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Post by sockeye on Jul 2, 2012 6:18:38 GMT -8
June 28, 2012, 2:49 pm Chasing the Sockeye Salmon Migration Paul Greenberg, author of the New York Times bestseller “Four Fish,” is blogging via satellite as he travels down the Stuyahok River with the Alaska guide and longtime outdoorsman Mark Rutherford. BRISTOL BAY DISPATCH #1: A FUTURE COPPER AND GOLD MINE AND AN ANCIENT, UNKNOWN FISH [...] Arctic grayling demand incredibly clean, cold water. And it’s for this reason that they have not held their ground in the Lower 48. Once upon a time they could be found in great numbers in the northerly parts of the Western states, but municipal sewage, agricultural runoff and—perhaps above all—mining have so polluted American rivers that grayling can now be found in any numbers only in Canada and Alaska. The greater Bristol Bay region of Alaska is rich in grayling, so much so that the fish is considered something of an emergency survival fish. ”You hear so many stories about people getting stuck in the bush and eating grayling,” says Rutherford, who has lived in and around Alaska wild country for the better part of 25 years. “They’re the fish that you can catch with some string and a bobby pin and a little bit of bait.” ... The Pebble Mine prospect will entail the mining and processing of 10 billion tons of ore in the most important salmonid nursery in the world. bittman.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/28/chasing-the-sockeye-salmon-migration/
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Post by fulmars on Jul 15, 2012 12:05:02 GMT -8
In this video by Riley Morton, photographer Chris Jordan discusses his Midway Project; a fine art photography series documenting the tragic phenomenon of the death of the local albatross population due to excessive intake of plastic from the Pacific Garbage Patch. Seabird stomachs show alarming plastic garbage off B.C. coast Non-food stomach content found in a northern fulmar in the UBC study. 2012/07/04 Plastic garbage floating off North America’s northwest coast has reached levels almost as bad as the notoriously polluted North Sea, according to a new study led by a UBC researcher. The study — which examined stomach contents of beached northern fulmars along the coasts of British Columbia, Washington and Oregon — found similar amounts and incidents of plastic in the seabirds here to those in the North Sea. The findings, when compared to previous similar studies, show a substantial increase in plastic pollution over the past four decades. “Like the canary in the coal mine, northern fulmars are sentinels of plastic pollution in our oceans,” said Stephanie Avery-Gomm, the study’s lead author and a graduate student in UBC’s zoology department. “Their stomach content provides a snapshot sample of plastic pollution from a large area of the northern Pacific Ocean. **Northern fulmars — gull-like relatives of albatrosses — forage exclusively at sea and retain ingested plastics a long time, making them ideal indicators for marine littering. **Performing necropsies on 67 beached northern fulmars, the research group found 92.5% had plastics — such as twine, Styrofoam and candy wrappers — in their stomach. Birds had an average of 36.8 pieces in their stomachs. One had 454 pieces. vancouver.24hrs.ca/News/local/2012/07/04/19950741.html
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Post by moabiter on Jul 25, 2012 5:50:34 GMT -8
Alaskans wonder where the king salmon have gone By Mary Pemberton on July 20, 2012 ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaskans again this summer are wondering: Where are the king salmon? Some of Alaska's largest and best rivers are closed to king fishing because state and federal fisheries managers have determined that the largest of the salmon species, also called Chinook, aren't showing up in enough numbers to ensure sustainable future runs. www.businessweek.com/ap/2012-07-20/alaskans-wonder-where-the-king-salmon-have-goneSalmon outlook looks grim Wednesday June 27, 2012 Chinook counts are looking dismal this year at the mouth of the Yukon River. Early counts suggest that this could be the latest and the smallest run on record. yukon-news.com/news/29121/Layoffs and office closures, Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans:
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Post by clone on Jul 29, 2012 18:51:42 GMT -8
