LA Times- Five Part Series on the Crisis in the Oceans
PART ONE
ALTERED OCEANS
A Primeval Tide of Toxins
Runoff from modern life is feeding an explosion of primitive organisms. This 'rise of slime,' as one scientist calls it, is killing larger species and sickening people.
By Kenneth R. Weiss, Times Staff Writer
July 30, 2006
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PART TWO
ALTERED OCEANS
Sentinels Under Attack
Toxic algae that poison the brain have caused strandings and mass die-offs of marine mammals — barometers of the sea's health.
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PART THREE
ALTERED OCEANS
Dark Tides, Ill Winds
With sickening regularity, toxic algae blooms are invading coastal waters. They kill sea life and send poisons ashore on the breeze, forcing residents to flee.
By Kenneth R. Weiss, Times Staff Writer
August 1, 2006
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PART FOUR
ALTERED OCEANS
Plague of Plastic Chokes the Seas
On Midway Atoll, 40% of albatross chicks die, their bellies full of trash. Swirling masses of drifting debris pollute remote beaches and snare wildlife.
By Kenneth R. Weiss, Times Staff Writer
August 2, 2006
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PART FIVE
ALTERED OCEANS
A Chemical Imbalance
Growing seawater acidity threatens to wipe out coral, fish and other crucial species worldwide.
By Usha Lee McFarling, Times Staff Writer
August 3, 2006
AON Members in the News
- Study: high mercury levels in fish in Alaska and other states [Anchorage Daily News, 9/15/05]
- Danson brings star power to healthy-seas movement [Anchorage Daily News, 9/9/05]
- Report says groundfish stocks are going strong [Anchorage Daily News, 9/7/05]
- Ocean's bounty must be ensured with ecosystem-based management [Anchorage Daily News, 7/17/05]
- Court rules for more rockfish protection [The Oregonian 8/25/05]
- Alaska Oil Spill Motivates New Shipping Safety Coalition [Environmental News Service, 2/24/05]
- When will Alaska learn prevention is key to handling costly oil spills? [Anchorage Daily News, 2/24/05]
- Decline of Hardy Alaskan Fur Seals Baffles Experts [New York Times, 2/22/05]
- Bottom trawling ban off Alaska to widen [MSNBC, 2/14/05]
- Continued trawling destruction is a disgrace [Juneau Empire, 2/3/05]
- Bottom trawls imperil fish habitats [Anchorage Daily News, 1/22/05]
- Plan to guard state's waters needed [Anchorage Daily News, 1/15/05]
- Governor seeks delay in British Columbia black cod farms [Associated Press, 10/18/04]
Climate Change & Global Warming
- Conservation groups sue to protect polar bears [Anchorage Daily News, 12/16/2005]
- Is Global Warming Killing the Polar Bears? [Wall Street Journal, 12/14/2005]
- Global warming concerns Carter [Anchorage Daily News, 7/7/2005]
- Melting ice will wreck polar bear populations [Anchorage Daily News, 7/5/2005]
- With Global Warming, Reduced Sea Ice Could Be Trouble for Ringed Seals in Arctic [SeaWeb, May 2005]
- Study Says Antarctic Glaciers Are Shrinking, Sea Levels May Climb [Washington Post, 4/22/05]
- Climactic threats loom over the Arctic [Anchorage Daily News, 2/3/05]
- Is Alaska really getting warmer? [Anchorage Daily News, 1/30/05]
- Vanishing Alaska [Time Magazine, 10/4/04]
- The Dangers of Climate Change and the Benefits for the Russian Federation of Participating in the Kyoto Protocol [Environmental Defence, 4/19/04]
Deep-sea Corals
Fisheries Management
- Bipartisan plan aims to revamp U.S. fisheries law [Grist Magazine, 12/13/05]
- New rules aim to halt overfishing [Anchorage Daily News, 9/20/05]
- View comments of recent field hearings on Fisheries Management in Alaska and the Reauthorization of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act in Kodiak and Ketichikan.
- Report on the red king crab collapse in the Bering Sea by Dew and McConnaughey (Available on NMFS website for downloading and printing)
Hard copies can also be obtained by contacting the author directly at Braxton.Dew@noaa.gov.
