Orlando Sentinel |
Failing Florida treatment plant pumped sewage into mangroves
Orlando Sentinel State inspectors say a failing sewage plant in southwest Florida pumped hundreds of thousands of gallons of inadequately treated liquid sewage into nearby mangroves earlier this year. The Naples Daily News reports that Florida's Department of ... Everglades City faces fines for pumping sewage into mangrovesWZVN-TV all 5 news articles » |
WZVN-TV |
Failing Florida treatment plant pumped sewage into mangroves
NBC2 News EVERGLADES CITY, Fla. (AP) - State inspectors say a failing sewage plant in southwest Florida pumped hundreds of thousands of gallons of inadequately treated liquid sewage into nearby mangroves earlier this year. The Naples Daily News reports ... Everglades City faces fines for pumping sewage into mangrovesWZVN-TV all 5 news articles » |
Navy to plant one million mangroves to protect marine life
Pakistan Observer He said that in order to protect marine life and marine echology, Pakistan navy is carrying out a mangrove plantation program under which over 1 million mangrove would be planted alongside the coastal line. President Capt. Haleem Siddiqui in his ... |
WZVN-TV |
Everglades City faces fines for pumping sewage into mangroves
WZVN-TV Major fines could cripple Everglades City in Collier County after state inspectors caught the city pumping poorly treated sewage right into mangroves in a nearby waterway. Up to 200 gallons a minute of the inadequately treated sewage spewed for two ... |
R/V Martin Sheen with black sail. Photo: Carolina A CastroSea Shepherd Conservation Society, the leading direct-action marine conservation non-profit, will hold public ship tours of its two vessels, the R/V Martin Sheen and M/V Farley Mowat, on Saturday, May 7 and Sunday, May 8 in San Diego.
On these dates, tours of the Martin Sheen and Farley Mowat will be free and open to the public from 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. local time each day at 1492 N Harbor Dr., San Diego, CA 92101 (north of the San Diego Maritime Museum). In addition to providing tours of both vessels, Sea Shepherd crew will share information about the organization’s work to defend ocean wildlife and habitats worldwide, along with their first-hand experiences as crewmembers. Sea Shepherd will also accept much-needed donations to fund the organization’s wildlife missions.
John Paul Mitchell Systems will be on-hand at the event, offering a $5 braid bar and style lounge for guests on May 7 only from 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m., with proceeds benefitting Sea Shepherd. Attendees can also purchase Sea Shepherd merchandise at the event.
Both ships recently returned from a mission in the Gulf of California, aimed at saving the critically endangered vaquita porpoise. The R/V Martin Sheen is a 92-foot sailing ketch acquired in Los Angeles in 2014 and named for long-time celebrity supporter, Martin Sheen. The R/V Martin Sheen has been conducting a combination of research, education and anti-poaching work for the last year. The boat left Los Angeles in 2015 to begin Operation Milagro in Mexico’s Gulf of California, working in partnership with the Mexican Navy to protect the critically endangered vaquita porpoise.
At the end of the fishing season, the Martin Sheen moved to Costa Rica and Cocos Island before moving back to the Gulf of California where it has just completed Operation Milagro II. The Martin Sheen will visit the coast of British Columbia during the summer of 2016 to undertake a campaign to protect wild salmon and to oppose the destruction caused by domestic salmon farms. In addition to this work, the R/V Martin Sheen has been involved in an ethical research whale project, dedicated to collecting samples from whales to measure the levels of toxins in the Gulf of California.
The M/V Farley MowatThe M/V Farley Mowat is a 110-foot former Coast Guard Cutter, purchased from the U.S. government in 2015. John Paul DeJoria is a longtime supporter and dear friend of Sea Shepherd (also the co-founder of John Paul Mitchell Systems, which is recognized for making professional salon beauty products and its commitment to the professional beauty industry). DeJoria supports charities that promote environmental sustainability, social responsibility and the protection of animals. DeJoria generously sponsored the purchase of the M/V Farley Mowat, also made possible with a bequest left to Sea Shepherd by Sea Shepherd International Chair and famed Canadian writer and environmentalist Farley Mowat, who passed away in 2014.
The Farley Mowat was outfitted as a high speed anti-poaching patrol boat. The vessel was recently working with the Martin Sheen on Operation Milagro II in Mexico. The vessel will now move to Costa Rica to continue anti-poaching work at Cocos Island. The Farley Mowat recently saved the life of a Humpback whale, found entangled in a gillnet in the Gulf of California.
The crew of the Martin Sheen and Farley Mowat look forward to sharing this and other important conservation information at the ship tours in San Diego on May 7 and 8. Those who are unable to visit the ship but would like to help can Donate or Shop to Support.
