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Seabird bones reveal changes in open-ocean food chain
EurekAlert | 14 May 2013
(Michigan State University) Remains of endangered Hawaiian petrels -- both ancient and modern -- show how drastically today's open seas fish menu has changed.

Using earthquake sensors to track endangered whales
EurekAlert | 14 May 2013
(University of Washington) Oceanographers analyzed more than 300,000 fin-whale calls recorded by seafloor seismometers and recreated more than 150 fin-whale paths off the Pacific Northwest coast.

Pacific Ocean | Marine Mammals | Research

Scientists find impact of open-ocean industrial fishing within centuries of bird bones
EurekAlert | 14 May 2013
(Smithsonian) The impact of industrial fishing on coastal ecosystems has been studied for many years. But how it affects food webs in the open ocean has not been very clear. So a team of Smithsonian and Michigan State University scientists and their colleagues looked to the ancient bones of seabirds for answers, revealing some of the dramatic changes that have happened within open-ocean food webs since the onset of industrial fishing.

Pacific Ocean | Fisheries | Research | Seabirds

Blue Carbon reforestation in Costa Rica
Blue Carbon Portal | 14 May 2013
Costa Rica aims to be a carbon neutral country by 2021. Is Blue Carbon a part of the answer?

Pacific Ocean | Blue Carbon

Divers try to free Rena debris
New Zealand Herald | 14 May 2013
Six containers of pollutants remain to be emptied by divers working on the fast-disappearing hulk of the Rena.

Pacific Ocean | Accidents and Spills | Marine Debris

GEF Reports on Federated States of Micronesia IWRM Demonstration Project
International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) | 14 May 2013
The project titled 'Ridge to Reef - Community to Catchment', which is funded by the Global Environment Facility's (GEF) 'Implementing Sustainable Water Resources and Wastewater Management in Pacific Island Countries' project (GEF Pacific IWRM Project), has reported improved national coordination in the water and sanitation sectors and enhanced community involvement in water resource management in the Pohnpei and Chuuk states, part of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM).

Pacific Ocean | Small Island Developing States

Sustainability key to Chilean fisheries
World Fishing | 14 May 2013
Chile's Vice Minister of Fishing, Pablo Galilea, has announced that Chile has plans to maintain its position as a world power in fisheries and aquaculture, and believes that his countrys new fisheries law is just the tool to help Chile achieve this goal, reports Carly Wills.

Pacific Ocean | Aquaculture | Fisheries

Hector's dolphins caught in nets
New Zealand Herald | 12 May 2013
Two Hector's dolphins have been captured by set nets during an electronic monitoring programme of the set net industry in Timaru.

Pacific Ocean | Conservation | Marine Mammals

Challenging times for South Korea
World Fishing | 09 May 2013
South Korea's fishing industry is navigating a challenging period as the government seeks a further reduction in fishing boat numbers along with further expansion of aquaculture production to ensure the long term sustainability of the fisheries sector, reports David Hayes.

Pacific Ocean | Aquaculture | Fisheries | Governance

GEF Reports on Tuvalu IWRM Demonstration Project
International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) | 08 May 2013
The Global Environment Facility (GEF) Pacific "Implementing Sustainable Water Resources and Wastewater Management in Pacific Island Countries" (IWRM) project has issued a progress snapshot on Tuvalu, reporting overall improvements in wastewater management and sanitation.

Pacific Ocean | Water Pollution

Scientific ocean drilling poised to reveal the secrets of the subseafloor for the next decade
EurekAlert | 07 May 2013
(Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Management International) Chikyu, Japan's deep sea drilling research vessel, is set to continue to exploring the frontiers of Earth, ocean, and life sciences in the New International Ocean Discovery Program.

Pacific Ocean | Research | Seabed

Seafood Safety and Policy
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | 07 May 2013
Part 6 of an eight-part series on the impact of Fukushima on the ocean and human health

Pacific Ocean | Accidents and Spills | Fish | Water Pollution

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.

Pacific Ocean | Climate Change | Global Warming | Small Island Developing States

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

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