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Tuesday 15 May 2012

Hawaiian sea turtles may be removed from endangered list
IOSEA Marine Turtle MoU | 15 May 2012
The Conservation Council for Hawaii is closely monitoring a petition to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) by the Association Hawaiian Civic Clubs to remove honu (Hawaiian sea turtles) from the threatened species list. The council is concerned, because threats to honu still exist and may actually increase over the next few decades.
 Pacific Ocean | Conservation
India: Taking a strand
IOSEA Marine Turtle MoU | 15 May 2012
A quarter century ago two students started an NGO to save the olive ridley turtles. What they achieved, and what they have learned.
 Indian Ocean | Conservation
India: Time to stop the marine mayhem
IOSEA Marine Turtle MoU | 15 May 2012
Last Monday, the carcass of an Olive Ridley turtle was washed ashore on Marve beach in Malad, not very far from where I stay. Experts estimate that more than 100 million marine animals are killed each year due to plastic debris in the ocean. More than 80% of the plastic found in the oceans, comes from land.
 Indian Ocean | Conservation | Fisheries | Marine Debris
5th Marine Biodiversity Working Group, 7-11 May 2012, UN Headquarters, New York
International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) | 15 May 2012
The fifth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Informal Working Group to study issues relating to the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity beyond areas of national jurisdiction (the Working Group) convened from Monday, 7 May to Friday, 11 May 2012.
 Beyond National Jurisdiction | Biodiversity | Conservation | United Nations
Ireland opposes EU proposal to privatise national fish quotas
fishupdate.com | 15 May 2012
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney T.D. at yesterday's, May 14, EU Fisheries Council welcomed the Danish Presidency proposal which allows each Member State to implement its own management arrangement for fish quotas.
 Atlantic Ocean | Fisheries | Policy
Total starts injecting mud to kill North Sea gas leak
Reuters | 15 May 2012
LONDON (Reuters) - France's Total started pumping heavy mud down its leaking well in the North Sea on Tuesday to try to stop an escape of gas that has lasted nearly eight weeks and could deprive Britain of nearly 6 percent of its supply this summer.
 Atlantic Ocean | Accidents and Spills
Gas leak operation gets under way
BBC | 15 May 2012
The operation to stop gas leaking from the Elgin platform in the North Sea gets under way.
 Atlantic Ocean | Accidents and Spills
Google's offshore wind cable moves forward
Guardian Unlimited | 15 May 2012
A proposed $5bn transmission line connecting wind farms off the East coast of the US to the mainland is on track to come online by 2017, after the Google-backed project cleared another regulatory hurdle.The Department of the Interior said on Monday there was "no overlapping competitive interest" in the areas earmarked for building the line (see map), which clears the way for an environmental review.
 Atlantic Ocean | Offshore Resources | Renewable Energy
Shark tagging goes international
World Fishing | 15 May 2012
The Scottish Sea Angling Conservation Network (SSACN) is collaborating with Sportvisserij Nederland (Royal Dutch Angling Association) and will extend its shark tagging event - Sharkatag - into Dutch waters.
 Atlantic Ocean | Conservation | Fish
First oyster fishery gets MSC cert
World Fishing | 15 May 2012
Denmark's Limfjord fishery has become the first oyster fishery to be granted with Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification.
 Atlantic Ocean | Fisheries | Seafood Certification
IPNLF publishes baitfish study
World Fishing | 15 May 2012
Pole-and-line fisheries need 25,000t of baitfish to catch tuna each year, according to a new International Pole & Line Foundation (IPNLF) report.
 Fish | Fisheries | Marine Management
Oceana calls upon GFCM to save Mediterranean fisheries now
World Fishing | 15 May 2012
Oceana has urged the FAO General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) to urgently reverse the alarming trend of stock decline in the region.
 Mediterranean Sea | Fisheries | Governance
WWF: Wake up call needed
World Fishing | 15 May 2012
WWF has made a statement accusing fisheries ministers of overwhelmingly displaying a lack of ambition to save Europe's fish stocks and fishing sector from collapse.
 Fisheries | Governance
More Faroese vessels to catch mackerel
World Fishing | 15 May 2012
Faroese minister of fisheries, Jacob Vestergaard, has decided to permit vessels other than purse seiners to catch mackerel.
 Atlantic Ocean | Fisheries

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