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Tuesday 09 February

Claim: Increased shark sightings not a concern
ABC (Australia) Online | 09 Feb 2010
A Bega Valley commercial fisherman in the New South Wales South East says an increase in the number of shark sightings does not mean there are more sharks in the region.

Biodiversity

Understanding past and future climate
EurekAlert | 08 Feb 2010
The notion that scientists understand how changes in Earth's orbit affect climate well enough for estimating long-term natural climate trends that underlie any anthropogenic climate change is challenged by findings published this week.

Sea Level Rise | Climate Change

Minister told fishing shutdown pointless
fishupdate.com | 08 Feb 2010
THE Government has been told that the decision to close down the English whitefish fleet for a week recent was both "unfair and pointless". The wrap came from the National Federation of Fishermen's Organisations when it met the Fisheries Minister Huw Irranca-Davies in London this week.

Fisheries

France backs ban on bluefin tuna exports
BBC | 08 Feb 2010
France has added its voice to calls for a ban on the global trade in bluefin tuna, the numbers of which have dwindled through overfishing.

Fish

Galapagos sea lions head for warm Peru waters
BBC | 08 Feb 2010
A colony of sea lions endemic to the Galapagos Islands have moved 1,500km away, a Peru-based organisation which monitors the aquatic mammals has said.

Climate Change

Entangled in Fishing Line then Rescued by The Marine Mammal Center
news.yahoo.com | 08 Feb 2010
After 20 rescue attempts, a hard-to-catch entangled California sea lion that was first spotted at San Francisco's famed PIER 39 docks, was successfully rescued, rehabilitated and released back to the ocean by The Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito, CA.

Water Pollution

Monitor sea level rise: expert
hindu.com | 08 Feb 2010
India needs a system of regular monitoring and mathematical modelling to study sea level rise and its impact on the coastal ecosystem and marine environment, Secretary, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Shailesh Nayak said here on Friday.

Sea Level Rise

Seaweed beds, the 'cradle of the sea,' vanishing
Asahi | 08 Feb 2010
Fisherman Hideo Kawamura recalls how the Suruga Bay seabed full of kelp and other sea grasses gave him an eerie feeling as a novice abalone catcher. That was more than 50 years ago.

Habitat Loss

Liverpool University to work on oceanography project
englandsnorthwest.com | 08 Feb 2010
A new project is being launched to help scientists examine the role of the oceans in climate change and the University of Liverpool is getting involved.

Climate Change

Creation - The True Story of Charles Darwin
marinebio.org | 06 Feb 2010
Visit the Creation movie site for theaters, etc. » | Find out about Natural Selection »"Nothing in biology makes sense except in light of evolution" - Theodosius Dobzhansky (1973)

Marks & Spencer lines up with WWF on overfishing move
fishupdate.com | 05 Feb 2010
M&S has become the first retailer to join a major new campaign from environmental group WWF designed to improve the sustainability of seafood products and tackle overfishing around the UK.

Fisheries

NOCS welcomes new marine science strategy
EurekAlert | 05 Feb 2010
The National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (NOCS) has welcomed the 15-year UK strategy to deliver world-class marine science, jointly published on 3 February 2010 by the UK Government, the Scottish Government, the Northern Ireland Executive and the Welsh Assembly Government.

Governance | Policy

Bill to protect Scottish sea life passed
BBC | 05 Feb 2010
Legislation designed to protect Scotland's marine wildlife while allowing development of the offshore renewable industry has been passed.

Governance

Welsh scallop fishing ban to protect habitat and stocks
BBC | 05 Feb 2010
Dredging for scallops is to be banned in several areas off the Welsh coast in a move aimed at protecting stocks, marine species and habitats.

Dredging

Key Scottish offshore wind industry sites named
BBC | 05 Feb 2010
Scottish Enterprise has identified 11 sites which could be potential bases for the offshore wind industry.

Renewable Energy | Offshore Resources

Audio slideshow: Sea drifters
BBC | 05 Feb 2010
Colourful close up images of plankton, the tiny creatures that hold the key to survival in the world's oceans, are going on show at London Zoo - as part of The Royal Society's 350th anniversary celebrations.

Plankton

Understanding Plastic Marine Pollution Through Exploration, Education, and Action
5 Gyres | 04 Feb 2010
Yesterday we came across our first real glimpse of what weve seen in the North Pacific Gyre – the infamous Great Pacific Garbage Patch- only here in the North Atlantic.

Water Pollution

Sweco to modernize Russian wastewater treatment plant - W...
waterworld.com | 04 Feb 2010
Sweco has been commissioned to modernize St. Petersburg's northern wastewater treatment plant, a facility that will take care one fifth of the city's water. Among other things, the project will lead to reduced emissions of phosphorous and nitrogen in the Baltic Sea.

Water Pollution

Gaza's fishermen look to farms, not the sea
BBC | 04 Feb 2010
The trouble is, the catch is not what it used to be.

Fisheries

Government publishes UK Marine Science Strategy
DEFRA - Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs | 04 Feb 2010
The Government has today published a 15 year strategy to deliver world class marine science which will inform decisions on food and energy security, managing the seas sustainably and climate change.

Policy

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