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Connecting Children to the Outdoors – Ocean Education Programs Rekindle Our Bond with Nature

November 22, 2011/in Ocean Newswire/by Newswire

The gust of wind carried the grand arch of balloons away from the confines of the city garbage bin. The students of Pacific Grove Middle School in Pacific Grove, Calif., did not delight in their flight. Not cheers, but gasps, escaped from the children’s mouths as they watched the balloons drift away beyond their reach.

Read the full story at NOAA National Marine Sanctuary News.

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World’s Oceans in ‘Shocking’ Decline

November 22, 2011/in Ocean Newswire/by Newswire

The oceans are in a worse state than previously suspected, according to an expert panel of scientists.

In a new report, they warn that ocean life is “at high risk of entering a phase of extinction of marine species unprecedented in human history”.

They conclude that issues such as over-fishing, pollution and climate change are acting together in ways that have not previously been recognised.

The impacts, they say, are already affecting humanity.

Full story from BBC News

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Big Day in European Shark Conservation

November 21, 2011/in Featured, Ocean Newswire/by Ocean Doctor

Big news in shark conservation from our sister organization, Shark Advocates International: EU Officials Sign UN Migratory Shark Initiative, Propose Stronger Finning Ban

Bergen, Norway. November 21, 2011. The European Union (EU) today became a signatory to the United Nations Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for Sharks, just as the European Commission announced a proposal to strengthen the EU ban on shark “finning” (slicing off a shark’s fins and discarding the body at sea). An EU representative signed the Shark MoU at a ceremony at the 10th Conference of the CMS Parties which opened today in Bergen while the announcement on the finning proposal came from Commission headquarters in Brussels. Read more

Protection for the Ocean Food Chain

November 12, 2011/in Ocean Newswire/by Newswire

A move to protect the menhaden, an essential link in the food chain whose numbers have plummeted over the last half-century, is good news.

Read the full article in the New York Times.

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Florida divers capture 312 invasive lionfish during derby. (UnderwaterTimes.com)

November 12, 2011/in Ocean Newswire/by Newswire

Florida divers capture 312 invasive lionfish during derby. (UnderwaterTimes.com)

Ocean Today

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Research supports methane as cause of warming and mass extinctions 56 million years ago. (PhysOrg.com)

November 12, 2011/in Ocean Newswire/by Newswire

Research supports methane as cause of warming and mass extinctions 56 million years ago. (PhysOrg.com)

Ocean Today

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NOAA and France Partner to Protect Whales

November 12, 2011/in Ocean Newswire/by Newswire

NOAA and France’s Protected Areas Agency have signed a “sister sanctuary” agreement to support the protection of endangered humpback whales that migrate annually more than 3,000 miles between NOAA’s Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary off the Massachusetts coast and Agoa Marine Mammal Sanctuary in the Caribbean’s French Antilles.

NOAA National Marine Sanctuary News

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Ecology Radio Debuts! The Ocean Doctor Interviews Dr. Sylvia A. Earle

October 3, 2011/in Featured, News & Announcements/by Ocean Doctor

It’s new and it’s now LIVE! Ecology Radio is a new, hour-long Internet radio magazine featuring the latest, cutting-edge environmental topics. Each month, Dr. David E. Guggenheim, host of The Ocean Doctor Radio Show show, brings an ocean-related segment to Ecology Radio, debuting with a very special guest: “Her Deepness,” Dr. Sylvia A. Earle.

Dr. Sylvia A. Earle at the helm of the Deep Rover submersible (Photo: David E. Guggenheim)

Ecology Radio is a service of the ECOLOGY Global Network, a service of ecology.com, the nexus of the Worldwide Web, international television, international radio and personal data delivery systems regarding all facets of ecology and the environment, all delivered on ecology.com with plans to expand to other media delivery platforms.

The ECOLOGY Global Network’s mission is to use the modern tools of information and communication to inform, educate and inspire the global community to respect, restore and protect our natural and human world, and to encourage all people to become stewards of the environment in which we live.

Acting Secretary Blank Announces $102 million in Wetlands, Barrier Island Restoration Awards for Louisiana

September 30, 2011/in Ocean Newswire/by Newswire

Acting Secretary of Commerce Rebecca Blank today announced $102 million for three Louisiana projects in the Barataria and Terrebone basins, to restore deteriorated wetlands and barrier island habitats along the state’s coast.

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