Review selected recent news stories on ocean conservation and marine science from around the world. Check back daily for updates!

• Mediterranean tuna ranches feel pinch as EU halts fishing (7/3/08)
• Wild salmon is threatened, and the farm-bred alternative raises concerns (7/3/08)
• New Report Available On Ecosystems And Climate Change (7/2/08)
• UN issues dire report on oceans (7/1/08)
• To Save Olympic Sailing Races, China Fights Algae (7/1/08)
• A New Twist in Penguins’ Already Uncertain Future (7/1/08)
• Climate Change Causing Significant Shift In Composition Of Coastal Fish Communities (6/30/08)
• An inconvenient truth for fishing communities (6/30/08)
• Rare leatherback turtles return to Malaysia (6/29/08)
• Rare leatherback turtles return to Malaysia (6/29/08)
• RP seeks concerted global action to protect coral triangle (6/29/08)
• Science vessel welcomed (6/27/08)
• Fish farming company in B.C. calls for closed containment pens (6/27/08)
• Census Aims to Catalog World's Oceans (6/27/08)
• Study: Don't use Florida coasts as toilets (6/27/08)
• Catalogue of marine life reaches 122,500 (6/27/08)
• Salmon firm to establish safe lane for pink migration (6/27/08)
• Study: Don't use Florida coasts as toilets (6/27/08)
• Give a fish a bad name (6/26/08)
• Whaling adversaries see way forward (6/26/08)
• US scientists study whether off-limits zones can help revive fish populations (6/26/08)
• Finding Nemo fish under threat of extinction (6/26/08)
• RP seeks concerted global action to protect coral triangle (6/25/08)
• Japan fishermen to strike in oil price protest (6/25/08)
• Rogue fishermen cause mayhem at sea (6/25/08)
• Shrimp farmers blame local authorities for failure to comply with EU standards (6/25/08)
• Study: Dry Tortugas Has Signs of Recovery (6/25/08)
• Effort to create global marine database sprints forward (6/25/08)
• Scientists seek to sort sundry names for sealife (6/25/08)
• The Mangroves an undervalued ecosystem (6/25/08)
• Oxygen-starved oceans rapidly dying (6/25/08)
• More funding needed in fight against illegal fishing (6/24/08)
• EU fisheries chief stands firm on bluefin tuna ban (6/24/08)
• EU Commission to present aid plan for fisheries (6/24/08)
• Thailand to set up another committee to consider fishermen’s requests for coastal fishing zone ban (6/24/08)
• Exploited fish can make rapid comeback in marine reserves where fishing is banned (6/24/08)
• Thaw at the top of the world (6/24/08)
• Japan threatens to resume commercial whaling (6/24/08)
• EU confirms closure of industrial tuna fishing season (6/23/08)
• Mediterranean resorts menaced as stinging jellyfish arrive early (6/23/08)
• Seals' island is dumping ground for marine debris (6/23/08)
• EU set to clash over fishing (6/23/08)
• New Kenyan law targets foreign vessels (6/23/08)
• Sea of Trash (6/22/08)
• More and bigger jellyfish could be spotted at beaches (6/21/08)
• Hake Could Disappear from Argentina's Seas (6/20/08)
• 'Deep seven' fishing ban extended (6/20/08)
• Sea-level tracking satellite launched (6/20/08)
  
• Whales' food zones shrink (6/20/08)
• How overfishing can alter an ocean's entire ecosystem (6/19/08)
• Officials Warn About High Levels Of Mercury In South Carolina Fish (6/19/08)
• Japan presents faux caviar (6/19/08)
• Oceans warming faster than we thought (6/19/08)
• Sea Levels Rose Faster Than Estimated (6/19/08)
• Catch-22: Feds cut climate research to save fuel (6/18/08)
• Supermarkets Failing to Adopt Sustainable Seafood Buying Practices: Report (6/18/08)
• Shallow water corals evolved in the deep sea (6/18/08)
• New steps toward sustainable trade in fish (6/17/08)
• A guardian of the sea (6/17/08)
• Leading sustainable seafood programme expands into Southern Africa (6/17/08)
• As beaches creep in, ownership disputes erupt (6/17/08)
• Marine life on 'junk food' diet – and we're to blame (6/17/08)
• Keys' reefs recovering after back-to-back hurricanes (6/16/08)
• MSC "will not" extend its label to aquaculture (6/16/08)
• Climate change threatens reef fish (6/16/08)
• Militants oppose oil exploration by US company in Sulu Sea (6/15/08)
• Salmon talks in Norway (6/15/08)
• Shark protection bill cracks down on finning (6/15/08)
• Oil companies get OK to annoy bears (6/15/08)
• Alaska salmon may bear scars of global warming (6/15/08)
• Monsoon trawling ban off Kerala Coast from midnight (6/14/08)
• Ocean changes may trigger US megadrought (6/14/08)
• Federal panel kills Atlantic circle-hook rule (6/13/08)
• EU to shut down industrial bluefin tuna fishing earlym (6/13/08)
