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Thursday 29 March 2012

Sewer outlet foils plan for sandy Auckland beach
New Zealand Herald | 29 Mar 2012
One of four new white sandy beaches in a planned $28 million seaside park at Onehunga is to be covered instead in gravel and shell - to deter people from swimming near a sewage overflow outfall pipe.

Pacific Ocean | Water Pollution

Building of Sandspit marina to go ahead
New Zealand Herald | 29 Mar 2012
A six-year planning battle to build a marina at Sandspit in the heart of the Hauraki Gulf boating scene is nearly over, with the granting of a land use consent by the Environment Court.

Pacific Ocean | Coastal Development and Tourism | Seabirds

SPREP reviews Regional Marine Species Action Plans
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme | 29 Mar 2012
The 2008 – 2012 Regional Marine Species Programme of the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) has undergone a review of its species action plans as part of preparations for extension of the strategy. The Plans address cooperative conservation and management of dugongs, marine turtles, whales and dolphins.

Pacific Ocean | Conservation | Marine Mammals | Marine Management

Oceanus : A Newfound Cog in the Ocean Conveyor
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | 29 Mar 2012
A decade into the 21st century, scientists have confirmed the existence of a new and apparently crucial ocean current on the face of the Earth. International teams led by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) oceanographer Bob Pickart verified the previously unknown current near Iceland in 2008 and returned in 2011 to determine how it is formed.

Atlantic Ocean | Ocean Currents | Research

Composing local feeds
fishupdate.com | 29 Mar 2012
Scientists and commercial companies from Denmark, Iceland, Norway and Sweden are co-operating on surveying natural resources such as seaweed, mussels and microalgae; unexploited marine resources that they hope can be brought into use as raw materials for fish feed.

Fisheries

Total sends fire-fighting ships near N.Sea gas leak
Reuters | 29 Mar 2012
LONDON/PARIS (Reuters) - France's Total sent fire-fighting ships to wait near the scene of a gas leak from its North Sea Elgin platform, which has created fears a large gas cloud could explode.

Atlantic Ocean | Accidents and Spills

Union wants wider zone round leak
BBC | 29 Mar 2012
An offshore workers union calls for the exclusion zone around the crippled Elgin platform in the North Sea to be extended.

Atlantic Ocean | Accidents and Spills

Source of gas-rig leak is found
The Independent UK | 29 Mar 2012
The owners of a North Sea gas rig have found the source of a leak that forced hundreds of workers to be evacuated.

Atlantic Ocean | Accidents and Spills

Low bycatch figures for end half of 2011
World Fishing | 29 Mar 2012
The final quarters of 2011 show continued low numbers of incidental catch by BC's salmon farmers - numbers that show they are very near their goal of eliminating this interaction with wild fish completely.

Pacific Ocean | Aquaculture | Fish Farming | Fisheries

Sushi restaurant chain earns MSC Chain of Custody certification
World Fishing | 29 Mar 2012
South Florida restaurant and catering chain, Sushi Maki, has become MSC Chain of Custody certified.

Fish | Seafood Certification

Australia reviews fisheries policies
World Fishing | 29 Mar 2012
The Gillard Government has started a review of two Commonwealth fisheries policies central to the sustainability of Australia's fisheries.

Pacific Ocean | Fisheries | Policy

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