Friday 10 August 2012
Our new island? Pumice float stuns NavyNew Zealand Herald | 10 Aug 2012A mass of small volcanic rocks nearly the size of Belgium has been discovered floating off the coast. The stretch of golf-ball-size pumice rocks was first spotted this week by a New Zealand air force plane about 1,000 kilometres northwest of Auckland.
Pacific Ocean | Research Lobster war reaches boiling point in Maine and New BrunswickGuardian Unlimited | 10 Aug 2012A substantial fall in the price of Maine lobsters has led to a cross-border dispute, as processing plants in Canada anger local fishermen by importing the cheaper catch from their US counterparts. Frustration over the influx of cheap lobster has boiled over in New Brunswick in recent weeks, leading to ugly scenes as hundreds of lobstermen have taken to the streets in order to force delivery trucks to turn around.
Atlantic Ocean | Economy | Fisheries A beginner's guide to Shark Week - a bloody American traditionGuardian Unlimited | 10 Aug 2012Thrashing limbs, bloodied ocean and the shell-crushing teeth of the most-feared creature in the sea: this my friends, is Shark Week. Broadcast annually for a quarter-century, the shockingly educational and often voyeuristic week of shark-oriented programming has dominated American airwaves each summer. In response to this audience-attracting move, a small contingent of shark advocates routinely criticize the weekly event and online petitions for a boycott have been made.
Conservation | Fish
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