• Pesticides in B.C. rivers damaging salmon's smell: study (6/13/08)
• Europe's governments must ignore fishermen's demands—for the sake of the fishing industry (6/13/08)
• Alaska village threatened by warming gets funding (6/13/08)
• Swath of coast closed to clamdiggers (6/13/08)
• Some Shark Populations Collapsing (6/12/08)
• Governor backs 3 bills on oil spill response (6/12/08)
• Arctic sea ice melting faster than expected (6/12/08)
• Fish cages finally leaving Eilat (6/12/08)
• Mediterranean shark numbers drop dramatically (6/11/08)
• Sainsbury's to sell only sustainable seafood (6/11/08)
• Preserving precious fish: More and more restaurants pick sustainable seafood options (6/11/08)
• Russia to increase its Arctic military presence (6/11/08)
• Rapid permafrost thaw expected, researchers warn (6/11/08)
• Warship was carrying out sonar tests the day 26 creatures died (6/11/08)
• Nowhere to hide: The onslaught of fishing technology (6/10/08)
• Malnutrition dogs Pemba's fishing communities (6/10/08)
• Local aquaculture industry eyes growth (6/10/08)
• Speaker shoots down emergency salmon debate in Canada (6/10/08)
• Hundreds of fishing boats stranded due to fuel shortage (6/10/08)
• Blue bloods: Fears about overfishing and habitat loss spur count of state's horseshoe crabs (6/9/08)
• Caribbean Monk Seal Gone Extinct From Human Causes, NOAA Confirms (6/9/08)
• Groups say they will sue over polar bears, drilling (6/9/08)
• Dozens of dead, oil-covered penguins appear on Uruguayan beaches (6/9/08)
• NOAA Launches Online Inventory of Marine Protected Areas (6/9/08)
• Right Whale Safe Zone (6/8/08)
• Demand for delicacy puts sharks in peril (6/8/08)
• Fishing industry reeling from fuel costs (6/7/08)
• Report paints bleak picture of fishery's recovery (6/7/08)
• Canada is slammed for failing to protect its oceans (6/6/08)
• Climate change effect on oceans underestimated (6/6/08)
• Asia's Oceans Threatened by Over-Fishing (6/6/08)
• Scientists warn of coastal ecosystem destruction if management not improved (6/5/08)
• Environment day calls for end to CO2 addiction (6/5/08)
• Ocean coasts in grave danger, Hamilton-based think tank says (6/5/08)
• Storm brewing over ocean fertilisation (6/5/08)
• Belgian police clash with fishermen protesting fuel prices (6/4/08)
• Warmer seas blamed for rapid decline of Scottish puffin colony (6/4/08)
• Indonesian capital parts hit by tidal wave (6/4/08)
• New round of climate talks opens with warning from poor nations (6/4/08)
• Fears Fiji's tuna industry will collapse (6/3/08)
• Fishermen groaning from high fuel costs (6/2/08)
• International trade organisations blamed for food crisis (6/2/08)
• Ecosystem connectivity patterns can yield better predictions of future ecological change (6/2/08)
• Tough medicine in salmon deal (6/2/08)
• Overfishing Turning Sea-beds into Wastelands, Warns Food Journalist (6/2/08)
• Europe's Fishermen Continue Strike Over High Fuel Costs (6/2/08)
• Cameroon: Fishermen Buying Fishermen (6/2/08)
• Ocean's low-oxygen areas a growing threat for sea life (6/2/08)
• Fishers struggle with salmon shutdown (6/1/08)
• Reef madness - A greenhouse gass is killing off the world's coral by turning the oceans into an acid bath (6/1/08)
• New rules on fishing gear aim to help fish survive release (6/1/08)
• Biodiversity measures adopted by 191 nations (5/31/08)
• Fuel Costs Incite Protests by Fishermen in Europe (5/31/08)
• Myrick urges drilling for oil off North Carolina coast (5/30/08)
• Loss of biodiversity threatens livelihoods of world's poorest (5/30/08)
• Japan finding itself in hot water (5/30/08)
• EU urges governments to save troubled fishing sector through downsizing (5/29/08)
• Fishermen across Europe demand help (5/29/08)
• 5 Countries Agree to Talk Over the Arctic (5/29/08)
• Massachusetts Law to Manage and Protect Ocean Waters (5/29/08)
• Over 80 percent of fisheries overfished: report (5/28/08)
• Global fisheries hit by soaring diesel costs (5/28/08)
• Divers removing sea squirts from Puget marinas (5/28/08)
• Study: Florida should prepare for warming (5/28/08)
• Lawmakers focus on increasing acidity of oceans at Seattle hearing (5/28/08)
• Wild Salmon Supporters Urge You to Boycott Farmed Fish (5/28/08)
• Countries to decide on Arctic Ocean ownership (5/28/08)
• France calls for new EU aid rules for fisheries (5/27/08)
• Accreditation Sought for Key Trawl Fisheries (5/27/08)
• Call for WTO to scrap subsidies causing overfishing (5/27/08)
• Malaysia takes steps to claim 100 isles, reefs (5/27/08)
• Cameroon: Despite Ban, Twin Trawlers Fish Freely (5/26/08)
