Reef News & Issues

http://flcoastalandocean.org/blueprint   Blueprint Blueprint Update The Florida Coastal and Ocean Coalition addresses the most pressing issues affecting Florida’s coastal and marine environments in Florida’s Coastal and Ocean Future: An Updated Blueprint for Economic and Environmental Leadership. This report updates the Coalition’s previous document, Florida’s Coastal and Ocean ...Click Here to Read More.

Sunday Dec 18th 2011:    One of the Sea Dream ships left Ensonada Honda Sat., Dec 17th, 2011, but did not head directly to the USFWS Refuge Cay Saturday night.  We are not sure where it anchored over-night.   One of the vessels was reported anchored at the refuge cay on Sun., Dec 18th, 2011.  Based on yesterday’s report, it appears that despite the public out-cry, ...Click Here to Read More.

On September 20, 2011, on the margins of the U.N. General Assembly, the President announced the U.S. Open Government National Action Plan.  The Plan was developed through a process that involved extensive consultations with external stakeholders, including a broad range of civil society groups and members of the private sector, to gather ideas on open government.  As we continue our work to ...Click Here to Read More.

28.11.11 Updated 22.55 Environment Coral Sea park is the size of France and Germany combined and will help protect fish, coral reefs and nesting sites The Australian marine park will protect green turtle nesting sites. Photograph: Getty Images Reuters The Guardian, Fri 25 Nov 2011 15.32 GMT Australia has announced plans for the world’s biggest marine park, intended to ...Click Here to Read More.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 16, 2011 3:41 PM CONTACT: Center for Biological Diversity Vera Pardee, (858) 717-1448 http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2011/11/16-11   I post this story here in Reef News because the effects of ocean acidification are destroying coral reefs.  It is one of the effects of global climate change that can be diminished through greater reductions ...Click Here to Read More.

http://coralreef.noaa.gov/aboutcrcp/news/featuredstories/oct11/hi_value/ A peer-reviewed study, commissioned by NOAA, reveals the estimated total economic value the American people hold for the coral reefs of the main Hawaiian Islands is $33.57 billion. This is a small moray eel in the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary off the coast of Maui. Photo credit: ...Click Here to Read More.

Congratulations to all who made case this a success!  Our law enforcement and legal teams are a vital part of any successful reef conservation, for  without prosecution there would not likely be effective deterrence.  Three cheers!!  hip, hip, hip – hooray!   “The aggregate financial penalty of $4.47 million makes this the largest for the illegal trade in coral, the largest ...Click Here to Read More.

Can reefs be made more resilient? Share and Enjoy: ...Click Here to Read More.

The Gulf of Mexico provides seafood, oil, and biological and cultural diversity that benefit the whole country.  Those of you who do not live near it may have noticed that those who do have had a rough couple of years with natural and human-caused disasters.  In response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, President Obama created the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task Force “charged ...Click Here to Read More.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/01/huffpost-game-changers-wh_n_302959.html   BILL MCKIBBEN Current Status: Author-turned-impassioned environmental activist Changing the Game By: Taking an apocalyptic piece of scientific data and using it to launch a worldwide grassroots campaign — 350.org — to fight global warming. McKibben’s goal is to have “350” ...Click Here to Read More.

Allison Winter, E&E reporter Published: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 A bipartisan group of senators will meet today to form an oceans caucus that could press their colleagues on issues including ocean conservation, fishing, ports, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration spending and offshore energy development. The new Senate Oceans Caucus comprises 18 coastal lawmakers, ...Click Here to Read More.

Hi All, I thought we could all use a little lionfish fun for a change.  This is from WPBT’s Changing Seas TV crew.  Enjoy and feel free to circulate! The newly re-edited video of “Lionfish and Panko Thyme” is now available on our YouTube channel, ChangingSeasTV. To watch this video, please click on the link ...Click Here to Read More.

http://www.keysnet.com/2011/07/12/357913/dredging-plan-gets-public-airing.html   Actually, for my quote at the end of this, I said the corals should be strongly protected, not projected.  There’s another typo there, but you get the idea.  DeeVon Last Stand says cruise ship issues clouded By SEAN KINNEY skinney@keynoter.com Posted – Wednesday, July 13, 2011 11:00 AM ...Click Here to Read More.

As reported on Coral-list July 13, 2011: I’ve been a part of this listserv for years and know you’d want to learn about a massive environmental journalism conference coming to Miami Oct. 19-23 that I will be co-chairing. It’s the annual gathering of the Society of Environmental Journalists featuring more than 1,000 attendees including hundreds of top working reporters from ...Click Here to Read More.

