Category: Salt water
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Marine Sanctuaries: The Secret Report the White House Doesn’t Want You to Read
Do we want National Marine Sanctuaries used for recreation, education, fishing, fisheries and ecological protection? Or hand them to the oil & gas industry?
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What’s at Stake — Why Coastal Louisiana Matters
Restoring coastal Louisiana is a huge opportunity to protect infrastructure & industry of national importance – and grow a “restoration economy” model.
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Hawaiʻi Supreme Court Halts Commercial Aquarium Fishing
Blue-lined butterflyfish are native to the Hawaiian Islands. Used by source article with permission. Protections for Reefs and Native Hawaiians Scuba diver Rene Umberger knows that the aquarium fishing industry is a deadly business. And not just for the fish. While out on a diving and snorkeling expedition in 2014 to document destructive fishing activities…
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Discovery Shows the Devastating Impact Salmon Farms Have on the Wild
Photo: wild herring school passes in front of farmed salmon in Wicklow fish farm pen. Sea Shepherd’s research vessel, the R/V Martin Sheen, is currently in the middle of Operation Virus Hunter II, a salmon-defense campaign off the coast of British Columbia, assisting Morton in her investigation on the impact that salmon farms have on…
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Water World: Sea Level Rise, Coastal Floods and Storm Surges
Photo: The salt marshes of Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in Mississippi are very vulnerable to sea level rise. Using an integrated “system of systems” approach represents a paradigm shift in modeling and understanding the dynamics of the coastal land margin. Credit: Matthew V. Bilskie, Louisiana State University The coastal land margin of the…
