A 'Friend of the Sea' Dutch-owned trawler certified to supply 'sustainably caught' shrimp to the US and EU was arrested in Liberia after operating in an an area reserved for artisanal fishers, writes Peter Hammarstedt. The vessel, which had no licence and lacked the turtle excluders required by law, was discovered by the crew of Sea Shepherd's 'Bob Barker' in a joint mission with the Liberian Coast Guard to clamp down on rampant illegal fishing.
… of Campaigns for Sea Shepherd Global ( www.seashepherdglobal.org ) and heads the IUU Task …
The Bering Sea is America's biggest fishery - but factory trawlers are ripping the guts out of the ecosystem, writes Jeffrey St.Clair, as they have already devastated fishing communities. Mix in nuclear bomb test fallout - an unlikely savior?
… in several distance fisheries in a single season and evade the catch quotas that saddle … force for rural Alaska's predominantly season economy. Today many of those plants and … insurance and loan guarantees from the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC). In …
As much of California and the western US endures a severe drought, the city of Los Angeles is at increasing risk from rising sea levels. Tim Radford reports on the risks to the 12,000 square mile conurbation.
Rising sea levels threaten Los Angeles Tim Radford | 2nd March 2014 News Climate Change USA As much of California and the western US endures a severe drought, the city of Los Angeles is at increasing …
We are most certainly witnessing the onset of a rapid pulse of sea level rise, writes Harold R Wanless. And low lying areas - like southeast Florida - will be the first to know about it. So how come they're building there like there's no tomorrow?
… environments formed. During pulses the seas rose between 3-30ft (0.9-9m) fast enough …
Faced with the double crisis of global warming and the decimation of marine wildlife, what does the Obama administration do? Open up the US's Atlantic and Arctic Ocean seafronts to oil and gas drilling, write Ralph Nader & David Helvarg. But this assault on our climate and cetaceans can be stopped, as a 'Sea Party Rebellion' prepares to fight it all the way in forthcoming Presidential elections.
… health and economic well-being of our public seas - while also championing clean energy, … spilling. The upcoming presidential election season will provide another great opportunity …
A review of the UK's marine environment in 2019 reveals thousands of people volunteered to help the seas.
… Thousands helping UK seas Emily Beament | 6th January 2020 News Seas Bottlenose Dolphins Commuting Seal … thousands of people volunteered to help the seas. "Thrilling" sightings of bottlenose …
Seaworld San Diego is about to build the world's biggest tank for its captive orcas. Fifty foot deep and covering 1.5 acres, it's almost twice as big as current tanks and will represent an improvement in living conditions when complete in 2018. But for Sea Shepherd, that's missing the point. For these wild and majestic sea mammals, only the ocean will do.
SeaWorld - save your money on super-size tanks. Orcas need the ocean! Sea Shepherd | 7th September 2014 Comment Oceans USA Corporations Cetaceans seaworld-cut.jpg Seaworld San Diego is about to build …
Greenpeace International said activists from the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark had boarded Shell's Brent Alpha and Bravo platforms.
Protesters occupy North Sea oil platforms Joe Gammie | 15th October 2019 News Greenpeace International Climate Breakdown Change Makers gp0stu2iy.jpg Greenpeace International said activists from the …
A sobering, disturbing yet humorous look at the journey of a holiday resort 50 miles south of Palm Springs from utopia to apocalypse.
Salton Sea: desolation in the desert Manuela Hübner | 1st July 2008 News Salton Sea Tourism USA Sonny Bono DVD Geo-engineering Natural World Pollution Science And Technology Society Waste And …
Climate change shows its true face in extreme events, writes Kerry Emanuel: the storm surge with a 12 inch head start thanks to rising sea levels, propelled by a wind that's 20 mph faster, dropping an extra inch of rain beyond the 'normal' storm. Hurricane Katrina and Typhoon Haiyan are sending us a clear message: the world must get ready for bigger and badder, fast.
… of the tropical Atlantic during hurricane season, and that both had been increasing …
There's quite a fashion now for creating enormous ocean nature reserves, write Peter J S Jones & Elizabeth De Santo. The UK kicked off the trend last year at Pitcairn Island, and now the US has followed up with a 1.5m sq.km reserve around Hawaii. But while these look like big conservation gains, the more serious task is to manage sustainably the intensely exploited seas close to home.
… to manage sustainably the intensely exploited seas close to home. The seas around Hawaii are set to become the … notional 'protection' - we need to focus on seas closer to shore, where most of the …
The world is speaking up about the dark realities of the meat and dairy industries - why are fish being ignored?
… has a high carbon footprint. Chemicals and diseases associated with seafood farming also … can be fairly challenging to monitor the high-seas and currently illegal, unregulated and …
WWF Scotland says Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) granting new licences is 'totally irresponsible'.
North Sea oil and gas exploration 'dangerous' Katrine Bussey | 12th July 2019 News North Sea Oil And Gas Climate Breakdown Zero Carbon 2030 Change Makers lake-1728875_1280.jpg WWF Scotland says Oil …
Days after Shell received US Government backing for its plans to drill in the Chukchi Sea in the Alaskan Arctic, volunteers from Greenpeace have occupied its 'Polar Pioneer' oil rig in the Pacific Ocean to demand a halt to all Arctic oil exploration.
… well in Alaska's Chukchi and Beaufort seas. And that's how the Greenpeace volunteers …
Pollution, potting and community action at Lyme Bay all demonstrate that we need to think synoptically about living systems.
… in that debate, now Head of Living Seas with the Wildlife Trusts, is in no doubt … wood. We’ve over-trawled and over-dredged the seas for centuries. 'Lyme Bay is what good …
Oil majors are gearing up to exploit Arctic oil, writes Mike G. But they don't want to carry the costs of all the safety equipment the US Government is demanding to protect the fragile Arctic environment from spills. And they're reluctant to give up the use of toxic chemical dispersants.
… contending with extreme cold, darkness, high seas and ice." Some 6,000 ships were used to …
In 1975 Indonesia invaded the small Pacific country of East Timor, writes John Pilger, and then massacred a third of its population to suppress demands for independence. Now unearthed documents show the genocide was supported by Australia so it could grab the oil and gas reserves of the Timor Sea. Despite East Timor's independence, won in 1999, Australia is still stealing its oil and gas revenues worth $5 billion and counting.
Australia's complicity in the East Timor genocide: oil, gas and the depravity of power John Pilger | 31st March 2016 News East Timor Australia Indonesia USA Pacific Oil Law Human Rights War …
The 1865 Treaty of Point Elliot is clear, writes Jan Hasselman: the Lummi Nation has the right to fish, hunt and gather in their accustomed places in perpetuity - and they can't do that if a gigantic coal terminal is built in the Salish Sea's most productive waters. First Nations' treaty rights are now central to protecting the Pacific Northwest from destruction by fossil fuels.
Indian Treaties are the new front in the battle against coal exports Jan Hasselman EarthJustice | 16th July 2015 News Indigenous Peoples Fossil Fuels Coal Transport Oceans Law USA Canada …
The ancestors of America's Indians lived in Beringia - the land exposed during the last ice age that is now the Bering Strait - for millennia, genetic studies have determined. Scott Armstrong Elias reports.
… the waters of the Bering and Chukchi Seas. This theory has become increasingly …
'BP's oil rig has done a U-turn and we urge chief executive Bob Dudley to do the same.'
BP rig makes u-turn amid Greenpeace protest Douglas Barrie | 17th June 2019 News Greenpeace Bp Climate Breakdown Oil Rigs Change Makers 21246823-1.jpg 'BP's oil rig has done a U-turn and we urge …