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Wednesday 09 May 2012

SeaSketch, the next generation of UCSB's MarineMap program, will aid marine spatial planning
EurekAlert | 09 May 2012
Since 2009, a free Web-based marine mapping and spatial planning program created by UC Santa Barbara scientists has proved to be an essential tool for fishermen and other stakeholders along the California coastline. Now, the next-generation tool is going global.

Conservation | Marine Spatial Planning

70 percent of beaches eroding on Hawaiian islands Kauai, Oahu, and Maui
EurekAlert | 09 May 2012
(University of Hawaii ? SOEST) An assessment of coastal change over the past century has found 70 percent of beaches on the islands of Kaua?i, O?ahu, and Maui are undergoing long-term erosion, according to a US Geological Survey and University of Hawai'i report released today.

Pacific Ocean | Natural Hazard | Research

GPS on commercial ships could improve tsunami warnings
EurekAlert | 09 May 2012
(University of Hawaii ? SOEST) Commercial ships travel across most of the globe and could provide better warnings for potentially deadly tsunamis. Scientists were able to detect and measure the properties of the tsunami generated by the magnitude 8.8 earthquake in Maule, Chile (February 2010), even though, out in the open ocean, the wave was only about 4 inches high.

Natural Hazard | Research

Plastic trash altering ocean habitats, Scripps study shows
EurekAlert | 09 May 2012
A 100-fold upsurge in human-produced plastic garbage in the ocean is altering habitats in the marine environment, according to a new study led by a graduate student researcher at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego.

Pacific Ocean | Marine Debris

Big rise in Pacific plastic waste
BBC | 09 May 2012
The quantity of small plastic fragments floating in the North Pacific Ocean has increased a hundred fold over the past 40 years.

Pacific Ocean | Marine Debris

Supporting Canada's Coasts Can Benefit Climate and Economy
UNEP | 09 May 2012
Montreal / Nairobi, 03 May 2012 - Reversing the degradation of coastal ecosystems in Canada and elsewhere can play an important role in tackling climate change, while bringing additional benefits to biodiversity and the economies of coastal communities.

Blue Carbon | Climate Change | United Nations

NEPAD Agency, FAO start joint fisheries project
nepad.org | 09 May 2012
The NEPAD Agency and the Food and Agriculture Organisation have begun implementation of a joint project aimed at boosting fisheries development in Africa and improving the standard of living of fishers on the continent.

Economy | Fisheries

World Fisheries Congress investigates the impact of illegal fishing on the industry
fishupdate.com | 09 May 2012
As part of the World Fisheries Congress – taking place at the EICC, Edinburgh, Scotland, 7-11 May –? two panel sessions are set to examine the critically important topic of illegal and unsustainable pirate fishing, which threatens global fisheries and the countries and communities that depend on them.

Fisheries | Governance | Marine Management

MEPs overwhelmingly back Commission on fisheries reform
fishupdate.com | 09 May 2012
The European Parliament's Environment Committee has unanimously endorsed the Commission's key proposals for Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) reform. MEPs adopted 550 amendments drafted by UK Liberal Democrat MEP Chris Davies calling for measures to stop overfishing and rebuild fish stocks.

Fisheries | Policy

500 Icelandic trawlermen protest at fisheries reform bill
fishupdate.com | 09 May 2012
PLANS by the Icelandic Government to reform the country's fishing quota management system are meeting with mounting opposition.

Atlantic Ocean | Fisheries | Governance | Policy

New Antarctic ice shelf threatened by warming
Reuters | 09 May 2012
LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists are predicting the disappearance of another vast ice shelf in Antarctica by the end of the century that will accelerate rising sea levels.

Southern Ocean | Climate Change | Sea Level Rise

Minister's Akaroa Marine Reserve decision quashed
New Zealand Herald | 09 May 2012
The High Court has told the Government to reconsider its decision to reject a proposal for a marine reserve in Akaroa. T

Pacific Ocean | Governance | Marine Protected Area

Humpbacks intervene in whale hunt
BBC | 09 May 2012
The unusual sight of humpback whales intervening in a killer whale hunt has been caught on camera by a BBC/National Geographic film crew.

Pacific Ocean | Marine Mammals

Fishing ban over radiation fear
BBC | 09 May 2012
Emergency legislation is passed by Scottish ministers to prevent fishing in the Dalgety Bay area of Fife.

Atlantic Ocean | Fisheries | Water Pollution

Scientists probe mass marine deaths on Peru beaches
Telegraph | 09 May 2012
Environmentalists query the government's ability to protect one of the world's most abundant areas of marine life.

Pacific Ocean | Marine Mammals | Seabirds

Great Pacific Garbage Patch 'has increased 100-fold since the 1970s'
Telegraph | 09 May 2012
The vast swirl of plastic waste floating in the North Pacific has grown 100-fold over the last 40 years, according to a research paper published on Wednesday.

Pacific Ocean | Marine Debris

Bangladesh's war against climate change
Guardian Unlimited | 09 May 2012
Devastating cyclones, floods and ruined crops have made Bangladesh 'the world's most aware society on climate change'Rebecca Sultan's life has been shattered twice in a few years. First, the 140mph winds of Cyclone Sidr ripped through her village, Gazipara, flattening houses, killing 6,000 people...

Indian Ocean | Climate Change | Sea Level Rise

Garbage patch changing insect mating habits
Guardian Unlimited | 09 May 2012
Marine insects in the Pacific Ocean are changing their reproduction habitats in response to environmental changes from the accumulating amount of rubbish in the north Pacific subtropical gyre, also known as the great Pacific garbage patch, according to researchers.

Pacific Ocean | Marine Debris

Mass pelican deaths caused by starvation
Guardian Unlimited | 09 May 2012
An initial study into the deaths of hundreds of Peruvian seabirds, mostly pelicans and boobies, on the country's northern beaches indicates they died of starvation due to a lack of their main food, anchovies.

Pacific Ocean | Fish | Seabirds

Peru's mysterious dolphin and pelican deaths - in pictures
Guardian Unlimited | 09 May 2012
More than 1,200 birds, mostly pelicans, washed up dead along a stretch of Peru's northern Pacific coastline in recent weeks, health officials said, after an estimated 800 dolphins died in the same area in recent months

Pacific Ocean | Marine Mammals | Seabirds

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