If you’re in Key West and interested in protecting the reefs, try to attend this public workshop at City Hall on Wednesday,  July 13th at 6pm.  Speak out against this proposal.  DeeVon   From: Mark Songer Sent: Jul 10, 2011 3:52 PM To: mark_songer@comcast.net Subject: Wednesday July 13 – 6pm Dear Last Stand members and supporters:   This Wednesday at 6:00pm at Old City ...Click Here to Read More.

*Volunteer placement* *on Curaçao* The Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Ecology (www.zmt-bremen.de) is searching for volunteers to join its field expedition in Curaçao in Automn 2011. Volunteers will help and participate actively in various research projects related to the ecology of benthic algae on coral reefs and their interactions with corals. They will have the opportunity to vastly ...Click Here to Read More.

The City of Key West is considering another effort to widen the channel leading into Key West Harbor to accommodate larger cruise ships.  Here are my comments on why this is not a good idea.  DeeVon Quirolo dquirolo @gmail.com Updated July 9th, 2011   Despite the implementation of best efforts to prevent it, sedimentation created by the outright removal of habitat during the project to ...Click Here to Read More.

  BLANK ROME SPONSORS BUSINESS FORUM ON MARINE SPATIAL PLANNING   Senior Federal Government Officials To Engage Ocean Industries at Marine Planning Conference Blank Rome Maritime, the largest maritime and admiralty law practice in the United States, has agreed to become a sponsor of the National Business Forum on Marine Spatial Planning (MSP). Blank ...Click Here to Read More.

http://www.dredgingtoday.com/2011/01/20/usa-key-west-officials-want-another-harbor-dredging-study/   Posted on Jan 20th, 2011   Key West city leaders are continuing to explore widening the shipping channel that leads into the city’s commercial harbor to accommodate newer, larger cruise ships. The most recent step was authorization from the Key West City Commission for staff and ...Click Here to Read More.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/06/29/earlyshow/main20075354.shtml June 29, 2011 10:10 AM By Amanda Cochran The upcoming Fourth of July weekend means many Americans will be hitting their local beaches. But a new report by the environmental action group, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) – which ranks the nation’s beaches by cleanliness each year – ...Click Here to Read More.

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/06/25-5 Published on Saturday, June 25, 2011 by The Independent/UK The report that the ocean is in trouble is no surprise. What is shocking is that it has taken so long for us to make the connection between the state of the ocean and everything we care about – the economy, health, security – and the existence of life itself. If the ocean is in ...Click Here to Read More.

Published on Sunday, June 26, 2011 by The Telegraph/UK Warming ocean waters are causing the largest movement of marine species seen on Earth in more than two million years, according to scientists. Warming ocean waters are causing the largest movement of marine species seen on Earth in more than two million years, according to scientists. (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias, file) In the ...Click Here to Read More.

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: Children’s Mangrove Artwork Needed For Calendar Art Competition! Dear Friends, MAP’s 11th Annual Children’s Mangrove Art Calendar Competition for 2012 is now in progress. We are accepting children’s artwork from around the world that answers the basic question: “What does the mangrove forest mean to my community and me?” Via this ...Click Here to Read More.

Vikki N. Spruill CEO, Ocean Conservancy   Posted: 06/ 7/11 11:40 AM ET   Last year on World Oceans Day, our nation was facing the largest oil spill in U.S. history. Since then, the well has been capped, oil-covered wildlife have been scrubbed, and experts have told us how to prevent another offshore oil disaster. But the truth is, not much has changed. The Gulf of ...Click Here to Read More.

We are happy to share with you a short (3-minute) Public Service Annoucement (PSA)  from the REEF Grouper Moon Project, talking about the importance of protections for spawning aggregations and the work that REEF and our collaborators at the Cayman Islands Department of the Environment (CIDOE) and Oregon State University have done on this important conservation issue. The PSA is on ...Click Here to Read More.

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/protest-wwfs-shrimp-standards/ Share and Enjoy: ...Click Here to Read More.

2011 Hands Across the Sand_Sponsor Building on the success of last year, I would like to invite your organization to be a sponsor of Hands Across the Sand in 2011 so that we may broaden the reach and impact of the event. I believe the collective efforts of clean energy and environmental organizations have immense power of combined membership and expertise to create real change in our national ...Click Here to Read More.

