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Which is more important in the next 5 years?
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Dramatically reducing pollution that causes global warming
Dramatically reducing pollution that causes global warming
Should green house gases be regulated by the Clean Air Act?
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Yes, it's clear that they are pollutants
Yes, it's clear that they are pollutants
This paper shows that we underestimated oxygen dead zones in the oceans by a factor of almost 100% - very alarmining news!
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How about some good news about Shark Finning? Seems the US Coast Guard is on the ball in Alaska: JUNEAU, Alaska - The Coast Guard Cutter Acushnet temporarily terminated a fishing voyage approximately 30 miles northeast of Kodiak at approximately 2 p.m., Monday. A boarding team from the Acushnet, a 213-foot medium endurance cutter homeported in Ketchikan, Alaska conducted a routine fishing vessel inspection and found a shark fin hanging from the rigging of the fishing vessel Arctic Wave...
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It's been a banner year for shark discoveries, from recent new shark species discoveries in the South Pacific to this Gulper Shark (Centrophorus granulosus), In Tasmamia last week. Thought to be almost extinct in these waters researchers were surprised to find this one. Dogfish have been hunted relentlessly over the past decade for their livers which hold squalene used as a moisturizer. Ironically, some commercial shark diving operations in South Africa also use shark livers to attract...
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From the Diveshoppe Blog a sad but true first hand, on the ground, account of when shark tourism fails to act as a bridge solution to sustainable shark management: Two days ago, I received a forwarded email message about Sharks Fin Soup & Squalene. Read on and find out what the fishermen in Donsol, Sorsogon do to earn a living when the whale shark sighting is off-season. Hey Guys Sorry to depress you with these photos.. they were taken in Donsol, Sorsogon (whale shark habitat), just two...
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Our new weekly feature on Underwater Thrills:Swimming With Sharks is the "Shark Fin Du Jour". It's a weekly look at Alibaba.com the NYSE of Shark Fin Products on the Internet-Sponsored by Yahoo! Inc. We will take you into the individual sellers listed on that site and introduce the top companies, what species they sell and how many thousands of pounds of shark fins they have for sale on the global market. Today our Shark Fin Du Jour is BTrade International who can source a staggering two...
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One of the reasons we love the Blog from Fiji. They make sense of things and cause you to scratch your head at least once or twice a week. That's a good thing people: Under the title "Saving Sharks at the expense of Fishermen", here comes a real interesting article exploring the flip side of Shark Conservation, i.e. the fate of Shark fishermen who are being pushed out of business by new rules from the National Fisheries Management Services, a division of the US' NOAA. The Atlantic Ocean...
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Question: Why would next week’s meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) be closed to the press, the public, and scientists not associated with the commission?
Answer: Because they will be discussing lifting the long-standing ban on commercial whaling and they don’t want anyone to know the real reasons why.
It’s a bold accusation, but several publications covering the event (1 2 3 4) have speculated that there would be no other reason to keep it completely secret unless there...
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WildAids sharks campaign has been one of unrelenting messaging and direct action. To say they have been "on this issue" is an understatement. We got the following email this morning about an upcoming finning expose by CNN in conjunction with WildAid. You can set your calendar now this should be informative and eye opening: Hello All, We have just finished filming with CNN’s Planet in Peril. Here are the promotional pieces from that. The main story will air in December. Lisa Ling’s story...
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