http://www.speakupforblue.com/in-ocean-news/canadian-seal-hunt-stopped-by-banning-seal-pelts European Union and Russia Ban Seal Pelt Purchases The seal pelt bans in the European Union and Russia seem to have halted the demand for seal pelts to the point where it won't be profitable to hunters. The European Union approved the ban of Seal Products in 2009; however,…
http://www.speakupforblue.com/in-ocean-news/japan-tsunami-1st-anniversary March 3rd marked the 1-year Anniversary of the devastating Tsunami that hit the East Coast of Japan. The giant wave was preceded by massive earthquake that was over 8 on the richter scale. The wave came is like a silent killer destroying everything and everyone in its path. The…
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http://www.speakupforblue.com Dolphin Stampede Video A video of hundreds of off the Coast of Orange County, California went viral on You Tube last week. The video, named garnered over 1 million hits. The Video depicts a great scene in what seems to be at the end of a Hollywood Movie as…
http://www.speakupforblue.com A new study conducted by a team of scientists and organizations including the Wildlife Conservation Society on the creation process of Marine Protected Areas. The study area was in Madagascar, a large island off the South East coast of Africa. It's also one of the poorest nations in the…
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http://www.speakupforblue.com World Bank and others Takle the Ocean The World Bank and many other partners announced last week that they are forming a Global Alliance to Save the Oceans from all the issues they face, especially over fishing and climate change. The Global Alliance includes numerous partners including the World…
Who do you side with? Permalink: http://www.speakupforblue.com/ocean-leaders-you-know/sea-otters-vs-fishermen Sea Otters have gone from very abundant to almost extinct and back to flourishing. But the problem now is that they are competing for food with the Fishermen's catch...shellfish. It will be interesting to see the solutions that come about in the near…
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http://www.speakupforblue.com/?p=3009 Story 1: It's a Shark Eat Shark World National Geographic released a photo of a wobbegong shark eating a bamboo shark in Australia. So we learn about the wobbegong shark. Story 1 Link: http://yhoo.it/AsAiEi Story 2: Longest Long Liner A new vessel was just commissioned by an Alaskan Fishery…
Noise, Whales, and Dolphins...http://www.speakupforblue.com/?p=3004 Story 1: There is a big debate as to whether underwater noise has a physical affect on the whales...until now. Scientists have studied hormones in whale poop...yes, whale poop to discover an increase in hormones that cause stress during times when ship activity was highest. Story…
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Whale Sharks as a Sustainable Fishery? Story 1: It seems as though whale sharks are in the news more and more lately, but not in a good way. More videos are popping up around the web of whale sharks being caught, "found dead", and/or being fished for their fins. A…
Ocean Conservation and People's Passion The Thursday's show is a laste minute entrance because I was moved by a particular situation that I encountered yesterday evening. I attended a City Council meeting in Burlington Ontario, Canada, where I live to advocate, along with 30 of my neighbors, for a bridge…
Wednesday's Show: Florida anglers want to fish in closed waters for grouper and Canada Parks need to include more young people into the park planning process. Story 1: Recreational anglers are pressuring government to open gag grouper fishing in state waters during the time when federal closures for the same…
Test Your Knowledge in Ocean Trivia on the basics of Ocean. Instructions: I will ask a multiple Choice question or a "True or False" question to test your Ocean knowledge. All you need to do is click on the answer you think is correct to get to the next question.…
Drift Nets kill whales, dolphins, and sharks and climate change allows people to watch humpback whales in the winter. http://www.speakupforblue.com/?p=2977 The Black Fish (http://www.theblackfish.org), an organization dedicated to changing people's opinions about the ocean and protect it, recently launched a campaign to irradicate the use of drift nets (a large…
Sylvia Earle wen from a farmgirl to an Ocean Leader http://www.speakupforblue.com/?p=2961 She has become an inspiration to many people around the world for protecting the Ocean and making people aware of the problems the Oceans face everyday from over fishing to plastic pollution. -~-~~-~~~-~~-~- Please watch: "Manatee: Are they still…
A UN Summit held in Manila, Philippines took place last week to discuss ways in which countries can reduce wastewater and nutrient output in the oceans and adapting to climate change. http://www.speakupforblue.com/in-ocean-news/green-economy-push-at-un-summit There were also discussions on the way in which the world does business, i.e. a resource extraction model…
http://www.speakupforblue.com/in-ocean-news/ocean-news-irish-sea-gets-a-push-... Save the Irish Sea: http://www.wildlifetrusts.org/petitionfish Story 1: The Irish Sea has been neglected for years as people think of the body of water as a wasteland. So the Wildlife Trust recently launched a website to educate people on the great number of species that occur in the complex waters…
http://www.speakupforblue.com/everything-ocean/ocean-news-the-cove-predicts-dolphin-eating-epidemic-and-us-sued-for-whale-deafness First Story: The Cove Movie exposed the nasty business of mass killings of dolphins in Taiji, Japan to sell as food and the world thought it only happened in a couple of places like Taiji. BUT, a new study by the Wildlife Conservation Society revealed 114 countries have eaten…
http://www.speakupforblue.com/?p=2907 SUFBTV Ocean News switches it up for the Thursday show by profiling a special organization headed by Sir David Attenborough called ARKive. The organization is dedicated to helping the public to understand and appreciate the world's biodiversity through education, imagery, and video. We also profile the critically endangered Mediterranean…
http://www.speakupforblue.com SUFBTV Top News Stories: The Captain of a cruise ship that ran aground in Italy is our Douchebag of the day for not only killing more than 10 people, but threatening the health of Ocean Habitats and Species within a Marine Protected Area. Link: http://grist.org/list/capsized-cruise-ship-could-ruin-pristine-marine-park/ Pingers fastened to nets…
http://www.speakupforblue.com Want Speak Up for Blue to profile a story, send us a link and/or suggestion (http://www.speakupforblue.com/contact-us Shark Fin Soup and Chinese New Year: http://www.smh.com.au/environment/conservation/chinese-new-year-causes-shark-fin-feeding-frenzy-20120121-1qbky.html Shark Hybrids: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2081647/Worlds-hybrid-shark-Australia--interbreeding-make-stronger.html David Shiffman at Southern Fried Science: http://www.southernfriedscience.com/?p=12398 -~-~~-~~~-~~-~- Please watch: "Manatee: Are they still at risk?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIs3oXJRUtk -~-~~-~~~-~~-~-