May 3, 2011 Dear Friends of Mangroves: Mangrove Action Project is asking for your help with our latest campaign against shrimp farm certification. We are preparing a compiled statement of protest from the conservation world against World Wildlife Foundation’s proposed Shrimp Aquaculture Dialogue, with its intended Aquaculture Stewardship Council.  This well intentioned effort is ...Click Here to Read More.

Passionate about the marine environment?  www.bluefront.org BVS3FLYER-fullpage041511 1 A four-day gathering of 500 leaders from the marine community including Dr. Jane Lubchenco, Sylvia Earle, Carl Safina, Admiral Thad Allen (USCG -Ret.), Ralph Nader, Barton Seaver, Wyland, Jim Toomey, Louie Psihoyos, Celine Cousteau and many others! May 20-23, 2011 * Washington, D.C. This year’s major ...Click Here to Read More.

This is so foolish, since the injected wastewater will not only foul drinking water supplies, but it will also deliver nitrogen-loaded wastewater to offshore coral reefs via upwelling. This bill overrides earlier important legislation that established a standard of advanced wastewater and reuse to replace ocean outfalls in South Florida.   And it is a joke to define injection as a method ...Click Here to Read More.

http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/04/11/2162515/bill-eases-sewage-restrictions.html#ixzz1JQ97p0uD Posted on Monday, 04.11.11   POLITICAL CURRENTS | THE LEGISLATURE   A measure advancing in the Legislature would give three South Florida counties and one city more time and leeway in phasing out how much sewage they flush into the Atlantic Ocean.   A diver writes down observations of marine ...Click Here to Read More.

Learn more at www.reef-rescue.org Friday April 8, FDEP Enforcement issued a letter to the Town of Hillsboro Beach warning they may be facing fines of hundreds of thousands of dollars for misrepresenting turbidity monitoring data and for damaging coral reefs and shoreline habitat. Link to FDEP letter of noncompliance: http://www.scribd.com/doc/52607956/WarningLetter-4-8-11 This would not have ...Click Here to Read More.

Fisherman, Backyard Inventors and Students Encouraged to Submit Entries The World Wildlife Fund (WWF), is pleased to announce the launch of the 2011 International Smart Gear Competition<http://www.smartgear.org>, to find innovative ways to reduce the amount of fisheries bycatch. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Fondation Segré, ISSF, and the Canadian Department of ...Click Here to Read More.

www.reef-rescue.org This is so counter intuitive. We worked so hard to achieve the outfall legislation; now it may be undone.   DV Feb 28 2011-Tallahassee, FL  After a brutally harsh winter for many Americans, Florida Governor Rick Scott and VISIT FLORIDA®, the states official tourism marketing corporation, have organized the Share a Little Sunshine Tour to invite those hit hardest by this ...Click Here to Read More.

http://www.keysnet.com/2011/02/26/312706/no-harvest-of-goliath-grouper.html Share and Enjoy: ...Click Here to Read More.

Based on last year’s surveys a prediction is now available of expected times and dates that some of the more abundant Caribbean coral species will release the next generation of corals during the annual coral spawning. The dates are only applicable to the Southern Caribbean. Be aware that the coral spawning is becoming more difficult to predict each year and that this schedule of ...Click Here to Read More.

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/environment/NEPA-gets-flak-over-Falmouth-Port_8318051 Some things never change.  DV Agency rejects criticism BY PETRE WILLIAMS-RAYNOR Environment editor williamsp@jamaicaobserver.com Wednesday, January 26, 2011  THE National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) has come in for yet more heavy criticism over its monitoring of the Historic Falmouth Port ...Click Here to Read More.

http://keysnews.com/node/28295 December 8th, 2010 BY ROBERT SILK Free Press Staff rsilk@keysnews.comKEY LARGO — Most would agree that preserving the reefs of the Florida Keys are important for reasons ranging from the economic to the esoteric to the ecological. But the discovery of a compound off Key Largo that could help cure colon cancer is illustrative of a less discussed imperative ...Click Here to Read More.

Here’s the link to all the presentations….DV http://www.oceansday.org/presentations.html UN Climate Change Conference – Cancún Dear W2O Subscribers,  UN CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE-CANCÚN-OCEAN DAY The 2010 United Nations Climate Change Conference is taking place in Cancún, Mexico, now through the 10th of December. The two-week meeting is the sixteenth Conference of the 194 ...Click Here to Read More.

http://keysnews.com/node/28125 I am so happy to see that this rule is finally being adopted to improve water quality for the Florida Keys coral reefs.    Craig Quirolo first proposed it in his comments on the creation of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary in the late 1980′s.  While a director at Reef Relief, I pursued the creation of a No Discharge Zone in the Florida ...Click Here to Read More.

