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Pacific islands look for model to combat changes due to global warming
Guardian Unlimited | 07 May 2013
With islands and atolls scattered across the ocean, the small Pacific island states are among those most exposed to the effects of global warming: increasing acidity and rising sea level, more frequent natural disasters and damage to coral reefs.

Tale of the Tuna
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | 06 May 2013
Part 5 of an eight-part series on the impact of Fukushima on the ocean and human health. One species that has become emblematic of the disaster is a shimmering giant: the Pacific bluefin tuna.

Pacific Ocean | Accidents and Spills | Fish

Rena disaster: Plastic nurdles still litter Bay of Plenty coast
New Zealand Herald | 05 May 2013
How much longer the 24 hour-a-day operations removing plastic nurdles off Bay of Plenty beaches will go on isn't known.

Pacific Ocean | Accidents and Spills

Fishermen want humpback whales off endangered list
New Zealand Herald | 04 May 2013
A group of Hawaii fishermen is asking the US federal government to remove northern Pacific humpback whales from the endangered species list, saying the population has steadily grown since the international community banned commercial whaling nearly 50 years ago.

Pacific Ocean | Conservation | Fisheries | Marine Mammals

How Is Fukushima's Fallout Affecting Marine Life?
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | 03 May 2013
The Fukushima nuclear disaster delivered an unprecedented amount of radioactivity into the sea over a relatively brief time. How did that pulse of cesium and other radioisotopes make its way through the marine food chain?

Pacific Ocean | Accidents and Spills | Water Pollution

Kiribati Joins Ramsar, Designates Coastal Wetland
International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) | 03 May 2013
The Secretariat of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar Convention) has reported that the Government of Kiribati has acceded to the Convention, becoming its 166th contracting party. The coastal wetland No'oto-North Tarawa was designated as its first Ramsar site.

Pacific Ocean | Conservation | Small Island Developing States

Radioisotopes in the Ocean
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | 02 May 2013
What's there? How much? How long?

Pacific Ocean | Accidents and Spills | Water Pollution

WHOI to Host Public Event on Fukushima, the Ocean, and Human Health
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | 02 May 2013
The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) will host a free, public forum exploring the impact of Fukushima on the ocean and human health on May 9, 2013.

Pacific Ocean | Accidents and Spills | Water Pollution

Lasting progress in conservation depends on cross-sector synergies
Guardian Unlimited | 02 May 2013
For a community dependent on natural resources to flourish it must promote both the immediate goals of better health and economic conditions and the long-term goals of environmental conservation.

Pacific Ocean | Fisheries | Marine Protected Area

Anova to sell Fijian MSC tuna
World Fishing | 02 May 2013
International seafood supplier, Anova Seafood, has announced that it will be selling Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certified Fujian albacore tuna as part of its "The Sea and We" sustainability range.

Pacific Ocean | Fisheries | Seafood Certification

Australian fishermen design water sprayer to help protect seabirds
World Fishing | 02 May 2013
Australian fishermen operating in the South East Trawl fishery have come up with a new device to scare birds away from warp lines.

Pacific Ocean | Fisheries | Seabirds

Oil drilling plan comes with warning
New Zealand Herald | 30 Apr 2013
New Zealand is about to open huge tracts of its offshore territory as a troubleshooter called in to reform rules covering the United States oil explorers gave a blunt warning over regulations covering the industry.

Pacific Ocean | Governance | Offshore Resources | Policy

Capping a major oil leak off NZ coast could take 14 days - Shell
New Zealand Herald | 30 Apr 2013
Shell said it would take the company about 14 days to respond to a major deepwater drilling accident off the New Zealand coast. Rob Jager, who is chairman of the Shell companies in New Zealand, told the Advantage NZ Petroleum Conference that the company was going through a process of evaluating the equipment required and the time it would take to respond to a major drilling incident.

Pacific Ocean | Accidents and Spills | Offshore Resources

NZ seabird protection plan launched
World Fishing | 30 Apr 2013
New Zealand has launched the 'National Plan of Action for Seabirds 2013', setting out a firm commitment to protect seabirds from fishing incidents.

Pacific Ocean | Fisheries | Seabirds

First US steelhead trout farm BAP certified
World Fishing | 30 Apr 2013
Pacific Seafood Group's steelhead trout farm on the Columbia River has become the first US steelhead trout or salmon farm to achieve Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certification.

Pacific Ocean | Aquaculture | Fish Farming | Seafood Certification

New rules should keep oil cowboys out - Key
New Zealand Herald | 29 Apr 2013
Prime Minister John Key says he is confident safety and environment rules being brought in to cover oil and gas exploration will keep out "cowboy "operators.

Pacific Ocean | Governance | Offshore Resources | Policy

US troubleshooter at oil, gas talks
New Zealand Herald | 29 Apr 2013
A major oil and gas conference starting today will hear from a former United States prosecutor selected by the Obama Administration to beef up offshore drilling rules after BP's Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.

Pacific Ocean | Governance | Offshore Resources | Policy

DoC seeks help spotting southern right whales
New Zealand Herald | 29 Apr 2013
The Department of Conservation is on the look-out again for migrating southern right whales and it wants your help. The public is being asked to report any sightings along the coast this season.

Pacific Ocean | Marine Mammals

No sign of diesel after spill
New Zealand Herald | 28 Apr 2013
The search for diesel spilled from a fishing vessel which struck rocks off Stewart Island has been called off.

Pacific Ocean | Accidents and Spills

Close watch for ocean harm after diesel spill
New Zealand Herald | 28 Apr 2013
Environmental groups face a nervous wait to find out how much damage will be done by a boating mishap off the southern coast of the South Island.

Pacific Ocean | Accidents and Spills

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