News clips for Friday, October 9th, 2009

• Ocean promotion- Honolulu Weekly – About the National Ocean Policy CEQ Hearing in Honolulu last week- WESPAC expressed concern about the proposed National Ocean Policy.
• Deep Water- Wildfowl Magazine- talks about how NOP ignores recreational fishing’s economic impact
• Diplomacy Under the Sea- CBS News- The world’s first-ever underwater cabinet meeting to take place in the Maldives
• Feds consider critical habitat for sea turtles- The Associated Press
• Celebrity Cast Rallies To Protect Oceans- PR Web- Pierce Brosnan leads PSA push to establish Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in Southern California
• New species lurking beneath the ocean – Telegraph
• Pacific Ocean 'dead zone' in Northwest may be irreversible – Los Angeles Times
• Last Time Carbon Dioxide Levels Were This High: 15 Million Years Ago, Scientists Report- ScienceDaily
• Protect the Atlantic bluefin tuna- Los Angeles Times- Editorial