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/health/fl-waste-outfall-broward-20101025,0,2211108.story Reef Relief’s Paul Johnson worked hard to get this bill passed using rigorous science that demonstrated the negative impacts of sewage on coral reefs; the benefits of meeting fresh water demands alone, beyond the obvious issue of providing clean water for the area’s coral reefs, make it a win-win ...Click Here to Read More.

Montego Bay, Jamaica 7th October 2010 At  the  Fourteenth Intergovernmental Meeting on the Action Plan for the Caribbean Environment Programme and Eleventh Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region  being held in  Montego Bay, Jamaica, today the Bahamas announced its accession to the ...Click Here to Read More.

It is available online for free, and there is one edition in English, and another in French. Go to: www.crisponline.net/CRISPPRODUCTS/Biodiversityknowledgeandconservation/tabid/317/Default.aspx You will find a number of other informative publications on a variety of reef topics as well at this web page, all free to download.  There is also a printed version of the crustacean guide which has ...Click Here to Read More.

http://us1.campaign-archive.com/?u=fb7357aafe4ce51894c41682b&id=d65f181b07&e=1c101f3bc0 For the more than 400 of us who participated in the March 2009 Blue Vision Summit in Washington, D.C., it was both an inspiration and a practical chance to develop strategies and begin solving ocean problems early in the new administration. (See the Summit video narrated by Sylvia Earle and directed ...Click Here to Read More.

Colleagues: I am pleased to announce the release of 3 new publications promoting solutions to the global ocean crisis. Produced by the Science-to-Action partnership, which includes more than 75 organizations led by Conservation International’s Marine Management Area Science Program, the publications are based on 5 years of natural and social science research in over 70 marine managed areas in ...Click Here to Read More.

Richard Charter notes:  Perhaps of interest to various groups, major National Council for Science and the Environment conference in DC in January 2011 with the first day (January 19, called the “Oil and Oceans Symposium”) to incorporate a focus in the plenary sessions on offshore drilling, including the Arctic Ocean: “Our Changing Oceans”  Draft Agenda ...Click Here to Read More.

Dear Listers Earlier this year there was a debate on Coral List concerning the Chagos Archipelago and the proposal by the UK Government to implement a Marine Protected Area (MPA). Readers may recall that the indigenous population was expelled in the 1960s to make way for the US Military Base on Diego Garcia. Since that date the Chagossians have been denied a right of abode and most recently had ...Click Here to Read More.

http://acroporaspawn.blogspot.com/ All, For three years we’ve had a blog to track the Caribbean Acropora Spawning event – http://acroporaspawn.blogspot.com.  Please consider posting your observations from this years event.  If you posted last year, you should be able to post again this year.  If you would like to be added to the blog, so that you can post, please email me ...Click Here to Read More.

The  deadline for proposals for symposia, workshops, and focus groups for the 2nd International Marine Conservation Congress/Making Marine Science Matter/, which will be held from 14-18 May 2011 at the Victoria Convention Centre, Victoria BC, Canada, is quickly approaching.  All proposals must be submitted by 5pm (GMT) on  31 August 2010.  You can find the proposal guidelines and link to ...Click Here to Read More.

CONTACT:  N. Collingwood. Lista de Correos s/n Antigua E-35630 Las Palmas Canary Islands, Spain +34 690 162439 nigel@dive-macaronesia.eu   Project Macaronesia – Ecological Diving Adventures from the Azores to Cabo Verde An exclusive live-aboard program with limited membership, Project Macaronesia will set sail later this year to explore pristine dive sites throughout the Macaronesian ...Click Here to Read More.

Dear Friends,   Summer is a great time to think beyond our overfishing work and learn about innovative initiatives in other parts of the marine world. Here are a few updates from colleagues in the state, regional, federal and even presidential realm:   1.       North Carolina launches online angler catch log. Earlier this month, the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries launched an ...Click Here to Read More.

http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2010/jul/22/students-use-their-artistic-skills-to-create-at/ By Marilyn Bauer Posted July 22, 2010 at 12:57 a.m. Stuart Beach Mural Progress Artist Brenda Leigh, center, talks with Jensen Beach High School students Taylor Komara, 18, left, and Nicole McDonald, 17, right, about the placement of a handmade octopus that will eventually be part of the ...Click Here to Read More.