• Japan to suspend some tuna fishing on fuel prices (5/26/08)
• Fishing strikes set to spread across Europe (5/26/08)
• Channel ports back to normal as French fishermen call off blockade (5/26/08)
• The silent collapse of coastal waters rings alarm bell (5/26/08)
• Over 80 percent of fisheries overfished: report (5/26/08)
• Study bolsters Canada's Arctic Sea claim (5/26/08)
• Warming tied to spread of clam-gobbling ray (5/26/08)
• Race for Antarctic krill a test for green management (5/25/08)
• Sun lotions help to kill coral reefs (5/24/08)
• The world's oceans at risk from rising acidity (5.23.08)
• Don't make coral a fashion victim (5/22/08)
• Fin soup threatens survival of sharks: study (5.22.08)
• Carbon time bomb ticking away, beneath the ocean (5.22.08)
• New US-Canada salmon agreement proposed (5.22.08)
• Coastal piggeries kill coral (5/21/08)
• Governor says Alaska will challenge polar bear listing (5/21/08)
• A Lesson in Seafood, Sustainably Speaking (5/21/08)
• French-US statellite set for June launch to track sea levels (5/20/08)
• Poland bans its fisherman from catching cod from May 22 to Sept 30 (5/20/08)
• Ireland to hunt nightmare fishing nets in north Atlantic (5/18/08)
• Iran triggers £4m rush for caviar (5/18/08)
• Red tide has spread from Maine to Mass. (5/17/08)
• Red tide algae closes beds of shellfish in Bay State (5/17/08)
• Dead water; nitrogen being washed into the sea is causing dead zones (5/17/08)
• Feds: No food did in salmon (5/16/08)
• Humans blamed for sharp drip in wildlife (5/16/08)
• Reduce salmon catches by 50 per cent, panel urges (5/16/08)
• Global alarm sounded over dramatic decline in bird, fish, animal population (5/16/08)
• Endangered Destinations (5/15/08)
• Oceans Gasping For Breath (5/15/08)
• Mangroves development council formed for Philippines province (5/15/08)
• Washington puts polar bear on threatened species list (5/15/08)
• Massive deforestation of mangroves may have worsened scale of disaster in Burma (5/13/08)
• Microwave Is Redirected to Kill Shipboard Pests (5/13/08)
• Canoe Fishermen Call For Ban On Pair Trawling (5/12/08)
• Salmon crisis threatens ecology and culture (5/12/08)
• Massachusetts bill would help protect, manage coastal waters (5/12/08)
• How the world's oceans are running out of fish (5/11/08)
• Depleted shad run spur limits on fishing on East Coast (5/11/08)
• The Dangers of the Deltas (5/11/08)
• Ocean 'deserts' are increasing as planet warms (5/10/08)
• Boat sinks, spilling 1,000 litres of oil into sound in Canada (5/10/08)
• Marine manufacturers join fight for more flexibility (5/9/08)
• Cyclone took a path that led to maximum destruction (5/9/08)
• Cyclone Nargis and fishery in Myanmar (5/8/08)
• Mysterious algae blooms worry biologists in Florida (5/8/08)
• Officials now say sea lions weren't shot to death in Oregon (5/8/08)
• Myanmar's fishing sector said to be hit worse by cyclone Nargis than during the 2004 tsunami, says FAO (5/8/08)
• Fisheries body to assess bottom trawling and possibly restrict practice (5/7/08)
• A cause for celebration at Monterey Bay Aquarium (5/7/08)
• Longfin smelt under consideration for endangered status (5/7/08)
• Overfished Vietnam To Subsidize New Fishing Boats (5/7/08)
• Myanmar cyclone toll rises but relief effort lags (5/7/08)
• India’s first Marine Conservation Reserve to come up around Lakshadweep Islands (5/6/08)
• Fish farm 'epicentre' subject of vast new study (5/6/08)
• India’s first marine reserve in Lakshadweep soon (5/6/08)
• William and Mary student finds DDT in penguins (5/6/08)
• Amended anti-dumping bond still not WTO-compliant (5/6/08)
• Sea lions' killers used boat, opened cages, authorities say (5/6/08)
• Marine reserves increase fishery profits (5/5/08)
• UK fishermen "struggling" in face of rising fuel prices (5/508)
• Stinging jellyfish back at Italy's beaches (5/5/08)
• Myanmar cyclone kills over 10,000 people (5/5/08)
• People control conservation in Fiji (5/4/08)
• Oil spill's environmental impact studied six months later (5/3/08)
• Oxygen-poor ocean zones are growing (5/2/08)
• It's official: Salmon season a 'disaster' (5/1/08)
• Red tide rising: Scientists find 30 percent more spores than in 2005 crisis (5/1/08)
• Whale Protection Caught in Agency Rivalry, Files Show (5/1/08)
• Environmental groups sue state over nutrient pollution, red tide (4/30/08)
• C Restaurant swims against the current on salmon (4/30/08)
• Clamor for government action to protect marine life gets louder in Hong Kong (4/30/08)
• Poison ice (4/30/08)
