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Top 25 Rated Marine Life Resources
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Environmental Career Center (ECC) has been helping people work for the environment since 1980. ECC assists individuals and employers alike, in matching potential employees with employers.
With 25+ years in the field, ECC has extensive experience to help guide you. In addition to our home on the web, ECC publishes a journal 10 times annually, the Green Careers Journal, which contains articles and hundreds more job listings every month, giving you yet another valuable tool in advancing ... [More]
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Top \ Marine Species
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| When Elasmodiver was originally loaded onto the web in 2002 it was intended to be a simple shark and ray field guide showcasing the species of elasmobranches that divers and snorkelers could expect to encounter. Responding to requests for more information, Elasmodiver's mandate expanded to include more specialized shark and ray content in areas such as: biology and behavior, photography, diving, conservation, evolution, and taxonomy. Although some of the content has become quite technical in na... [More]
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Top \ Marine Life Aquariums
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| Learn how to breed saltwater fish. Clownfish are one of the easiest saltwater fish to breed. Use our step by step guide to raise baby clownfish to mature adults. You could easily have an aquarium full of clownfish.
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Submitted by Scott
Tags clownfish · clown fish · saltwater · aquarium
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Top \ University Programs & Educational Resources
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| EPI is a non-profit organization dedicated to developing ecological education partnerships between scientists and high school students to address critical conservation issues. EPI brings high school students from the United States and developing countries to conservation hot spots where they work alongside scientists to learn about and help protect threatened species. Participants who arrive from around the world meet and collaborate with their international peers. Since our inception in 2000, o... [More]
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Top \ Marine Conservation
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Our oceans are under attack from overfishing, ocean dumping, and from wastes coming from the land. These attacks are approaching a point of no return. Can we survive if the seas go silent? Julia Whitty presents a strong case for doing something, now.
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Top \ Marine Species
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| TONMO.com was founded in May of 2000. An online community and news magazine about anything and everything pertaining to octopuses, squids and cephalopods. This includes research and biology, mythology, pet care, fossils, tattoos, images and video clips, current events, art, activities for children, site reviews, books, movies, poetry and writing, pop culture, diving, marine conservation, and more.
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Top \ Marine Biology
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| BDRI engages people worldwide in scientific research and education to contribute to the conservation of bottlenose dolphins, expand the public's knowledge and concern for our marine environment.
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Submitted by Bruno Diaz
Tags dolphins · internships · marine mammals · courses
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Top \ Marine Life Research
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ReefBase gathers available knowledge about coral reefs into one information repository. It is intended to facilitate analyses and monitoring of coral reef health and the quality of life of reef-dependent people, and to support informed decisions about coral reef use and management.
ReefBase is the official database of the Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network (GCRMN), as well as the International Coral Reef Action Network (ICRAN). The ReefBase Project is housed at the WorldFish Center ... [More]
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Top \ Sea Life News
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February, 2002 - Deep-sea trawlers are destroying populations of fish and other creatures in the ocean at an alarming rate, according to research presented at the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting in Boston.
Fishermen are now using military sonar to hunt in the deep ocean, but the slow life cycles of the species that live hundreds of metres below the surface mean their populations will collapse if they are exposed to industrial-scale exploitation.
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Top \ Fun & Children's Resources
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Oceans for Life K-4, Oceans for Life 5-8, Oceans for Life 9-12, Teacher's Resource Books (pdf format), Virtual Teacher Workshop, More Lessons at Xpeditions, Home For the 18 Geography Standards
Two great truths about the ocean emerged from the 20th century. First, the ocean came into focus as the cornerstone of Earth's life support system, vital for the survival and well being of humankind and all other living things. The second great truth was more shocking, and came about as a conseq... [More]
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Top \ Sea Life News
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Jan. 27 (Bloomberg) A toxic chemical used to keep the bottom of boats smooth and clean may impair the hearing of whales, possibly causing the marine mammals to beach themselves, according to a study to be published in Biophysical Journal.
