Endangered Species
- ICCAT fails to protect critically-endangered tuna—again- Mongabay.com; see also NYTimes blog DotEarth: Group Warns of Failing Effort to Manage Tuna and Sharks
- Hawaiian seal to be healed by local woman- WPTV - West Palm Beach,FL- KP2 will have surgery to remove his cataracts
- Japanese Government Funding Cuts Could End 'Research' Whaling- Environment News Service - USA
- Jaxport, NOAA, Cargo Ships Protect Right Whales- First Coast News
- Alaska fights to reverse polar bear listing- The Associated Press
- Sharks to be protected from slaughter- New Zealand Herald- in the Pacific
High Seas/ Fisheries:
- Countries agree on Pacific fish pact- Stuff.co.nz
- The Dirt on Shrimp- MSN Health & Fitness - Redmond,WA- Elliott is quoted!
- Forfeit $20m to save Ross Sea, NZ urged- New Zealand Herald
Marine Protected Areas
- Message of Mérida: Saving Wild Places Will Save the Planet- Environmental News Service
Hawaii
- Researchers hunt for 'samurai subs'- Honolulu Star-Bulletin - Honolulu,HI,USA; see also NOAA, University of Hawai'i and National Geographic Channel Announce the Discovery of Top-Secret Japanese Combat Submarines Readied in WWII for Attack on U.S. Mainland- PR Newswire (press release)
Corals
- Sponges recycle carbon to give life to coral reefs- EurekAlert (press release)
- Predatory coral eats jellyfish- BBC News- pretty cool photo
- CCMA and National Park Service Launch Analysis of Marine Ecosystem Data for U.S. Parks with Coral Reefs- From The CSO Weekly Report: In September, the Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment's (CCMA) Biogeography Branch, in partnership with the National Park Service's (NPS) Inventory and Monitoring Program launched an effort to collect, assimilate, and distribute marine geospatial information in order to support monitoring and management of coral reef ecosystems included within NPS jurisdiction. NPS manages and protects more than 250,000 acres of coral reef in the ten Parks. In addition to collecting and sharing information for Geographic Information Systems (GIS), the project will also establish priorities for future investment in information to support monitoring and management of marine natural resources. For more information, contact Dan Dorfman at (301) 713-3028 x112 or Dan.Dorfman@noaa.gov.
Climate Change
Ecosystem Services
- Big profit from nature protection- BBC News- about the economic value of ecosystem services
Ecosystem-Based Management
- Enviros Disappointed in Federal Chesapeake Bay Strategy- Environmental News Service
Science
- Deepest-dwelling fish in Southern Hemisphere photographed- New Zealand Herald
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