• A shipping company agrees to a record fine for illegal ocean dumping in the Northwest (4/29/08)
• GEF commits US$63 million to help preserve Asia's Coral Triangle (4/29/08)
• Endangered seabirds unable to find mates (4/29/08)
• Whale sightings off Chile raise hope (4/28/08)
• World's penguins on the brink (4/27/08)
• Killer lice are wiping out the wild salmon in British Columbia (4/26/08)
• Cameroon;Chinese Trawlers Overfishing, Says Activist (4/25/08)
• Commercial fishing landings down, docksides value up in 2007 (4/25/08)
• Ballast Water Treatment Bill Gets U.S. House's Approval (4/25/08)
• Ocean compromise leaves no one totally satisified (4/24/08)
• Arctic ice melting faster than anticipated (4/24/08)
• Task force recommends new set of marine protected areas (4/24/08)
• Green activists take stand over tuna fishing at Brussels expo (4/23/08)
• Catch of the day may have an environmental catch of its own (4/23/08)
• Sea Level Rise to Slowly Swamp Coastal Zones (4/22/08)
• Australia becomes a whole lot bigger after UN ruling (4/22/08)
• Crabbers snap back against expected new harvest rules (4/22/08)
• Maldives president seeks help for 'paradise drowning' (4/22/08)
• Underwater mountain off B.C. coast nets status as protected area (4/21/08)
• Water pollution: Dawn of the 'Dead Zones' (4/21/08)
• Antarctic Ocean is 'less salty, less dense': scientist (4/18/08)
• Federal registry would regulate saltwater fishing (4/18/08)
• Global pirate attacks climb as Nigeria overtakes Indonesia as top hotspot (4/16/08)
• Florida Keys reef could be declared 'critical' (4/16/08)
• Alarm Over Blue Crab Decline (4/16/08)
• Ocean Conservancy project lists garbage found on coastlines on one day (4/15/08)
• The trouble with salmon (4/15/08)
• Eritrian coral reefs provide hope for global marine future (4/15/08)
• Could power stations be last straw for declining eel? (4/14/08)
• Coastal villagers ripped off, coral monitors reveal (4/14/08)
• EU cuts Poland cod quota after overfishing in 2007 (4/14/08)
• Killer whales blamed for decline of Scottish seals (4/14/08)
• The tribes on the Klamath know that as the river goes, so go the salmon (4/13/08)
• Oregon salmon trollers face the end game (4/12/08)
• Organic cod farm goes belly up (4/12/08)
• Warmer seas, over-fishing spell disaster for oceans: scientists (4/12/08)
• South China Sea headed for troubled waters: marine experts (4/12/08)
• Environmentalists doubt spill cleanup plans for icy waters (4/11/08)
• Fur Seals' Decline Puzzles Aleuts, Scientists (4/11/08)
• U.S. halts commercial salmon season (4/11/08)
• Oil firm, foes strike major deal (4/11/08)
• Warmer seas, over-fishing spell disaster for oceans: scientists (4/11/08)
• Dogfish, dogfish everywhere, but not enough to catch (4/10/08)
• Pollution complicates advice on fish (4/10/08)
• Japan to plant coral island in the Pacific (4/10/08)
• Tracking effort to protect deep-sea sharks (4/9/08)
• Warming trends rise in large ocean areas: study (4/9/08)
• Step taken toward oil and gas leasing in rare whale's habitat (4/08/08)
• Trawl-fishing is on its way out in Venezuela, amid demonstrations by artisanal fisherfolk (4/8/08)
• 4 tribes agree to settlement on restoring salmon runs (4/8/08)
• Salmon crash forces drastic measures (4/8/08)
• Fishermen switch to new lighting technology (4/8/08)
• Leatherback turtles dying out (4/7/08)
• The hoof and mouth disease of the salmon farming industry (4/7/08)
• Advocate for oceans finds common ground with GOP (4/6/08)
• Watermen discuss suing over Chesapeake's decline (4/4/08)
• Marine conservation - all at sea over precious resources (4/4/08)
• ‘Cockroach of lakes’ choking marine life (4/4/08)
• Tokyo's landmark fish market is under threat (4/3/08)
• A lesson on fish farms from Chile (4/3/08)
• European Commission’s internet site to protect African biodiversity (4/2/08)
• Much of world's oxygen is by-product of bacteria suffering from virus infections (4/2/08)
• Seafood smuggling to Iran on the rise (4/2/08)
• Whale and dolphin watching injects millions into Pacific economy (4/2/08)
• Study shows sea lice in B.C. waters now infest juvenile sockeye and herring (4/1/08)
• Poor nations fear being left in cold on global warming (4/1/08)
• Namibia: Another Red Tide Threat for Seafood Industry (4/1/08)
• House votes to protect California coast from oil drilling (4/1/08)
• Confrontation over Canada's East Coast seal hunt (3/31/08)
• Antarctic tourism threatening region's ecosystems, warn campaigners (3/31/08)
• San Francisco Bay Delta in the United States (3/31/08)
• Thai temple fights off encroaching tide as world sea levels rise (3/30/08)