Please take a minute to click your personal thanks to Obama on the link provided.  DV https://mail.google.com/mail/?shva=1#inbox/129f0e89ea9b1799 Dear Friends , At a time when our nation continues to struggle with the heartbreaking devastation of BP’s Gulf oil spill, good news for the future health of oceans and coasts has been delivered.  Yesterday, President Obama issued an Executive ...Click Here to Read More.

I hope the Florida legislature allows voters to express this at the polls. Today’s the special session on offshore oil to determine whether it goes on the ballot or not.     DV For Immediate Release: 7/19/10 For More Info: Mark Ferrulo, Progress Florida 727-289-2612   TALLAHASSEE – On the eve of a special legislative session on oil drilling, a new poll shows Floridians ...Click Here to Read More.

PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release: Monday, July 19, 2010 Contact:  Aaron McLear Rachel Arrezola 916-445-4571   Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger issued the following statement on President Barack Obama establishing a National Policy for the Stewardship of the Ocean, Coasts and Great Lakes to strengthen ocean governance and coordination, establish guiding principles for ocean management and ...Click Here to Read More.

This is great news that has been a long time coming but never needed more than today.  DeeVon Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release July 19, 2010 Executive Order–Stewardship of the Ocean, Our Coasts, and the Great Lakes By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. ...Click Here to Read More.

Hi All Registration is now open for the 2010 Annual Australian Coral Reef Society Conference to be held in Coffs Harbour, Australia and hosted by National Marine <http://www.nmsc.edu.au/>  Science Centre, Southern Cross University, and the Novotel Pacific Bay Resort <http://www.pacificbayresort.com.au/>  on the 10-12th September.  A number of excursions and  workshops (such as ...Click Here to Read More.

The latest issue of Seagrass-Watch news (the official magazine of the global seagrass and assessment program) is now available online at http://www.seagrasswatch.org/magazine.html. Special thanks to:  Len McKenzie Principal Scientist Seagrass-Watch Program Leader Seagrass-Watch HQ Email: hq@seagrasswatch.org Share and Enjoy: ...Click Here to Read More.

http://www.iisd.ca/download/pdf/sd/ymbvol68num5e.pdf A summary report of the Fifth Global Conference on Oceans, Coasts and Islands   The Fifth Global Conference on Oceans, Coasts and Islands,  took place at the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) headquarters in Paris, France, from 3-7 May 2010. Published by the International Institute for Sustainable Development ...Click Here to Read More.

I am writing to let you know that Forest Rohwer’s new book “Coral Reefs in the Microbial Seas” is now out! The book is written so anyone can understand the evidence linking coral reef health and microbes. There are humorous stories at the beginning of each chapter to convey the main points and the art work is wonderful (done in pen and ink by a famous tattoo artist, Derek ...Click Here to Read More.

Learn more at:  http://www.savejapandolphins.org/   DV Tokyo, Tuesday, June 8: I’ve just arrived in Tokyo, tired and hungry, and afraid I might be turned away by immigration. But surprisingly, they escorted me through a single lane away from everyone else and, after passing me through the biometric fingerprint and retinal scan, I was met by a horde of 30 police and a Japanese media blitz ...Click Here to Read More.

http://www.thew2o.net/blog-entry/world-ocean-day-june-8-2010 We are celebrating World Ocean Day, a date designated by the United Nations to recognize our relationship with the ocean through so many different ways of connection. The official day is June 8, and around the world, through the World Ocean Network, The Ocean Project, and many other associations with ocean interests, events will take ...Click Here to Read More.

REGISTER NOW!!!!!!! THE FLORIDA COASTAL AND OCEAN CONFERENCE 2010 “An Ocean State of Mine”   FRIDAY JUNE 18, 2010 Hotel Duval,  415 North Monroe Street Tallahassee, FL 32301   The Florida Coastal and Ocean Coalition, a group of organizations working together to conserve, protect and restore Florida’s coastal and marine environment, is hosting The Florida Coastal and Ocean Conference ...Click Here to Read More.

Brave New Ocean, a talk by Dr. Jeremy Jackson* *Tuesday, June 8, 2010     6:00 pm* *Baird Auditorium (Ground Floor), Smithsonian’s Museum of Natural History, Washington D.C. *Free and open to the public* The ocean is essential to all life but experts agree that there are changes affecting the ocean and how it functions. On World Ocean Day, join us for an evening of deep thinking with ...Click Here to Read More.

