Orion Magazine, August 2008

The Ocean Project

The Ocean Project helps its global network of zoos, aquariums, and museums (ZAMs) effectively educate their millions of visitors about how they can help protect and conserve our ocean planet. The Ocean Project helps its broad network to enhance ocean awareness among the public; change attitudes and behaviors for conservation; increase civic involvement in community conservation activities; and generate regional, national, and international policy-focused action. We provide all Ocean Project Part... [More]

The Ocean Revealed

by Dr. Marah Hardt. Summer 2008, Creation Care

"Seen from the shore, the ocean looks the same today as it did centuries ago: a vast shimmering silver-blue mirror of sky. This reflective veneer, however, masks an emptier, more polluted, warmer, and chemically changed sea. The collective weight of humanity presses upon the ocean now as never before, as we pull out too many fish and pour in too much garbage, fertilizer, and other pollutants. Our fishing and mining techniques scrape ... [More]

The Oceanic Resource Foundation

The Oceanic Resource Foundation is a non-profit marine conservation organization based in the United States. We are dedicated to the preservation of the global marine environment and its biological diversity through underwater photography as a means of documenting and recording changes to the planet's oceans.

The Oceans Are Filled with Microbes. Some Are Nasty

Sep. 13, 2006 - What environmental conditions foster outbreaks of pathogenic bacteria?

The Oceans Feel Impacts from Acid Rain

Apr. 15, 2008 - Chemicals from power plants and farming especially affect coastal waters

The Puget Sound/Georgia Basin Region Selected as a Priority Conservation Area in the Baja California to Bering Sea Initiative

Tsao, C.-F., L.E. Morgan and S. Maxwell (2005), Proceedings of the 2005 Puget Sound Georgia Basin Research Conference, Puget Sound Action Team

The Seamounts of the Gorringe Bank

A seamount is regarded as a geological elevation that reaches a minimum of 1,000 metres in height and can consist of very different physical, geological and chemical properties. The seamounts of the Gorringe Bank were discovered in 1875 by the American exploration vessel USS Gettysburg.

The Shark Trust

The Shark Trust promotes the study, management and conservation of sharks, skates and rays. The Shark Trust is the UK member of the European Elasmobranch Association. As such, it collaborates with other national member bodies to achieve their aims in British, European and international waters. The Trust aims to join forces with other groups concerned with shark, skate and ray conservation issues. These include commercial fisherman, recreational sea anglers, divers, yachtsmen, and all those who w... [More]

The Sound of Sonar and the Fury about Whale Strandings

Feb. 15, 2008 - Navy and scientists join efforts to learn more about marine mammals' response to sonar

The Starving Ocean

HOW MUCH DAMAGE HAS HUMAN FISHING DONE TO THE OCEAN? We thought we could fish forever, because the sea was a limitless protein mine. But dawning now is a realization that we were wrong about that. But how naive were we? And what price will be paid? Ocean life is dying back in unexpected ways: although there are fewer fish and other sea animals, more of them are starving, while waves of 'sickness' spread as primitive microbes gain the upper hand. Symptoms include spreading 'dead zones,' harmful a... [More]

The status and distribution of cetaceans in the Black Sea and Mediterranean Sea

Reeves R., Notarbartolo di Sciara G. (compilers and editors). 2006. The status and distribution of cetaceans in the Black Sea and Mediterranean Sea. IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation, Malaga, Spain. 137 pp.

The use of drifnets: a scandal for Europe, a mockery of the United Nations

At a meeting in June 1998, the European Union’s Council of Fisheries’ Ministers passed a Regulation1 aimed at prohibiting the use of driftnets for part of the European fleet; a regulation that was to come into force on 1 January 2002. At present, there are about 500 drift-net boats fishing in the Mediterranean and neighbouring waters.

The use of driftnets by the Moroccan fleet

Driftnets have been condemned by the international community and banned by various countries and different international organisations. This fishery, however, still continues in various countries around the world, causing the accidental capture and death of a large number of cetaceans, sea turtles, elasmobranchs and birds.

Furthermore, the Moroccan ports of Tangiers, Nador and Alhucemas were inspected in order to evaluate the size of the fleet. The Moroccan driftnet fleet fishing in t... [More]

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