• Warming a threat to birds, coral reef (3/29/08)
• Britain's sushi craving puts Japan's fish stocks under strain (3/28/08)
• In the United States, New Jersey's fishing ban on horseshoe crabs spills into Delaware (3/27/08)
• Consensus reached to fight tuna overfishing: Japan (3/27/08)
• Russia calls for sturgeon fishing ban in Caspian (3/27/08)
• B.C. places moratorium on salmon farming on North Coast (3/27/08)
• Salmon virus indicts Chile's fishing methods (3/27/08)
• Chunk of Antarctic ice shelf collapses (3/27/08)
• Fisherfolk learn to effectively communicate (3/26/08)
• Polluted waters threaten Florida tourism (3/26/08)
• Tuna talks look to cut down on overfishing (3/26/08)
• Britain's fishing industry is in line to become one of the greenest in the world (3/26/08)
• Untreated waste water threat to fisheries, tourism in Caribean (2/25/08)
• Int'l tuna body likely to agree on stricter quotas at Tokyo meet (3/24/08)
• Scientists try to explain dismal salmon run (3/24/08)
• An ocean's ripple effects (3/23/08)
• The rise of British sea power (3/23/08)
• Krill fishing threatens the Antarctic (3/23/08)
• Ships fail test for spill alerts (3/23/08)
• Sea levels rising too fast for Thames Barrier (3/22/08)
• Aged ships a toxic export (3/19/08)
• Ship pilot in San Francisco Bay spill is charged (3/18/08)
• Salmon collapse leaves fishermen high and dry (3/18/08)
• Ocean Power: Europe's Next Green Thing (3/17/08)
• Grief on the reef (3/17/08)
• Global sensor network needed for coral reef observatory, says group (3/16/08)
• Salmon fishing off California and Oregon may be banned (3/15/08)
• Emergency closure of ocean salmon season, Sacramento River closure possible (3/14/08)
• Crisis-hit seafood industry seeks relief measures (3/14/08)
• South Korea oil spill devastates marine life: official report (3/13/08)
• Military beacons to aid sea life (3/13/08)
• Marine organism bypasses photosynthesis for survival (3/13/08)
• Climate refugees in political pass-the-parcel (3/13/08)
• Satellite guidance enabling fishermen to net larger catch (3/12/08)
• Fisheries agency accepts Cowlitz tribe's petition for protection of smelt (3/12/08)
• Feds warn entire salmon season could be halted (3/12/08)
• Fishermen angry over new legislative initiative (3/11/08)
• New crop of chemicals is found in birds' eggs (3/11/08)
• EU report warns of trouble in Arctic over resources (3/11/08)
• Penguin droppings help identify pesticide hot spots (3/11/08)
• Fishing communities learn to handle business themselves (3/11/08)
• Red tide of death discovered in Southern Ocean (3/11/08)
• Chilean salmon industry faces new challenge (3/10/08)
• Small fishermen borrow a page from small farmers (3/10/08)
• Drugs show up in Americans' water (3/9/08)
• Flotsam fever: British Columbia's beachcombers will scour a shore at midnight for a shot at curious debris (3/7/08)
• US Researchers Hope to Tap Ocean Flows for Electricity (3/6/08)
• Seafood: How safe?; Reports differ on mercury levels (3/6/08)
• The taste of excess: Can we save the prized Caspian sturgeon? (3/6/08)
• Study Shows Ocean “Deserts” are Expanding (3/5/08)
• Oysters on the comeback in Eastern North Carolina (3/5/08)
• Fishing for the motives that lie behind piracy (3/5/08)
• Officials worried as 21 dolphins found dead (3/5/08)
• Oil spill threatens beaches in Dominican Republic (3/4/08)
• Japanese whalers hurt in sea battle with activists (3/3/08)
• Climate change hitting the sea's little guys too (2/29/08)
• Researchers plan to put sea lice under microscope in '08 (2/29/08)
• Feds do bare minimum on ocean conservation (2/28/08)
• Marine life in peril (2/28/08)
• Taiwan, U.S. scholars try to save coral reefs (2/28/08)
• 19 years after Exxon spill, it's fishermen's big day (2/27/08)
• Ocean report card: Feds fall short (2/27/08)
• Coral reefs and what ruins them (2/26/08)
• Human shadoes on the seas (2/26/08)
• How fishing killed off the fittest fish (2/26/08)
• View from space shows ocean around Hawaii less productive (2/26/08)
• U.S. boats catch 130,000 chinook - by mistake; About half of those salmon would have ended up in Canadian rivers (2/25/08)
• Study: Human activity having impact on western Atlantic (2/25/08)
• Salmon industry on the ice in Oregon (2/25/08)
• Marine life grows in protected areas (2/24/08)
• Sea life should not be on drugs (2/24/08)
• Ocean acidification threatens underwater ecosystems (2/23/08)
• Rising seas threaten erosion on China's shores, scientists say (2/22/08)
• U.S. moving to protect dying coral off South Florida coast (2/21/08)