Announcement: The Coral Identification Capacity Building Program is pleased to announce the publication of the Indo Pacific Coral Finder by Russell Kelley. The Coral Finder is a proven, practical, underwater coral identification tool that allows anyone to identify hard corals to genus, regardless of growth form, anywhere in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. The Coral Finder is available from ...Click Here to Read More.

http://conference.ifas.ufl.edu/FloridaKeys/index.html October 19–22nd, 2010 Hawks Cay, Duck Key, Florida Keys Share and Enjoy: ...Click Here to Read More.

http://us1.campaign-archive.com/?u=fb7357aafe4ce51894c41682b&id=19f37e162a&e=1c101f3bc0 About the Awards The Blue Frontier/Peter Benchley Awards recognize outstanding achievements leading to the protection of our coasts and ocean and the communities that depend on them. In addition they provide an opportunity for leaders and innovators in different aspects and sectors of ...Click Here to Read More.

Miyoko Sakashita of the Center for Biological Diversity advises us that a group letter to the US EPA on ocean acidification has over 60 organization signatories.  She noted that: It was wonderful to have everyone speak up on this important issue. Below is a final version of the letter.   Additionally, 40 members of Congress also endorsed a letter to the EPA in support of action on ocean ...Click Here to Read More.

http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/677-e2-wire/98243-green-coalition-blasts-senate-climate-bill By Jim Snyder – 05/17/10 05:11 PM ET   The new Senate climate change bill has some green groups seeing red.     Fifteen organizations, including Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, the Center for Biological Diversity, and the Friends Committee on National Legislation, which is a Quaker lobbying ...Click Here to Read More.

http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/americas/the-battle-for-the-beaches-of-cancun-1968917.html The battle for the beaches of Cancun   Mexico’s best-loved sun and sand destination is fighting fierce and hard to stop the erosion of its beaches, but is the cost too high? Sarah Barrell reports   Sunday, 9 May 2010 A beach holiday without a beach: a concept even the most shamefaced ...Click Here to Read More.

FLORIDA COASTAL AND OCEAN COALITION www.flcoastalandocean.org      Registration Live The Florida Coastal and Ocean Conference Registration is now LIVE! Please visit the Coalition website to register Conference Agenda The Florida Coastal and Ocean Conference: 2010 “An Ocean State of Mine” Thursday – June 17 4:00-6:00pm Conference Check-in and Registration 6:00-7:30pm ...Click Here to Read More.

http://www.chagos-trust.org/news.asp Many people have asked about the newly declared Chagos Protected Area, what differences it makes, and so on.  In order to help clarify several issues, answers to some of the most common questions are on the site link above. Share and Enjoy: ...Click Here to Read More.

http://www.bluefront.org/files/saved_by_the_sea.php Saved by the Sea Tour Blue Frontier Campaign President David Helvarg’s latest ocean book, a memoir titled Saved by the Sea – A Love Story with Fish will be released by St. Martin’s Press on May 11 2010 Some comments to date: “Helvarg offers us a glimpse not only of his own amazing and often heart-rending adventures in and around the ...Click Here to Read More.

http://www.alternet.org/story/146489/what_to_do_when_the_current_climate_change_legislation_threatens_to_do_more_harm_than_good_ Alternet.org Unfortunately, when it comes to climate change legislation, all signs are pointing to system failure. April 15, 2010  |    If that plucky, animated, singing scrap of paper from Schoolhouse Rock!–”(I’m Just a) Bill”–were ...Click Here to Read More.

http://www.sfbg.com/2010/04/13/drowned-out The reason I posted this is because it has implications for dolphins as well as whales.  Dolphins are found in the same tropical waters as coral reefs.  DeeVon San Francisco Bay Guardian Drowned out GREEN ISSUE: Endangered whales may be threatened by a noisy side-effect of globalization 04.13.10 – 4:24 pm | Rebecca Bowe | (0) Ships create a ...Click Here to Read More.

http://www.sfbg.com/2010/04/13/dawn-earth-day San Francisco Bay Guardian The dawn of Earth Day GREEN ISSUE: The largest secular holiday in the world was born in 1970 – and its chief organizer has lessons for the movement 40 years later 04.13.10 – 3:56 pm | Tim Redmond | tredmond@sfbg.com GREEN ISSUE The heavens welcomed Earth Day to America. All over the country, April 22, 1970 ...Click Here to Read More.

OCEANS: Great Barrier Reef crash damage could take decades to heal  (Tuesday, April 13, 2010) It could take two decades for marine life to recover from the damage left by a Chinese coal carrier that ran aground on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef and left a trail of leaked oil and paint, the reef’s chief scientist said today. The Shen Neng 1 cut into large parts of the shoal, leaving ...Click Here to Read More.

