Week in Review: Five Nations Protect Arctic from Fishing, Shark Week 2015, and More!
1. Five Nations Sign to Protect Arctic from Unregulated Fishing Years ago, the Bering Sea “Donut Hole” was a popular fishing location for high-seas pollack catches. In 1999 an international agreement was made to ban fishing in the area to protect the species and the food chain of the area. This week, the US, […]
Week in Review: Managing Mining of the Deep Seabed, Worried About Sea Level Rise?, and More!
1. Managing Mining of the Deep Seabed In past Week in Review stories Sea Save has highlighted the increase in exploration to build our knowledge of the deep sea. In a proactive attempt, a group of scientists have set the groundwork for the future deep-sea environmental protection and mining regulations. According to the United Nations […]
Week In Review: China and Brazil Set Climate Goals, Anti-Whaling Petition Approaches One Million Goal
1. US, China, and Brazil Commit to New Climate Change Goals On Tuesday, the United States, China, and Brazil made a public commitment to increase the use of renewable energy by 2030. The United States and Brazil will target to have 20% of electricity production from renewable sources. China also released an announcement that the government […]
Week in Review: State of Europe’s Seas Goes from Bad to Worse, Radiant Reefs Found Deep in the Red Sea, and More!
1. State of Europe’s Seas Goes from Bad to Worse The European Environment Agency published a the first State of Europe’s Seas report this week. The report’s findings were overall troublesome. Only 4% of marine species are currently considered to have a ‘good’ status. One of Europe’s largest obstacles is that there is a […]
Week in Review: Countdown to Shark Week, The Media’s Impact on Sharks, and More!
1. Countdown to Shark Week! 15 Days, 13 Hours, 45 Minutes, and who knows how many seconds… As you can tell from our social media posts, we are extremely excited for Discovery Channel’s 2015 Shark Week! This year, Sea Save has been selected as an official partner of this famous week. Discovery’s new commitment to […]
Week in Review: Plant Growth and Climate Change, Vote Aids Deep Sea Corals in Much of Mid-Atlantic, and More!
1. Plant Growth and Climate Change This week, a research team from the University of Hawai’i at Manoa and University of Montana published a study in PLOS Biology on an additional impact of climate change. The report discusses that climate change could decrease the number of days when plants can grow by 11% by 2100. […]
Week in Review: Ocean Species Set for Reshuffle, National Oceans Month, and More!
1. Ocean Species Set for Reshuffle Scientists have predicted that by the end of the century the oceans could experience a massive reshuffling. A phenomena of this magnitude has not happened in more than 3 million years. You may be asking- why is this happening? The answer is climate change. Around 93% of the heat […]
Week in Review: Ecuador Seizes 200,000 Shark Fins, Federal Agency Dings Shell for Oil Rig Mishap in Arctic, and More!
1. Ecuador Seizes 200,000 Shark Fins This week, Ecuador found and seized a shipment of 200,000 shark fins. The fins were found in nine different locations in the city of Manta. The traffickers were found and arrested by the Ecuadorian authorities. Although thousands of sharks were killed, the arrest of the perpetrators ensures that there are now fewer […]
Week in Review: Heartbreak in Santa Barbara, KA-BOOM in Indonesia, and More
1. Heartbreaking Santa Barbara Oil Spill You very well may be having a difficult time with the picture to the right. It breaks our hearts to tell you but, that is a completely oil-covered brown pelican that was recently rescued from the Refugio oil spill. On Tuesday, 105,000 gallons of crude oil was released from […]
Week in Review: UN Agency Adopts Polar Code, The Most Endangered Oceanic Environment, and More!
1. UN Agency Adopts Polar Code The UN agency has made a commitment to prevent sea pollution from ships sailing through the Arctic. The ‘Polar Code’ was approved by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to go into effect at the start of 2017. The rules restrict waste, both chemical and food, disposal in the North Pole and […]