• Tuna fishery faces collapse; Cod-like debacle unfolding (2/20/08)
• New expedition to study mysterious deep-sea corals (2/19/08)
• Satellite images show damage from trawling seas (2/19/08)
• Shark species face extinction amid overfishing and appetite for fins (2/18/08)
• Study finds human medicines altering marine biology (2/17/08)
• Scientists fear 'tipping point' in Pacific Ocean; Coast has seen deadly drop-off in oxygen levels for sea life (2/15/08)
• Study finds humans' effect on oceans comprehensive (2/15/08)
• Man's effect on world's oceans revealed (2/15/08)
• Huge study gives wake-up call on state of world's oceans (2/15/08)
• World's largest marine reserve declared by Kiribati in central Pacific (2/14/08)
• British Columbia group pushes Ottawa to do more about our oceans (2/14/08)
• New fish farm study cites crash in salmon, trout populations (2/12/08)
• King penguin faces extinction due to climate change (2/12/08)
• Many factors will challenge the recovery of the Chesapeake Bay (2/11/08)
• Coral protection to tighten in Florida (2/9/08)
• Thriving seabirds, once devastated by DDT, no longer belong on the national endangered species list, officials say (2/9/08)
• A government-funded group now agrees that sea lice from fish farms threaten wild salmon (2/8/08)
• We were told to eat more fish... but now there may not be enough left (2/7/08)
• Commercial overfishing threatens coastal livilihoods in Mozambique (2/6/08)
• Tuna tests have diners', restaurateurs' heads swimming (2/6/08)
• Rising ocean could sever link to Nova Scotia (2/5/08)
• Scientist says carbon dioxide could saturate seas first, kill plant life that
  supplies oxygen (2/4/08)
• Where have all the coho gone? (2/5/08)
• Fish farming goes urban thanks to Israeli ingenuity (2/4/08)
• More testing of seafood to address mercury concerns (2/4/08)
• Virginia struggles to save blue crab population (2/3/08)
• Global warming threatens to devastate the Mediterranean (2/2/08)
• Kiribati declares Phoenix Islands as marine protected area (2/1/08)
• Hawaii Superferry confronts winter of discontent on seas (2/1/08)
• Making sense out of mercury in fish (1/31/08)
• Top chefs to lobby restaurants on sustainable fish menus (1/30/08)
• Chinook salmon run shrinks - fishing industry alarmed (1/30/08)
• Officials warn of salmon population collapse (1/30/08)
• International report emphasizes need for urgent change in aquaculture industry (1/28/08)
• The World Wildlife Fun Russia calls for a ban on Russian caviar exports (1/28/08)
• Can the crown jewel of world's coral reefs be saved? (1/24/08)
• Russia tries to save sturgeon with caviar monopoly (1/24/08)
• Fashion and Design Industry Leaders Launch Coral Conservation Campaign (1/23/08)
• Turn tide on Florida pollution (1/23/08)
• South Koreans decry worst-ever oil spill (1/23/08)
• Global warming called a threat to Papua New Guinea fisheries (1/22/08)
• Rich countries owe poor ones trillions over environmental damage (1/22/08
• Mediterranean nations pledge restraints on coastal development (1/22/08)
• Papua New Guinea plans to become world's tuna capital (1/21/08)
• Arctic meltdown produces huge cracks in Beaufort Sea (1/17/08)
• Coral reefs threatened by flesh-eating starfish (1/17/08)
• Eight out of ten swordfish exceed FDA mercury action level in random supermarket tests conducted by MASI (1/17/08)
• South Korean town fights for life after oil spill (1/16/08)
• Mysterious chemical find concerns critics in British Columbia (1/15/08)
• Europe Takes Africa’s Fish, and Boatloads of Migrants Follow (1/14/08)
• The hidden costs of little oil spills (1/13/08)
• Hungry sea lions back in the Columbia, but birds worse problem (1/10/08)
• New center to focus on solving ocean problems (1/10/08)
• Minister: Brithish Columbia salmon farms meeting 'standards of the day' (1/9/08)
• Could sea power solve the energy crisis? (1/8/08)
• Humans have caused profound changes in Caribbean coral reef (1/8/08)
• Roger Payne sounds alarm on polluted oceans (1/7/08)
• Gone 'Green' Fishing with EcoFish (1/7/08)
• Climate change, overfishing, not pollution, main cause for Caribbean coral demise, says new study (1/7/08)
• Daytime swordfish catch prompts fears (1/6/08)
• Fishermen want to sell escaped salmon (1/4/08)
• Fishing in 'troubled waters' leads to big losses (1/3/08)
• Alaskan sea drilling plans criticized (1/3/08)
• Nature and man jointly cook Artic (1/3/08)
• Climate change reduces fish stocks in Senegal (1/2/08)
• Malaysia:Drastic drop in bird stopovers as wetlands are lost (1/2/08)
• As water rises, Senegal's landscape changes (1/1/08)
