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Newly minted Maine chef spreads word on sustainable seafood
The alarming headlines are everywhere: “Overfished and under-protected: Oceans on the brink of catastrophic collapse”(CNN); “Scientists predict saltwater fish extinction” (Huffington Post); “The end of fish” (The Washington Post). They …
Smithsonian’s ‘Shark Girl’ Dives Deep Into Conservation
Sharks also serve a role in eco-tourism, said Sonja Fordham, shark conservationist and president of the non-profit Shark Advocates International. Some sharks become popular draws for tourists and some preserve …
Our Ocean Backyard: Marine Sanctuaries Move North
The National Marine Sanctuary system is now moving forward with an expansion of the Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries, the northern most outposts of California’s …
Feds Propose Doubling Size of Protected Areas Off North Coast
Permanent protection from oil drilling off the Sonoma and southern Mendocino County coast appears imminent, anti-drilling advocates and local officials said Monday, as a federal agency unveiled a plan to …
Environmental SWAT Team Tests Runoff To Nab Polluters
L.A. Waterkeeper inspectors collect samples during rainstorms and have them analyzed in an effort to force polluters to clean up. L.A. Waterkeeper is one of the recipients of our Coastal …
Methane hydrate offshore is tempting, perilous natural gas
It’s called fire ice: methane hydrate, the natural gas lying off South Carolina, the fuel widely acknowledged to be driving a campaign to open the deep ocean offshore to oil …