Friday, November 16, 2007

Waters, endangered and dangerous



Fishermen's Voice
Northeastern groundfishing groups have, through Earthjustice, petitioned the National Marine Fisheries Service to keep huge, indiscriminate herring trawls out of areas otherwise closed to protect groundfish (cod, haddock etc.).
http://fishermensvoice.com/

A look at river herring: their anadromous lives, their importance to both marine and riparian ecosystems here, and the varied reasons for their decline.
http://fishermensvoice.com/1107wherehavealltheh%237417E.html

Reuters
A Russian oil tanker sank in a storm on Sunday, spilling massive amounts of oil into the Black Sea and endangering large populations of birds.
http://news.aol.com/story/_a/storm-sinks-ships-spills-oil-in-black/20071112092309990001

Island nations are racing to escape, or adapt to, the imminent threat of rising seas
http://www.enn.com/ecosystems/article/24530

China's massive Three Gorges dam is slowly devastating both the surrounding landscape and the lives of people who must remain there.
http://www.enn.com/ecosystems/article/24525

Differently-shaped longline fishing hooks, instigated four years ago by the World Wildlife Fund, appear to be lowering accidental-catch mortality of sea turtles in Latin America.
http://www.enn.com/ecosystems/article/24530

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