Crew of the Martin Sheen. Photo: Carolina A Castro
Captain Oona Layolle. Photo: Carolina A Castro
The M/V Farley Mowat at sunset with crew on bow. Photo: Sea Shepherd
The News-Press |
Everglades City's poorly treated sewage sent into mangroves
The News-Press Everglades City's failing sewage plant pumped inadequately treated liquid sewage — hundreds of thousands of gallons of it — into nearby mangroves in late March and early April, according to state inspectors. The Department of Environmental Protection ... |
wallpaper.com |
Estuary explorer: a floating weather station commences its tour of the Thames
wallpaper.com Scheduled to moor at a number of sites around the Thames Estuary, an area that is increasingly vulnerable to the risk of flooding, Butcher's Flood House will be towed from site to site by a single tugboat over the next four weeks. 'By presenting an ... |
The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society is offering a $5,000 reward for any information leading to the arrest and conviction of any person or person killing or inflicting injury on any monk seal. There is an extra $5,000 reward for any information that includes video evidence of an attack by a human being on a monk seal.
To report an attack on a Monk seal, contact NOAA Fisheries Enforcement Hotline at 1-800-853-1964.
To report a marine mammal in danger on Kauai, call the Kauai Marine Mammal Response Hotline at 651-7668.
A Hawaiian monk seal at French Frigate Shoals. Photo: Wikipedia
Bush 'n Beach Fishing mag (press release) |
Topwater Tactics for Estuary Species
Bush 'n Beach Fishing mag (press release) G'DAY everyone; in this month's article I will provide you with some helpful topwater tactics on how to target flathead, bream and whiting. Fishing with stickbaits and poppers is a fantastic topwater tactic because it is easy to do and apart from ... |
Goa com |
Widescale cutting of mangroves concerns environmentalists.
Goa com The importance of mangroves to the environment is understated. The network of trees growing in abundance on the river banks at Mashem, Galgibag, Talpona, Tamnem and at various places in Canacona taluka. These plants are useful in many ways and ... |
LoBiondo Bill Protecting Nation's Estuaries Heads to President's Desk
Cape May County Herald WASHINGTON, DC - A bipartisan bill to invest in estuary restoration that Reps. Frank LoBiondo (NJ-02) and Rick Larsen (WA-02) introduced is headed to President Obama's desk for his signature. The House and Senate have agreed to legislation that ... |
Fishing World |
Annual no-take season for bass and estuary perch starts May 1st
Fishing World ANGLERS are reminded that the annual zero bag limit closure for Australian bass and estuary perch from all rivers and estuaries in NSW will commence on 1 May. Department of Primary Industries (DPI) Senior Inland Fisheries Manager, Cameron Westaway, ... |
Collector asks Navy to stop killing Malwani mangroves
The Hindu our months after the fishing community of Malwani complained to the authorities about the Navy ruthlessly destroying mangroves spread over the INS Hamla and surrounding naval land, the District Collector has written to the Lieutenant Commander of INS ... and more » |
Stop filling mangroves in Malwani, collector tells the Navy
The Hindu Four months after the fishing community of Malwani complained to the authorities about the Navy ruthlessly destructing mangroves spread over the INS Hamla and surrounding naval land, the District Collector has written to the Lieutenant Commander of INS ... |
Prepare mangrove removal plan: GCZMA to forest department
The Navhind Times PANAJI : With the mangroves close to the Patto-Ribandar causeway posing threat to it, the Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority (GCZMA) has suggested to the forest department to prepare a detailed plan to remove the mangroves. The proposal seeking ... |
RiverheadLOCAL |
Volunteers help Peconic Estuary Program install rain garden on Peconic riverfront
RiverheadLOCAL Peconic Estuary Program, in partnership with the Town of Riverhead, sponsored the creation of the garden. They asked for volunteers to come to the riverfront at 10 a.m.. What began as around a dozen people at the beginning of the morning soon became ... and more » |
Pirate FM |
PHOTOS: Boy Pulled From Mud In Estuary
Pirate FM They found the little boy stuck up to their knees in the estuary and managed to get him to safety. He was unhurt but cold. The friendly firefighters let him wear a helmet before posing for a photo. A spokesperson for Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service ... Cornwall boy pulled to safety after getting stuck in waist-deep mud on the River CamelITV News all 2 news articles » |
Fishing World |
Annual closures for bass and estuary perch from May 1st
Fishing World ANGLERS are reminded that the annual zero bag limit closure for Australian bass and estuary perch from all rivers and estuaries in NSW will commence on 1 May. Department of Primary Industries (DPI) Senior Inland Fisheries Manager, Cameron Westaway, ... and more » |
DHA, WWF kick off mangrove plantation drive
The News International The Defence Housing Authority (DHA) in collaboration with the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has initiated an extensive mangroves plantation drive to demonstrate support for environmental awareness and its protection on the eve of Earth Day 2016. |
DHA launches drive for plantation of mangroves
Pakistan Observer Karachi—DHA in collaboration with WWF initiated an extensive mangroves plantation drive, the first of its kind initiative, to demonstrate support for environmental awareness and its protection on the eve of Earth Day 2016. A formal ceremony was held ... and more » |
Action Plan to Prepare Hudson River Estuary for Rising Tides
River Journal Staff Nowhere is this adaptation work more active than in the coastal and estuary ecosystems around the New York City area. With rising sea levels, tidal wetlands—the most productive and protective habitats in the region—could be drowned by sea level rise. and more » |
SoutholdLOCAL |
Peconic Estuary Program updating 2001 conservation plan to reprioritize efforts as nitrogen impacts are better ...