I am conflicted–on the one hand furious with Obama over opening Fla to oil drilling; on the other, appreciative of all the pressure he is under to achieve anything give the power of the military, special interests, etc. in this country.  It is only the people who will ever help influence things for the greater good.  Earth Day is one opportunity to reinstill a vigor for the never ending ...Click Here to Read More.

http://www.3news.co.nz/Great-Barrier-Reef-Ships-oil-leak-stopped/tabid/1160/articleID/150318/Default.aspx Fri, 09 Apr 2010 3:07p.m. Oil that leaked from a coal-carrying ship stranded on the Great Barrier Reef has dispersed into the ocean. Crews prepared to transfer the ship’s remaining oil yesterday to eliminate any further environmental risk to the world’s largest coral reef. The ...Click Here to Read More.

http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/2167/t/5243/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=2693 The public comment period is open now to support designation of 83 corals to the U.S. Endangered Species list. Click on the link above to read more and to sign an online petition from the Center for Biologic Diversity.  I encourage you to do so today!  Thanks, DeeVon Share and ...Click Here to Read More.

  http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100405/ts_nm/us_australia_ship;_ylt=Av8hSRfKXn04XTntPzE9Jmes0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTNsZjFrNGRjBGFzc2V0A25tLzIwMTAwNDA1L3VzX2F1c3RyYWxpYV9zaGlwBGNjb2RlA21vc3Rwb3B1bGFyBGNwb3MDOARwb3MDNQRwdANob21lX2Nva2UEc2VjA3luX2hlYWRsaW5lX2xpc3QEc2xrA3N0cmFuZGVkc2hpcA– Play Video AP  – Raw Video: Oil leak threatens Great Barrier Reef   Reuters – Oil is seen ...Click Here to Read More.

 http://www.timescolonist.com/technology/Darth%20Vader%20dolphins%20release%20bottlenose/2741326/story.html#ixzz0jo5oSI4P ‘Darth Vader of dolphins’ to release 17 bottlenose Former opponents withhold judgment   By Judith Lavoie, Times Colonist March 29, 2010  Special thanks to the cause: “The Cove” – Save Japan Dolphins    Chris Porter: “I’m disillusioned ...Click Here to Read More.

Senator Sanders Letter to Senator Kerry[1] Share and Enjoy: ...Click Here to Read More.

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=10201140 Death of Coral Reefs Could Devastate Nations The disappearance of coral reefs could mean more hunger, poverty, political instability By BRIAN SKOLOFF The Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. Coral reefs are dying, and scientists and governments around the world are contemplating what will happen if they disappear altogether. The idea ...Click Here to Read More.

  http://www.agu.org/meetings/ja10/ 2010 The Meeting of the Americas 8–13 August Rafain Hotel and Convention Center Av. Olímpio Rafagnin, 2357 Foz do Iguaçu – PR, 85862–210, Brazil Welcome! The Meeting of the Americas is being held in Foz do Iguaçu, 08–13 August 2010. The Program Committee will develop a Union-wide science program that will cover topics in all areas of ...Click Here to Read More.

Artur Gil <arturfreiregil@yahoo.com.br> dateSat, Mar 6, 2010 at 6:01 AM subject[Coral-List] GIslands’2010/Special issue on MSP&ICZM – Reminder – Call for Applications – Deadline: April 4th mailing listcoral-list.coral.aoml.noaa.gov Mar 6 GIslands 2010 – International Summer School 2010 on Geo-technologies applied to Marine Spatial Planning and Integrated ...Click Here to Read More.

Coral-list  March 2, 2010 This is a post by our friend Dr. James Cervino that is part of an online discussion on the NOAA Coral-list about adding 82 more corals to the U.S. Endangered Species List and the need for stopping the trade in live corals.  Mr. Coral Collector- What I will also do is collect the invoices of corals from 2 different hobby stores in NYC that have imported Pacific Corals ...Click Here to Read More.

