It’s in the Bag! Victories for Tuna, Sharks, the Great Barrier Reef, and More 1. Ban on Disposable Plastic Bags

1. Thailand’s Top Hotel Chain Banishes Shark Fin from Menus 2. Chennai, India Becoming Hub of Illegal Shark Fin Trade

Week In Review – August 22, 2014 – Sea Save Foundation 1. Sea World Is Grounded: Stock Continues to Plummet

Shark fin sales dip, aquarium board considers dolphin release, super-sized marine sanctuary created, and much more in this week’s edition.

  Chameleon of the ocean floor, the octopus has the largest brain of any invertebrate and is among the most

Get an eyewitness look at the Hong King fin market, delve into an ocean plastic mystery, and more in today’s

Reported by Nilofar Neemuchwala Massachusetts Becomes Ninth State to Ban Possession, Sale of Shark Fins Offshore Wind Farms are Hunting Havens

Ex-Rockets Yao Ming, Dikembe Mutombo and Jeremy Lin Say “No to shark fin soup” Why Are Oceans Critical to the

Sea Turtles Win! –  Gain Largest Critical Habitat in History Whales: Ecosystem Engineers of the Deep Scalloped Hammerheads – Officially

1. Power of a Petition: Singapore Air Rejects Shipments of Shark Fin 2. United Kingdom Pledges to Monitor Shark Fishing

  Shark Fin Ban Passes Massachusetts Senate Plastic Is Changing Ocean Ecosystems Stronger Restrictions on California’s Drift Gill Nets Bill

Kiribati Bans Fishing in One of World’s Largest Marine Parks Actor Leonardo DiCaprio Pledges $7.4m to Ocean Conservation Projects Monaco

  Sharks Kill…If You Eat Them The Challenge of Sustaining Our Oceans     1. Sharks kill…if you eat them

  Elimination of Shark Finning in NZ New Hope for a Thriving Ocean Economy In New Caledonia UK Urged to

1. Sustainable Seaweed Harvesting 2. Plenty More Fish in the Sea – Maybe not! 3. Groupon Caught Selling “Pills of