Ocean Conservancy

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• Hunt for Clues to Sea Life Deaths at Farallones

  
  Mendo Coast Current — Authority: 115
  Editor’s Note: In late December 2009, the sea lions at Pier 39 in San Francisco vacated their home on the floating piers. This article may shed some light on what’s happening on the SF coast and the reasons for their leaving.  Like many others, we wonder where they went and for what reasons.PETER FIMRITE, San ...
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• A Solution to Shark Nets - Dorsal Fin Blog

  
  Underwater Thrills:Swimming With Sharks — Authority: 130
  A viable solution to shark nets and drumlines is being tested in Australia this year by the West Australian Department of Fisheries. The good folks over at the Dorsal Fin Blog have the complete story. Suffice to say what is being tested in Perth might just save 10,000 breeding aged sharks off coasts from Australia ...
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• Whale Strandings Sounding Alarms in NZ & Italy

  
  Mendo Coast Current — Authority: 115
  Fire Earth, December 28, 2009About 30 pilot whales died after they became stranded on Coromandel peninsula yesterday and will be buried by the local Maori.Meanwhile, up to 120 long-finned pilot whales, both calves and adults, were found dead  at the Farewell Spit on Boxing Day.“More offshore wells have been drilled ...
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• Blue Whale Strike Results in Regulation Clarity & Reform

  
  Mendo Coast Current — Authority: 115
  FRANK HARTZELL, Fort Bragg Advocate News, December 24, 2009The California State Lands Commission last week found its own regulations designed to protect marine mammals so inconsistent and confusing as to be unenforceable.That was good news for Fugro Pelagos, owner of the 176-foot survey vessel Pacific Star that ...
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• Obama Launches an Integrated Ocean Zoning Approach

  
  Mendo Coast Current — Authority: 115
  FRANK HARTZELL, Mendocino Beacon, December 17, 2009The Obama administration has launched a new “zoning” approach that puts all ocean activities under the umbrella of nine regional planning bodies.Public comments are being accepted through Friday, Feb. 12.The approach is more local and integrated than the current ...
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• The Dark Side of Farmed Tuna 2009

  
  Underwater Thrills:Swimming With Sharks — Authority: 130
  Like moths to candle light, white sharks are attracted to tuna pens worldwide in alarming numbers. This week another in a series of images from 2009 featuring dead and dying white sharks being taken from commercial tuna pens in October. While farmed tuna is being hailed as a viable alternative to wild caught tuna in ...
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• Shark Conservation Coverage - Al Jazeera

  
  Underwater Thrills:Swimming With Sharks — Authority: 130
  Surprising and in depth front line coverage of the shark situation in Palau , recently declared a shark sanctuary. As we have said many times in the past shark tourism is a viable bridge solution to sustianable fisheries. When local and regional fishermen have the financial incentive to save sharks they are more ...
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• Blue Whale Strike Calling for State Efforts

  
  Mendo Coast Current — Authority: 115
  FRANK HARTZELL, Fort Bragg Advocate News, November 27, 2009California’s regulatory system, designed to protect whales from science vessels will get some rethinking, following controversy over the October 19, 2009 death of a blue whale off Fort Bragg, a state official said.The incident has highlighted an inconsistent ...
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