May 1, 2013
by MoreRecycling
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Three years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, crude oil toxicity continues to sicken a sentinel Gulf Coast fish species, according to new findings. Continue reading
Share on FacebookMarch 21, 2013
by MoreRecycling
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A chromosome study of the endemic Portuguese fish Squalius aradensis and S. torgalensis draws attention to their current status of highly endangered species. Rapid habitat loss in combination with ongoing geographic confinement and a poor genetic bank … Continue reading
Share on FacebookJuly 11, 2012
by Dylan Gasperik
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Dylan Gasperik, Program Assistant, Communications, Santa Monica, California
In my inaugural switchboard blog post, I outlined three major threats to the living ocean; plastic pollution, oil drilling, and ocean acidification. Here are tw… Continue reading
May 10, 2012
by David Newman
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David Newman, Oceans Program Attorney, New York
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) rescinded vital protections today for two severely depleted deepwater fish species in the South Atlantic, speckled hind and… Continue reading
March 21, 2012
by David Newman
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David Newman, Oceans Program Attorney, New York
For the first time in a generation, fish populations are getting healthier – science-based management and rebuilding requirements have led to the recovery of 23 fish species since 20… Continue reading
August 13, 2011
by David Newman
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David Newman, Oceans Program Attorney, New York Last week, I reported that the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (SAFMC) was on the verge of removing more than three dozen fish species from protective management. Ironically, this short-si… Continue reading
Share on FacebookAugust 3, 2011
by David Newman
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David Newman, Oceans Program Attorney, New York What if, after a string of overloaded passenger elevator failures, a new law was passed requiring stricter weight limits and regulators responded by exempting elevators from all safety requirements, inclu… Continue reading
Share on FacebookJune 28, 2011
by David Newman
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David Newman, Oceans Program Attorney, New York In 2006, after years of chronic overfishing (see my recent blog on the history of overfishing in the South Atlantic), Congress amended the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA) to… Continue reading
Share on FacebookJune 28, 2011
by David Newman
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David Newman, Oceans Program Attorney, New York In 2006, after years of chronic overfishing (see my recent blog on the history of overfishing in the South Atlantic), Congress amended the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA) to… Continue reading
Share on FacebookMay 17, 2011
by David Newman
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David Newman, Oceans Program Attorney, New York Fisheries managers in the South Atlantic (Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas) are on the cusp of adopting annual catch limits intended to end decades of chronic overfishing. Seven of the most common… Continue reading
Share on FacebookApril 21, 2011
by David Newman
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David Newman, Oceans Program Attorney, New York Last week, a noted fisheries scientist, Ray Hilborn, wrote an Op-Ed in the NY Times calling for the weakening of the Magnuson-Stevens Fisheries Act’s requirement to rebuild overfished species as quic… Continue reading
Share on FacebookFebruary 16, 2011
by Barry Nelson
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The Republican budget, which is being debated on the House floor, includes a simple choice about the path forward on water issues in California. Unfortunately, the bill proposes to pick the path of conflict and gridlock, rather than of cooperatio… Continue reading
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