stewardship
Imagine a World Without Fish
Submitted by Evan on Mon, 06/08/2009 - 9:06amPublished in
Imagine a world without fish. It is a scary prospect, but it is within the realm of possibility. Check out the new movie "The End of Line" to learn more about overfishing and what you can do to help be a responsibile steward of the oceans.
Threats to Reefs in Northwest Hawaiian Islands
Submitted by Evan on Mon, 04/13/2009 - 9:39amPublished in
The National Science Foundation announced the results of a study today that investigated the threats to the Northwest Hawaiian Islands (Papahânaumokuâkea Marine National Monument). Please read below for an introduction to the study and then follow the link below that for the full article.
"In the current issue of the journal Coral Reefs, authors Kimberly Selkoe and Benjamin Halpern, both of the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) at the University of California at Santa Barbara, explain how maps of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI)--a vast area stretching across more than 1,200 miles of Pacific Ocean--can be used to make informed decisions about protecting the world's fragile coral reefs."
http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=114538&govDel=USNSF_51
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