• Croatia imposes fishing protection zone (1/1/08)
• Resolving to do better with fish farms (12/31/07)
• 10-acre artificial reef proposed for Hawaii (12/30/07)
• Invading Pacific salmon pose a threat to penguins in southern Argentina (12/30/07)
• Fears of 'worst shark season ever' as sea heats up (12/30/07)
• Tests discover no oil on the San Fransisco Bay seafloor (12/29/07)
• The plastic killing fields (12/29/07)
• EPA OKs mercury target for fish (12/28/07)
• A reef villian's archnemisis: the Super Sucker (12/28/07)
• Climate change adversely affecting predators in world's oceans (12/26/07)
• Coral mining made tsunami more destructive in Sri Lanka (12/26/07)
• Conserving Cuba, after the embargo (12/25/07)
• Scientists hope to save dwindling bluefin tuna stocks (12/25/07)
• Loss of sea ice could harm walrus (12/24/07)
• Government's silence on sea lice and wild salmon a problem (12/23/07)
• Nigeria: Country Risks Loss of $10 Billion From Sea Level Rise (12/20/07)
• Pacific's future under threat (12/20/07)
• EU ministers reach deal on fish quotas (12/19/07)
• Boston plant to stop pumping warmer water into Mount Hope Bay; Discharge tied to fish decline (12/18/07)
• Oceans failing acid test (12/17/07)
• Canned tuna productions drops (12/15/07)
• "Slavery kingdom" discovered after cyclone in Bangladesh (12/15/07)
• Salmon Farming May Doom Wild Populations, Study Says (12/14/07)
• Scientists warn of a world without coral (12/14/07)
• Record loss of polar ice is chilling new warning on warming climate (12/13/07)
• Warming seas, disease take toll on coral reefs (12/12/07)
• Giant oil spill still spreading (12/11/07)
• Years to recover from South Korea spill: environmentalists (12/11/07)
• Penguins in peril as climate warms (12/11/07)
• Conflicts to increase with temperatures, scientists and UN warn (12/10/07)
• South Korea's worst oil spill spreads along coast (12/10/07)
• Oil tanker leaks 110,000 barrels of crude oil after collision off South Korea's coast (12/7/07)
• Scrambling to Save Coral's `homeland' (12/7/07)
• Asia, Pacific countries to push coral reef into Kyoto mechanism (12/06/07)
• Study: Fish less and make more money from healthier stocks (12/6/07)
• Sinking islands deride climate change inaction (12/5/07)
• Great Barrier Reef scientist and filmaker works to save shark population (12/5/07)
• Tensions at the edge of Alaska (12/4/07)
• Fleeing rising seas, Pacific villagers seek help at Bali climate conference (12/4/07)
• Catch of the day: sustainable fish (12/3/07)
• Study finds marine conservation cuts poverty (12/3/07)
• Protesters ready themselves for Hawaii Superferry's return 12/3/07
• Chile's Flourishing Fish Farms Prompt Fears for Ecosystem 12/2/07
• WTO proposes elimination of most fishing subsidies 11/30/07
• UN body launches database to tackle illegal caviar trade 11/30/07
• A british biologist has the answer to the growing crisis in caviar 11/30/07
  
• Consumers complain that grocery chains aren't obeying the law on seafood labeling (11/30/07)
• California lifts fishing ban imposed after SF Bay oil spill (11/30/07)
• Study Finds Seasonal Seas Save Corals With Tough Love (11/29/07)
• Polar peril: A ship sinks and raises issues for Antarctica (11/28/07)
• Santa Cruz, California seabird die-off linked to red tide, state officials say (11/28/07)
• Rats Wipe Out Seabirds on Alaska Island (11/28/07)
• EU tightens controls on tuna fishing (11/27/07)
• 11% rise in cod quota 'but it's not enough' (11.27.07)
• Tuna Greed (11.26.07)
• Super study of oceans urged (11/26/07)
• Fisheries producing small, less fertile fish (11/23/07)
• Salmon wiped out in attack by shoal of killer jellyfish (11/22/07)
• Africa; And Then There Were No Fish (11/21/07)
  
• Fishing, hunting losses from Black Sea oil spill over $160 mln (11/19/07)
• Overfishing and development turning the Mediterranean into a marine graveyard ( 11/19/07)
• San Francisco oil spill takes heavy toll on sanctuary (11/19/07)
• Tracking the white shark (11/18/07)
• Cargo ships imperil paradise (11/18/07)
• Grim climate change report spurs UN call for 'breakthrough' (11/17/07)
• Federal agency takes step toward protecting Pacific turtles (11/17/07)
• San Francisco crabbers stay off water; oil spill probe continues (11/16/07)
• Mediterranean is most perilous place on Earth for sharks: IUCN (11/15/07)
• Russia oil wealth blackens mood; Cleanup crew on Black Sea shore blames key export for problems (11/15/07)
• Island states plead for action against rising seas (11/14/07)
• California governor suspends San Francisco Bay fishing (11/14/07)