Read Abstract
- Prominent Scientists Issue Consensus Statement on Ecosystem-Based Management
The current state of the oceans requires immediate action and attention. Solutions based on an integrated ecosystem approach hold the greatest promise for delivering desired results. From a scientific perspective, we now know enough to improve dramatically the conservation and management of marine systems through the implementation of ecosystem-based approaches. [SeaWeb, May 2005]
- Brookings Institution's Future of Oceans Policy discussion
Future of Oceans Policy discussion
- New rules help fish reach river [Anchorage Daily News, 1/28/05]
- Fishermen want more net time [Anchorage Daily News, 1/20/05]
- Pollock fishermen lead charge to cut salmon by-catch [Anchorage Daily News, 12/28/04]
- Rule group discusses fisheries subsidies, anti-dumping [ICTSD Bridges, 12/22/04]
- Science at odds with fishing industry [BBC News, 12/7/04]
- Canada And European Union Consider Global Conference On Overfishing [Associated Press, 11/1/04]
- Courage Without Conviction: Cause for Chaos in U.S. Marine Fisheries Management [MS Word, 169KB]
- CAUGHT IN THE ACT: The Devastating Effect of Fisheries Mismanagement After Five Years of the Sustainable Fisheries Act [Marine Fish Conservation Network]
Marine Mammals
- Alaska sea otters to get federal standing [Anchorage Daily News, 8/9/05]
- US fisheries agency scientists say findings altered [ENN, 6/29/05]
- Could Killer Whales Be Responsible for Sea Lion and Sea Otter Decline in Aleutians?
In recent decades, populations of, first, Steller sea lions and then sea otters have undergone prolonged and precipitous declines in the Aleutian Island region. [SeaWeb, May 2005]
- Shell to reroute Russian oil pipelines over gray whale fears [ENN, 3/31/05]
- Draft plan aims to boost Inlet belugas [Anchorage Daily News, 3/17/05]
- A Puzzle in the Pribilofs [Smithsonian Magazine, March 2005]
- Center Petitions to List the Polar Bear as a Threatened Species under the Endangered Species Act [Center for Biological Diversity]
- Decline of Hardy Alaskan Fur Seals Baffles Experts [New York Times, 2/22/05]
- Orcas on the move don't talk until killing's done, scientists say [Anchorage Daily News, 2/20/05]
- Group seeks to shield polar bear [Seattle Times, 2/17/04]
- Update 1: Study: Field Development Should Be Halted [Forbes, 2/16/05]
- Whale Probe Seen Negative for Russia Oil Plan -WWF [Reuters, 2/14/05]
- Alaska SeaLife Center Otter Prognosis Found to Be Serious [Alaska SeaLife Center, 2/05]
- Alaska Marine Mammals Stranding Group [NOAA]
- Federal agency proposes threatened status for orcas [Seattle Times, 12/17/04]
- Study of beluga whales elicits more questions than answers [Anchorage Daily News, 10/4/04]
- Scientists Double Tally of Known Right Whales [Sitnews, 10/2/04]
Marine Stewardship Council
Oil Spills
Salmon / Farming
Seabirds
U.S. Commission on Oceans Report
Other Reports
- Building Resilience and Adaptation to Manage Arctic Change [Ambio , 2006]
- New! Rethinking Sustainability: A New Paradigm for Fisheries Management
- Study finds dozens of Bering Sea animals in trouble [Pacific Environment and Center for Biological Diversity]
- Conservation and Management of North Pacific Rockfishes: AMCC's new report highlights need to conserve rockfish populations in the North Pacific
- Pacific Environment's “Hook, Line, and Trawler,” a joint Russian-American report on fishing gear usage in the Bering Sea
- Vital Signs in North Pacific: Code Blue for the Ocean
- 2004 Oakes Award Winner Announced- Plundering the Pacific
- Observations of Bering Sea Peoples [78 KB; MS Word doc]
- Report on the crab and shrimp stock collapses in the Gulf of Alaska by Orensanz et al. (1998)
- Financing Marine Conservation: A Menu of Options [World Wildlife Fund]
- INDIVIDUAL FISHING QUOTAS: Environmental, Public Policy, and Socioeconomic Impacts [Marine Fish Conservation Network 3/19/04]
- BODY OF EVIDENCE: The Fragile State of America's Oceans - A Review of Recent Science and a Framework for Recovery [Marine Fish Conservation Network]
- HORRORS OF THE DEEP! Chilling Tales of Denial, Conflict if Interest and Mismangement of America's Ocean Resources [Marine Fish Conservation Network]
- Scientists map 'highways of the sea' [MSNBC 2/13/04]
- A review of the theory, application and potential ecological consequences of F40% harvest policies in the Northeast Pacific [430 KB; pdf]
- Defying Ocean's End- An Agenda for Action
- FISH ECONOMICS: The Benefits of Rebuilding U.S. Ocean Fish
Populations
- Rebuilding US fisheries: progress and Problems [Andrew A Rosenberg, Jill H Swasey, and Margaret Bowman]
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