SoutholdLOCAL It's been 15 years since the Peconic Estuary Program – the government program tasked with protecting our local waterbodies – first released its plan to conserve and restore the Peconic Estuary. And this year, following massive die-offs of bunker fish ... and more » |
Daily News & Analysis |
Those living near mangrove areas before 2005 will not be evicted: Medha Patkar
Daily News & Analysis Patkar pointed out to the minister that the Mangroves Cell has evicted almost 4,000 families so far and plans were afoot to evict even more slum dwellers. She said the minister agreed that since the Bombay High Court judgment in this regard came on ... |
Mangroves planted
The Hindu Stepping into shoes of his father Kallen Pokkudan, who had carved a niche for himself by leading massive mangrove afforestation in northern Kerala, P. Raghunathan planted mangroves on the banks of the Neeleswaram river. Students and social workers ... and more » |
A New Project to Restore Mangroves in The Bahamas
thebahamasweekly.com ANNAPOLIS, MD – This week, the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation (KSLOF), in partnership with Friends of the Environment (FRIENDS), is taking students and teachers to restore a local mangrove forest. It's the final phase in a new mangrove ... |
My Sunshine Coast (press release) |
Redcliffe USC graduate researches mangroves
My Sunshine Coast (press release) A 23-year-old Redcliffe resident examining the importance of mangroves to sustainable land management in coastal regions has graduated with a Bachelor of Environmental Science from the University of the Sunshine Coast. When Matthew Brown, of ... and more » |
by Oona Layolle, Captain/Campaign Leader
Whale research. Photo: Mike RigneyIn Sea Shepherd Conservation Society’s latest scientific research campaign, we are studying the toxicology levels in whales in the Gulf of California. We are working with marine scientists from the Universidad de Baja California Sur, Italy and United State of America to conduct the first studies regarding the toxicology of microplastics and pollution in the Gulf of California.
The campaign is focused on both legitimate and ethical research. It directly confronts those scientists, and those who call themselves scientists, who are more concerned with destroying life and ecosystems than with helping increase scientific knowledge. Sea Shepherd Conservation Society only supports studies that utilize nonlethal methods for collection and using data, that is, studies that best protect this planet.
The current research expedition in the Gulf of California will be used to determine the level of contamination produced by microplastics and other contaminants in the Gulf of California and will contribute to studying the ways in which humans have polluted the oceans. A database is being developed to determine the levels of contamination in the whales and how those levels of contamination influence the whales’ genetics. Some of the whales, such as fin whales, are residents of the Gulf of California. That means that all the contaminates of the pollution found in these whales will directly reflect the pollution in the Gulf.
Our research vessel, R/V Martin Sheen, and her crew are collaborating with the scientists to complete this research expedition. We all must strive to learn how to best care for and protect life on this planet so we can live in a healthy environment and preserve the Earth for future generations. We must stop destroying our the planet. It is essential to become educated as to the state of the ecosystems. This research campaign will help achieve that as the study will help us to understand the environment so we can change our destructive habits and apply new laws for the protection of the environment.
Whales. Photo: Mike Rigney.
Tasmania Examiner |
Tasmanian Labor leader Bryan Green says a clean Tamar estuary will boost Launceston's future prosperity
Tasmania Examiner Mr Green said a cleaner estuary was important for the health of community, development, and the tourism draw from the state's clean, green status. “(The Tamar) is the centrepiece of Launceston and it's an important attraction in one way and important ... |
Mangroves under attack from debris mafia, miscreants
Times of India Kesar Singh, a retired professor residing at NRI Phase-II said, "This lake area with its green cover of mangroves should be converted into a tourist attraction rather than using it for debris dumping. Flamingoes have disappeared from the lake due to ... Alert local films men hacking green cover near NRI complex | Navi-mumbai NYOOOZNYOOOZ all 2 news articles » |