• NASA sees arctic ocean circulation do an about-face (11/14/07)
• Oil from Russian spill kills 30,000 birds (11/12/07)
• World body warns over ocean 'fertilisation' to fix climate change (11/12/07)
• Marine Catastrophe? Soft Corals Melting Away Due To Global Warming, Says Researcher (11/12/07)
• Climate change to threaten a third of wildlife (11/12/07)
• Over 1,000 tonnes of fuel oil spills into Black Sea as tanker splits (11/11/07)
• U.N. chief warns Antarctica faces catastrophe due to global warming (11/11/07)
• San Francisco spill closes bay beaches as oil spreads, kills wildlife (11/9/07)
• Ship crashes into San Francisco Bay Bridge tower, spills 58,000 gallons of fuel oil (11/8/07)
• Higher Levels Of Pollutants Found In Fish Caught Near A Coal-fired Power Plant (11/8/07)
• Fish facts for families (11/1/07)
• Environmental failures 'put humanity at risk' (10/26/07)
• Fiji Navy and Fisheries Dept monitor poachers (10/25/07)
• Hawaii Superferry bill passes key Senate vote (10/25/07)
• EU Fails to Make Deep Cuts in Cod Quotas (10/24/07)
• Extinctions Linked to Hotter Temperatures (10/24/07)
• Biodiversity wipeout fear (10/23/07)
• EU finds compromise with Poland over Baltic fishing quotas (10/23/07)
• Consumer Challenge: Making Head or Tail of Fish and Mercury (10/23/07)
• Poland's fishermen ignore cod fishing ban (10/22/07)
• Carbon dioxide in atmosphere increasing faster than expected (10/22/07)
• Red Corals Seized in Philippines (10/20/07)
• Plastic in paradise (10/19/07)
• Small-scale Fishing In Mexico Rivals Industrial Fisheries In Accidental Turtle Deaths (10/19/07)
• Acid Oceans From Carbon Dioxide Will Endanger One Third Of Marine Life, Scientists Predict (10/19/07)
• Key sea research 'badly funded' (10/18/07)
• The livelihoods of Pakistani fishermen are under threat from commercial trawlers (10/17/07)
• Bluefin tuna may be the fish hunted to the very door of global extinction (10/17/07)
• Britain to claim more than 1m sq km of Antarctica (10/17/07)
• U.S. agencies stick to pregnancy fish-eating limits (10/15/07)
• Californians say pollution is biggest threat to marine life (10/13/07)
• Gore Shares Peace Prize For Climate Change Work (10/12/07)
• Salmon Now More Popular Than Cod (10/12/07)
• Japanese food makers shun China for Thailand (10/12/07)
• World environment ministers to meet in Indonesia (10/11/07)
• GroundfishGroups Seek to Restrict Herring Trawlers (10/11/07)
• Pollution Cuts Life Expectancy in Europe (10/10/07)
• Walrus Migration Alarms Scientists (10/7/07)
• Captive Breeding 'Weakens' Beasts (10/5/07)
• UN-backed ‘Clean Up the World Weekend’ moves into cyberspace (10/4/07)
• Mothers Again Urged to Eat Fish - Advisory at Odds With FDA Stance (10/4/07)
• Zone 1 in Place for California's No-Fishing Plan (9/28/07)
• B.C. Algae Bloom Kills 260 Tonnes of Farmed Salmon (9/28/07)
• U.N. Climate Summit Hears Calls For Urgent Action (9/24/07)
• Anyone for Fillet of Slimehead? Thought Not ... (9/23/07)
• Global warming's rising seas projected to overtake unique U.S. coastal spots in 100 years (9/22/07)
• EU Bans Bluefin Tuna Fishing (9/20/07)
• States Try New Approach to Preserving Oceans, Great Lakes (9/19/07)
• Fish Mercury Linked to Atmospheric Levels (9/18/07)
• Dumping of Accidental Catch Sparks Trawl-fleet Investigation (9/16/07)
• Islands Emerge as Arctic Ice Shrinks to Record Low (8/20/07)
• One Fish, Two Fish, No Fish (8/19/07)
• Report Suggests Link Between Human Contributions, Red Tide (8/17/07)
• New Study Disputes Gulf Stream is 'Slowing' (8/17/07)
• Atlantic Yields Climate Secrets (8/16/07)
• Group Petitions States to Block Ocean Acidification (8/15/07)
• Innovative Tagging Technique May Help Researchers Better Protect Fish Stocks (8/13/07)
• Arctic Sea Ice Set to Hit New Low (8/13/07)
• Coral Reef Loss at Unprecedented Levels (8/8/07
• Are We Unwittingly Turning the Oceans into a Deadly Acidic Stew? (8/6/07)
• Seas Could Rise Much More Than We Thought (8/6/07)
• Feds Shut Down Pacific Whiting Fishery After Bycatch Dumping (8/6/07)
• Tags Reveal Tuna Migration Routes (8/5/07)
• As We Marvel at a Trapped Whale and a Visiting Shark, We Plunder the Seas (8/4/07)
• Fish Fingers Made from Pollock Come to Rescue of Dwindling Cod (8/4/07)
• Oil Spill Cleaners Can Do More Harm to Reefs (8/3/07)
• Return of "Dead Zone" Off Oregon Symptom of Global Warming, Scientists Say (7/31/07)
• South Africa’s Ocean ‘Sick, Getting Worse' (7/29/07)
• Huge Sea Level Rises are Coming – Unless We Act Now (7/25/07)
• Rising Sea, Rising Threat: What Puget Sound Risks (7/25/07)