Tributyltin oxide, also known as TBT, is applied to boats to prevent the accumulation of barnacles and other debris that slow vessels down while on the open water. Researchers at Yale University found the chemical prevents so-called outer hair cells... [More]
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Top \ Sea Life News
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OSLO (AFP) Jan 27, 2005
Amidst scathing criticism from environmental groups, Norway has given the green light for foreign tourists to hunt seals in the Scandinavian country, officials said on Thursday.
"Based on a parliamentary decision last year, we are authorizing foreign hunters, and I emphasize hunters because they must have a hunting license, to come hunt seals here if they are accompanied by a Norwegian hunting company," Sigbjoern Larsen, a spokesman for the minis... [More]
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Top \ Sea Life News
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14 February, 2002 - By Alex Kirby
BBC News Online environment correspondent
Scientists have listed the world's 10 most important coral reef areas for the first time.
Each is home to a wide range of endemic species (those with a restricted range).
The scientists say their work should help to target conservation work more successfully. But they say 25% of the world's reefs have already been destroyed or badly damaged by problems arising from climate change.[More]
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Top \ Sea Life News
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9 March, 2005: Whale, dolphin and porpoise strandings have doubled in the UK over the last 10 years to 782, according to a new study.
The Whale and Dolphin Stranding Scheme at the Natural History Museum blames an increase in fishing activity, which it says leads to more "by-catch".
This can occur when dolphins or whales chase fish into giant nets, where they then get entangled in the gear.
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Top \ Sea Life News
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National Geographic News: March 5, 2002 - The All Species Foundation. The group is dedicated to a straightforward but daunting goal: to discover, identify, and classify every living species on Earth within a single human generation or in other words over the next 25 years.
Once online, the information can be organized and linked with advanced database systems, eventually resulting in a "home page" for each species.
To date, taxonomists have identified less than tw... [More]
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Top \ Sea Life News
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Species All But Disappeared from Gulf of Mexico in 50 Years, by John Nielsen
All Things Considered, July 8, 2004 · Common wisdom holds that a glimpse of the oceanic whitetip shark is a rare one. Researchers say the shark, which lives in tropical water like the Gulf of Mexico, has never been very abundant.
But, as NPR's John Nielsen reports, a new study tells a very different story. As recently as 50 years ago, the whitetip may have once outnumbered all the other big fi... [More]
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Top \ Sea Life News
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Friday, 18 June, 2004 - The bodies of six dead basking sharks, including five in one week, have been washed up on the coast of Cornwall.
The locations where they were found include Gerrans Bay, Coverack, Roseland Bay and in the Fal Estuary.
The Coverack shark was entangled in buoy ropes and drowned, but why the others died is a mystery and worrying, the Marine Conservation Society says.
Environmentalists fear they may have been fishing net victims. Fishermen deny... [More]
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Top \ Sea Life News
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19 February, 2002 - Conservationists are calling on shoppers to boycott 20 varieties of fish because of the impact of over-fishing on their numbers and the environment.
Traditional British favourites including cod, haddock, skate and tuna are all on the Marine Conservation Society's (MCS) list of vulnerable species.
It wants consumers to look for alternatives and has published a Good Fish Guide to help inform people about the varieties available in shops.
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Top \ Marine Life Research
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| The American Elasmobranch Society is a non-profit organization that seeks to advance the scientific study of living and fossil sharks, skates, rays, and chimaeras, and the promotion of education, conservation, and wise utilization of natural resources. The Society holds annual meetings and presents research reports of interest to students of elasmobranch biology. Those meetings are held in conjunction with annual meetings of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists each year at ... [More]
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Top \ Sea Life News
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Christian-right views are swaying politicians and threatening the environment, by Glenn Scherer, 27 Oct 2004
Abortion. Same-sex marriage. Stem-cell research.
U.S. legislators backed by the Christian right vote against these issues with near-perfect consistency. That probably doesn't surprise you, but this might: Those same legislators are equally united and unswerving in their opposition to environmental protection.
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Top \ Marine Conservation
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| Bluewater Network works to stop environmental damage from vehicles and vessels, and to protect human health and the planet by reducing dependence on fossil fuels. Bluewater is a division of Friends of the Earth - the U.S. voice of the world's largest network of environmental groups with one million supporters in 70 countries across five continents.
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Top \ Marine Conservation
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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]
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Top \ Marine Conservation
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| 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.
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