Earth Island Institute says:  OUTRAGEOUS! SeaWorld is blaming the victim — their trainer who let her ponytail swing into the water — while the real negligence lies with them. They knew the whale Tilicum had a history of attacks against people, but they chose profit over the safety of whales and people. It is time for a federal investigation of their actions, and time to force them ...Click Here to Read More.

http://www.youtube.com/user/IleanaRosLehtinen#p/u/0/Km9i1dc5cLs     Remarks by Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen IN SUPPORT OF GREATER REGULATORY FLEXIBILITY FOR FLORIDA FISHERMEN    Mr. Speaker, this week I met with commercial and recreational fishermen from my Congressional district of the Florida Keys. These hardworking men and women have taken time out of their busy season to travel up ...Click Here to Read More.

http://blogs.palmbeachpost.com/seeinggreen/2010/02/23/florida-a-conspicuous-no-show-at-capitol-hill-coral-reef-summit/ by Paul Quinlan Florida takes great pride in its copious coral reefs, which rival even those of the Caribbean, the state’s environmental agency boasts on its website. Imagine, then, the surprise among delegates at this week’s annual gathering of the U.S. Coral Reef Task ...Click Here to Read More.

http://www.capitolnewsconnection.org/node/13907 The Environmental Protection Agency wants to protect Florida bodies of water like Lake Okeechobee. Manuel Quinones, CNC News | 16 February 2010 Environmental attorney Ralf Brookes has enjoyed scuba diving in the Florida Keys for the past 20 years.  He recalls gin-clear waters and healthy reefs.  But Brookes says he’s seen first hand how ...Click Here to Read More.

http://capwiz.com/lcv/dbq/vote_info/?command=results&sort=Last&state=FL&submit.x=12&submit.y=7 See how Florida Congressmen are ranked.  Read the summary report by clicking on the link above. Share and Enjoy: ...Click Here to Read More.

Coral-List mailing list Coral-List@coral.aoml.noaa.gov http://coral.aoml.noaa.gov/mailman/listinfo/coral-list  February 14, 2010 Dear Coral Reef Researchers,   We would like to remind you that the 2nd Asia Pacific Coral Reef Symposium will be held in Phuket, Thailand during 20th-24th June, 2010. The information of the symposium is available at ...Click Here to Read More.

Coral-List mailing list Coral-List@coral.aoml.noaa.gov February 14, 2010 The U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) section of NOAA has decided that the petition to list 83 species of corals as either threatened or endangered, had sufficient information supporting listing 82 of those species, such that it will make a full review of their status.  One species (Oculina varicosa) was ruled ...Click Here to Read More.

Fellow Floridians,   Florida is a state in the midst of a clean water crisis.  Our lakes, rivers, spring, and coastal estuaries are drowning in nutrient pollution.  The good news is, after years of inaction and neglect, positive changes and real water quality improvements may be on the way with your help!   Nutrient pollution, from things like nitrogen and phosphorus, reach our waters as ...Click Here to Read More.

http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/01/27/1447907/coral-in-keys-suffers-lethal-hit.html Coral bleaching, usually triggered by hot weather, erupted after this month’s cold snap, devastating shallow water corals across the Florida Keys. BY CURTIS MORGAN cmorgan@MiamiHerald.com Bitter cold this month may have wiped out many of the shallow water corals in the Keys. Scientists have only begun ...Click Here to Read More.

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/palm-beach-fends-off-coral-protections-favoring-beach-191244.html By Paul Quinlan  Palm Beach Post Staff Writer   Special thanks to Reef Rescue of Palm Beach // Updated: 10:01 p.m. Friday, Jan. 22, 2010 Posted: 3:10 p.m. Friday, Jan. 22, 2010 PALM BEACH — Endangered coral flourishing in rare abundance off the coast of Palm Beach will not receive the ...Click Here to Read More.

http://www.tampabay.com/news/environment/epa-plans-pollution-limits-for-florida/106563 By John Frank, Times/Herald Tallahassee Bureau in Print: Saturday, January 16, 2010 TALLAHASSEE — In a move cheered by environmental groups, the federal government Friday proposed stringent limits on “nutrient” pollution allowed to foul Florida’s waterways. The ruling — which will cost ...Click Here to Read More.

http://handsacrossthesand.com/index.php Join us in creating what could become the largest public gathering in the history of our state: February 13, 2010. In the near future the Citizens of Florida will have an opportunity to show their opposition to oil drilling as close as 3 to 10 miles off our coast. This movement will be made of people of all walks of life and will cross political ...Click Here to Read More.

From the Coral-list January 12, 2009 Dear Coral-List subscribers, The 23rd bi-annual meeting of the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force (USCRTF) will be held on Wednesday, February 24, 8:00am – 5:00pm in the U.S. Department of the Interior Auditorium in Washington, DC. To register for the meeting, please visit www.coralreef.gov. This meeting has time allotted for public comment. To sign-up for ...Click Here to Read More.