Five Critically Endangered Irrawaddy Dolphins Found Dead
Last month a total of five Irrawaddy dolphins were found dead on the banks of the Ayeyarwady River in Burma, a group that is listed as critically endangered by the IUCN.
Category: Marine Biology
Jul 06, 2010 | 0 comments
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Miami’s Rosenstiel School Launches Oil Spill Info Web Page
The University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science has launched a new “Oil Spill” web page http://www.rsmas.miami.edu/oil-spill/ designed to share the science being conducted at the Rosenstiel School that is relevant to the issues emerging from the incident on the Deepwater Horizon oil platform. Designed for use by teachers, students and [...]
May 27, 2010 | 0 comments
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PC World Finds a Great Win 7 Theme Pack for Ocean Lovers
PC World magazine regularly reviews new screensavers and theme packs and they’ve found one that has some great HD images of marine life for your Windows 7 computer. Check out the review by Kim Saccio-Kent and use the download link on this PC World page. The author of the theme is Windows-7-Themes. Some cool stuff [...]
May 27, 2010 | 0 comments
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Indian Ocean Now Home to World’s Largest Marine Reserve
Just recently the United Kingdom established the world’s largest marine reserve. The reserve is a 210,000 square mile area (545,000 square kilometers) in the Indian Ocean encompassing the Chagos Islands. British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said that this reserve “doubles the global coverage of the world’s oceans under protection,” and says that its creation is “a major step [...]
Endangered Killer Whales Eat Only One Kind of Salmon
In a report released on March 15, NOAA announced that new advances in genetic testing have allowed scientists to determine the origin of the Chinook salmon that are consumed by a group of endangered killer whales in the inland waters of Washington and British Columbia. This group of killer whales, known to scientists as the Southern Resident [...]
Apr 08, 2010 | 2 comments
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NOAA Tracking Program Verifies Truth of “Dolphin-Safe” Label
We’ve all seen the “dolphin-safe” labels on the tuna products we buy, but how do we know if that tuna was actually caught in a dolphin-safe way? NOAA Fisheries Service’s Sustainable Fisheries Division operates the Tuna Tracking and Verification Program (TTVP) designed to determine the truthfulness of the “dolphin-safe” labels on tuna products. This year, [...]
DNA Helps Scientists Trace Shark Fins
Groundbreaking new DNA research has, for the first time, traced scalloped hammerhead shark fins from the burgeoning Hong Kong market all the way back to the sharks’ geographic origin. In some cases the fins were found to come from endangered populations thousands of miles away, which points the way to a better protection of these sharks from the international trade.
Dec 31, 2009 | 0 comments
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Steller Sea Lion Numbers Still Declining In Some Areas
Researchers from NOAA’s Alaska Fisheries Science Center have published the results of their 2009 count of Steller sea lion pups in Alaska, which shows improvement in some areas and further decline in numbers in others.
Dec 28, 2009 | 0 comments
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Legal Effort to Protect Endangered Blue Whale Underway
The National Marine Fisheries Service, the agency charged with the stewardship of the U.S.’s living marine resources, may be sued for failure to implement the 1998 Blue Whale Recovery Plan. Friends of the Earth, Pacific Environment and the Center of Biological Diversity have joined the notice of intent to sue submitted by the Environmental Defense Center last week.
Nov 23, 2009 | 2 comments
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