Blog Profile / The Beacon
| URL : | http://na.oceana.org/en/blog | |
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| Filed Under: | Biology / Marine Biology | |
| Posts on Regator: | 1633 | |
| Posts / Week: | 6 | |
| Archived Since: | March 12, 2008 | |
Blog Post Archive
Tiny Fish Climb Giant Waterfalls for Love
The suction cup-like belly sucker of a round goby. The Nopoli goby boasts two such suckers for scaling waterfalls. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
If you think the dating world is tough for a human, consider for a moment the Nopoli rock-climbing goby of Hawaii, which scales waterfalls up to 100 feet high in order to breed. Show More Summary
Victory! Congress Extends Tax Credit for Offshore Wind
Coming soon to a coast near you. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
Congress has been making headlines for all the wrong reasons this holiday season, but news out of the Capitol this week could not be better for the nation’s burgeoning offshore...Show More Summary
2012 in Review: Oceana's Top Five Victories
Sharks, like this great white, won several major victories in 2012. Source: Wikimedia Commons
As 2013 rapidly approaches, we wanted to take a moment to reflect on the past year at Oceana. Thanks to your support, we were able to achieve...Show More Summary
Video of Chilean Seamounts Shows Priceless Spoils of Victory
With last week's victory for Chilean seamounts and fishing quotas still foremost in our minds, we'd love to share with you some video captured last year demonstrating the beauty and richness of life that will now flourish in the seamounts and other protected areas in the waters of Chile.
Chile Becomes First Country in World to Protect All Seamounts from Devastating Bottom Trawling!
Coral formations in Juan Fernandez archipelago lie among Chilean seamounts
As you enjoy those last holiday cookies before the New Year comes with its resolutions, we’d love to share one final present for you to enjoy: we are thrilled...Show More Summary
Harvard Dining Services Dishes Up Sustainable Seafood
Sustainable Prince Edward Island mussels make a delicious dish for hungry men and women of Harvard. Photo by Jon Chase/Harvard Staff Photographer for Harvard Gazette
It looks like r’s aren’t the only things getting dropped at Harvard:...Show More Summary
NYC Seafood Fraud Report Making Waves
What's on your plate? Source: wikimedia commons
Spurred by Oceana’s seafood fraud report for New York City released last week, Sunday’s New York Times took a broader look at the widespread practice of food mislabeling.
Oceana’s initial report, which was also covered in the Times, included a number of eyebrow-raising findings. Show More Summary
French Polynesia and the Cook Islands Create World’s Largest Shark Sanctuary
A sicklefin lemon shark breathes a little easier in the shark sanctuary of French Polynesia. Source: Wikimedia Commons
With as many as a third of all shark species in the world facing some threat of extinction, the future of sharks has been in peril for some time now. Show More Summary
Victory! EU Moves Towards Overhaul of Fisheries Policy
Bottom trawler at Sant Carles de la Rápita, Spain ©Oceana
Today the Fisheries Committee of the EU parliament voted to radically reform its fisheries management policies, for the better. After 18 months of negotiations the body votedShow More Summary
Oil Still Leaking From Deepwater Horizon Site
Yesterday BP and the Coast Guard took a stealthy cruise in the Gulf of Mexico to look for oil leaking from the site of the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe. That’s right, two and a half years after the worst environmental disaster in U.S. Show More Summary
Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council Takes Stand on Forage Species
Bryde's whale chows down. ©Randy Morse www.GoldenStateImages.com
Precautionary approaches to fishery management for the ocean’s tiny fish are picking up steam across the US West Coast.
California state wildlife advisors recently adopted...Show More Summary
DOE Gives $28 Million Boost to Offshore Wind
The Department of Energy wants wind ©Oceana
News yesterday that the Department of Energy had awarded $28 million to a range of innovative offshore wind projects around the country came as, dare we say it, a breath of fresh air?
In total, seven projects will be receiving $4 million each. Show More Summary
Q&A: Callum Roberts
Callum Roberts is a professor of marine conservation at the University of York in England and author of the 2007 book “The Unnatural History of the Sea.” His second book, “The Ocean of Life”, was published this spring. Oceana asked Roberts about the new book and why we need a “New Deal” for the oceans. Show More Summary
The Dolphins of Robinson Crusoe Island
Our team in Chile sent us this stunning picture today from just off the shore of Robinson Crusoe Island, part of the remote Juan Fernandez archipelago 400 miles West of mainland Chile. In 1704 Scottish castaway Alexander Selkirk became...Show More Summary
Report Links Overfishing to Piracy
Bottom trawlers embark from Roses, Spain in Catalonia. ©Oceana/Juan Cuetos
A report out this week, “Resources Futures” by the venerable U.K. NGO, the Chatham House, issues a clarion call for wiser management of the world’s finite resources. Show More Summary
NBC News and NY Times Take on Seafood Fraud
Last night, NBC Nightly News took note of Oceana's most recent troubling report about the widespread problem of seafood fraud. The report focused on fish that was purchased in the New York City area and subjected to DNA testing. That...Show More Summary
Mysterious Dolphin Deaths Mount in the Gulf
Map of marine mammal strandings in the Gulf of Mexico this year. Courtesy NOAA
For the past three years, whales and dolphins in the Gulf of Mexico have been undergoing what the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is calling an “unusual...Show More Summary
New York Times Warns of Noisy Oceans
Blue whale off Dana Point, California. ©Valarie Van Cleave
An article in today's New York Times science section details an effort by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to map the effects of human-generated noise in the ocean. Show More Summary
Oceana Uncovers Widespread Seafood Fraud in NYC
Today Oceana released a new report documenting the problem of widespread seafood fraud in the New York City area. A full 39 percent of seafood sold in New York City grocery stores, restaurants and sushi venues was found to be mislabeled. Out...Show More Summary
CEO Note: Building a Better Baltic
Baltic in winter. Photo courtesy NASA
The Baltic Sea is in terrible shape. One of the most polluted seas in the world, more than 90% of commercially exploitable species in the Baltic and the adjacent Kattegat are fished without any limits.
That...Show More Summary