Recent studies show there is 12 to 21 million tonnes of microplastics in the Atlantic ocean. Just that ocean. Just one of the five. The Pacific ocean could hold about two Atlantic oceans.
CLEAN UP AFTER YOURSELF. REUSE. RECYCLE. DO NOT USE SINGLE USE PLASTICS. THROW YOUR TRASH AWAY PROPERLY. PICK UP TRASH WHEN YOU SEE IT, EVEN WHEN ITS NOT YOURS. Read more from the BBC : https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-53786555 This article was part of the August 28th Seven Seas Bulletin. Read the entire bulletin at : https://esteem.app/hive-127788/@portsundries/seven-seas-bulletin-august-28th-2020 Help defend the oceans. Support sustainable fishing and aquaculture/agriculture practices. Don't pollute your local waterways. Donate to your local marine conservation charity. Image courtesy of Pixabay.com
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If you have heard the word "Mauritius" recently you probably know there has been a recent massive oil spill in the waters of the small island. To add to the disaster, 27 dolphins along with several other species of dead marine animals have been washing ashore. The deaths have not been "officially linked" to the die-offs and the officials are investigating the causes to see if they are linked or not. The two possible causes at this moment are due to the spill and/or the "subsequent sinking of the vessel". Two dolphins have been tested with no traces of oil but both had injuries to their bodies. More information will be available once their autopsy reports are released. At this time of posting, they may have been released. When we have more information will post it.
Read more from CBS News : https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mauritius-oil-spill-27-dolphins-found-dead/ This article was part of the August 28th Seven Seas Bulletin. Read the entire bulletin at : https://esteem.app/hive-127788/@portsundries/seven-seas-bulletin-august-28th-2020 Help defend the oceans. Support sustainable fishing and aquaculture/agriculture practices. Don't pollute your local waterways. Donate to your local marine conservation charity. Image courtesy of Pixabay.com Belize has taken some great steps to protecting their ocean waters and the life within it. The Sapodilla Cayes Marine Reserve will be expanded 700%! and they will be phasing out the use of gillnet fishing by 2022, partly by assisting "fishers transition to more sustainable livelihoods".
Not sure what a gillnet is and how it is a killing sea turtles and other marine life that is both not intended to be caught and are often threatened species? Read this from NOAA : https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/bycatch/fishing-gear-gillnets There are plenty of ways to fish, but this is not one of the ways we should be when in certain waters. "The marine reserve expansion has helped Belize meet its international commitment to the Convention on Biological Diversity’s Aichi Target 11, which calls for nations to protect at least 10% of their marine environments by 2020." Read more from Monga Bay: https://news.mongabay.com/2020/08/belize-takes-ocean-action-with-expanded-marine-reserve-and-ban-on-gill-nets/ This article was part of the August 28th Seven Seas Bulletin. Read the entire bulletin at : https://esteem.app/hive-127788/@portsundries/seven-seas-bulletin-august-28th-2020 Help defend the oceans. Support sustainable fishing and aquaculture/agriculture practices. Don't pollute your local waterways. Donate to your local marine conservation charity. Image courtesy of Pixabay.com Late last year "the shells pieces of about 100 turtles" were confiscated before they could make there away out of the United States. The global black market for illegal luxury "tortoiseshell" products has fueled poaching of threatened sea turtle species .
"CBP’s Contraband Enforcement Team and Agriculture Specialists estimated that about 65 percent of the 290 pounds of scutes came from hawksbill turtles, while 35% came from green turtles that were likely caught in the Caribbean or Central America." "Because the species is found throughout the Caribbean Sea and western Atlantic Ocean including the Gulf of Mexico and South Florida, and from Central America to northern Brazil, Miami has become a gateway for the illegal export of these animals to Asia and Europe. The city is already a global hub in the import-export industry, and it’s the main port of entry for exotic reptiles and plants, dirty gold and smuggled songbirds, as well as shark fins." Read more from the Miami Herald : https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/environment/article244900152.html This article is part of our Seven Seas Bulletin for August 13th. Read it here : https://portsundries.weebly.com/port-blog/seven-seas-bulletin-august-13th-2020 Help defend the oceans. Support sustainable fishing and aquaculture/agriculture practices. Don't pollute your local waterways. Donate to your local marine conservation charity. All images courtesy of Pixabay.com Do you support sustainable fishing and marine conservation? Do you hate wasteful government spending? Then you maybe interested in what this article has to say. Frank Day, of Pew Charitable Trusts, takes a look at a recent case studies show a reform to WTO's fishing subsidies. The studies support ending payments that can be deemed "harmful", such as funding that encourages overfishing, while maintaining subsidies for artisanal fishers when needed, such as when a local fisher has to "survive a lean season".
"Now, new case studies show that World Trade Organization (WTO) measures to end those harmful payments could help local fishers while increasing global catch." "The new case studies provide the first practical evidence of how curbing subsidy-driven overfishing would improve fishery sustainability and benefit local fishers, their families, and their communities." Read more from Pew Trusts : https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/articles/2020/07/22/fisheries-subsidies-reform-could-reduce-overfishing-and-illegal-fishing-case-studies-find?utm_campaign=conservation_rhfs________&utm_source=facebook_environment&utm_medium=social&utm_content=article_general____linkcard_&utm_term=___ This article is part of our Seven Seas Bulletin for August 13th. Read it here : https://portsundries.weebly.com/port-blog/seven-seas-bulletin-august-13th-2020 Help defend the oceans. Support sustainable fishing and aquaculture/agriculture practices. Don't pollute your local waterways. Donate to your local marine conservation charity. All images courtesy of Pixabay.com "Around two dozen green turtles have been released back to the wild in Bali after the endangered creatures were rescued from poachers on the Indonesian holiday island."
Read more from RTE at : https://www.rte.ie/news/newslens/2020/0805/1157494-sea-turtles/ This article was part of the August 5th 2020 Port Sundires Seven Seas Bulletin : https://esteem.app/news/@portsundries/seven-seas-bulletin-august-5th-2020 |
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