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Finding Nemo...and Other Endangered Fish

Oct. 11, 2005 - A new method to tag and track fish will help protect threatened species

Fish or Cut Bait: Solutions for Our Seas

Brownstein, C. and C. Safina. 2004. Fish or Cut Bait: Solutions for Our Seas. In: Heintzman, A., ed., Feeding the Future: From Fat to Famine, How to Solve the World's Food Crises. House of Anansi Press, Toronto, Canada.

Fishing off the Deep End - and Back

By Carl Safina, The Multinational Monitor, September 2003 - VOLUME 24 - NUMBER 9

"Humans are by far the most aquatic primate, and close association with water probably played a major role in our evolution. People have been fishing for 100,000 years, and the birth of civilization was famously cradled in the crescent of two rivers. No one knows how humans got to Australia 40,000 years ago, but no land bridge existed, and it is astonishingly possible that the aboriginals' distant an... [More]

FISHONLINE

If you are concerned about declining fish stocks and the welfare of our seas the Marine Conservation Society FISHONLINE website can help you identify which fish are from well managed sources and/or caught using methods that minimise damage to marine wildlife and habitats.

Fishy Business

How EU shark fleets escape regulation and undermine shark conservation around the world.

For Graduate Student, Research Is a Gas

Jul. 24, 2008 - Well, two gases actually, and both have key impacts on climate

Forging a Future for Pacific Sea Turtles

Learn about the plight, and the hopes, of Pacific sea turtles, and how turtles can tell us an important story about our oceans.

Friends of the Sea Otter (FSO)

Friends of the Sea Otter (FSO) is an advocacy group dedicated to actively working with state and federal agencies to maintain the current protections for sea otters as well as to increase and broaden these preservation efforts. We wish to inspire the public at large about the otters' unique behavior and habitat.

During the fur trade of the 18th and 19th centuries, southern sea otters were hunted to near extinction. Today only about 2,200 otters can be found off California's central co... [More]

Gag Grouper

Prized by restaurant-goers and recreational anglers alike, the gag grouper is one of the most popular fish of the Florida Gulf coast. Unfortunately, this popularity, mixed with its proclivity for sex changes and a generous dose of poor fishery management, has resulted in a significant threat to gag grouper from overfishing.

Gaining Traction: Retreading the Wheels of Marine Conservation

PHAEDRA DOUKAKIS, E. C. M. PARSONS, WILLIAM C. G. BURNS, ANNE K. SALOMON, ELLEN HINES, AND JOHN A. CIGLIANO (PDF)

A number of international treaties address the conservation of marine resources. The declining state of the world's oceans suggests that these treaties are not succeeding and could use improvement. The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) is increasingly embracing the conservation of marine species. We examine the evolution of marine species prot... [More]

Global Assessment of Aquaculture Impacts on Wild Salmon, February 2008

A new study finds a widespread negative impact of aquaculture farms on wild salmon survival.

- Lenfest Ocean Program

Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network (GCRMN)

The Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network (GCRMN) works hard to improve management and conservation of coral reefs by providing manuals, equipment, databases, training, problem solving, and helps with finding funds for reef monitoring - all coordinated in a global network.

Global Status of Oceanic Pelagic Sharks and Rays, April 2008

Over three quarters of large open ocean shark and ray species have a heightened risk of extinction.

- Lenfest Ocean Program

Gray Whales

Frequently seen off the Pacific Coast of North America, gray whales delight spectators with their curious, playful, and friendly behaviors. However, researchers think that warming in the Arctic could be reducing the gray whale food supply. Less food for gray whales has lead to "skinny whales."

Great Barrier Reef Foundation

The Great Barrier Reef Foundation is Australia’s pre-eminent independent fundraiser for coral reef research. Established in 1999, its mission is to protect and preserve the Great Barrier Reef.

Through its Board and International Scientific Advisory Committee (ISAC) and a portfolio of project partnerships, the Foundation directly links Reef science with business, government and philanthropy.

The Foundation provides an independent channel for private investment, working... [More]

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority

The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority provides for the long-term protection, ecologically sustainable use, understanding and enjoyment of the Great Barrier Reef through the care and development of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.

Greenpeace oceans campaign

The Greenpeace oceans campaign currently focuses on three major threats to the world's oceans: overfishing, pirate fishing, whaling and intensive shrimp aquaculture...

Growing Marine Plants Need Their Vitamins

Jun. 7, 2007 - Vitamin B12 has impacts on the ocean food web and Earth's climate

Guide to European Elasmobranches

Oceana is working to achieved improved fisheries management and conservation measures to safeguard the future of sharks in Europe. This guide gives an overview of the elasmobranch species that can be found in European waters, dividing them into the seven taxonomic orders present in this region. The habitat, European range, conservation status and management instruments in place for each species is detailed.

Habitat-forming deep-sea corals in the Northeast Pacific Ocean

Etnoyer, P. and L.E. Morgan (2005), In: Freiwald, A., R.J. Murray, editors. Cold-Water Corals and Ecosystems. Proceedings of the Second Deep-Sea Coral Symposium, Erlangen, Germany, September 2003. Springer-Verlag

Habitats in Danger

A collaboration agreement that was establishment through the Research and Projects Department of the Fundación Biodiversidad has given Oceana the opportunity to demonstrate new criteria in support of the se1ection of marine habitats of interest to the European Community. The context of the project is included within our mission and exclusive dedication to researching, protecting and recuperating the oceans through investigation and scientific work, with a focus on biodiversity, the environm... [More]

Harnessing Consumer Power for Ocean Conservation

by Carrie Brownstein, Mercedes Lee and Dr. Carl Safina. 2003, Conservation in Practice

"AFTER SEVERAL YEARS OF SEARCHING, a NASA biologist found a way to track urban sprawl in probably the least obvious place"

Have Gray Whales Recovered from Whaling? August 2007

New study suggests historic Pacific gray whale populations were three to five times larger than previously believed.

- Lenfest Ocean Program

Hawaiian Monk Seals

Sometimes called "living fossils," Hawaiian monk seals haven't changed in 15 million years. Named for their solitary behavior and the folds of skin on their neck - which resemble a monk's hood - monk seals are one of the most endangered marine animals in U.S. waters.

How Does Nature Deal with Persistent Pollutants?

Oct. 22, 2008 - Graduate student explores biomagnification of chemicals up the food chain

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