B.C.'s southern Okanagan sees record sockeye returns Posted: Jul 29, 2012 2:04 PM PT Last Updated: Jul 29, 2012 2:03 PM PT Fishers in B.C.'s southern Okanagan are hoping for a banner year as sockeye salmon are returning to Osoyoos Lake in record numbers. Howie Wright with the Okanagan Nation Alliance says this year is the highest count since recorded since 1938. "This year, about 515,000 sockeye returned to the Columbia River ... 90 to 95 per cent of them are coming back to the Okanagan system." Okanagan First Nations partnered with government agencies to restore the river system over the last two decades. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2012/07/29/bc-sockeye-okanagan.html
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Post by k27 kara sea on Sept 19, 2012 8:01:22 GMT -8
Army admits secretly dumping 64 million pounds of nerve and mustard agents, 400,000 chemical-filled bombs, land mines, rockets and more than 500 tons of radioactive waste into the sea. WMDs close to home 'Nuclear time bomb:' Downed K-27 submarine must be lifted out Published: 13 September, 2012, 22:13 A Soviet K-27 submarine suffered a nuclear accident before being dumped at the bottom of the Kara Sea 30 years ago. Russia may now have to lift the sub from dangerously shallow waters – before an “uncontrolled chain reaction” causes fatal damage. “Radiation leakages will come sooner or later if we just leave the K-27 there. The sub has already been on the seafloor for 30 years, and it was rusty even before it was sunken. Leakages of radioactivity under water are nearly impossible to clean up,” Thomas Nilsen, a nuclear safety expert who has extensively mapped radioactive waste on the Arctic seabed, told RT. Equipped with an experimental liquid-coolant nuclear engine, the K-27 was ill-fated from its launch in 1962. It made only three voyages, the last of which, in 1968, ended in tragedy. A short way from its base in the Barents Sea, its reactor malfunctioned, and the brave but badly-trained crew made a futile attempt to fix it. Instead of solving the problem, they were exposed to fatal doses of radiation. Nine seamen died, most of them in hospital in agony from radiation sickness several days after the accident. The incident was kept secret by the Soviet government for decades, and the families of the victims received no compensation. After repeated plans to redesign the sub, Soviet authorities decided it was easier to dispose of it, and towed the vessel to a remote test site in the Kara Sea, near the Arctic Ocean, in 1981. Although international guidelines say decommissioned vessels should be buried at least 3,000 meters under the sea, the Soviet Navy scuttled it at around 75 meters. Now, what was once one of the most remote places on Earth has become a hub of commercial activity, with the melting ice caps providing greater opportunities for shipping, and oil companies waiting to drill the seabed below the waves. Earlier this year, environmental NGO Bellona claimed that the submarine may be reaching critical status, and now a joint Russian-Norwegian expedition is studying the site of the accident. It is expected to publish its findings in the coming weeks.. Unfortunately, even if the danger of the K-27 is defused, others still lurk at the bottom of the sea. The Russian government has recently released archives showing that there are 17,000 containers of radioactive waste, 19 ships contaminated ships, and 14 nuclear reactors in the Kara Sea – and most of these objects have been decaying there since the Soviet era. more: rt.com/news/k-27-submarine-arctic-oil-040/
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Post by clone on Oct 6, 2012 18:35:50 GMT -8
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Post by DD wins on Dec 23, 2012 21:37:15 GMT -8
From the Wash to the Ocean Synthetic fabrics shed thousands of tiny bits of plastic that can end up in the oceans. Nylon, introduced in 1938, was the world's first true synthetic fiber created wholly out of chemicals. It was strong, durable, lightweight and ultimately proved very ... www2.dupont.com/Phoenix_Heritage/en_US/1910s_detail.htmland STATIC for B-EMF, biological electromagnetic field.
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Post by clone on Jan 4, 2013 19:08:02 GMT -8
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Post by moabiter on May 18, 2013 0:39:46 GMT -8
SCOTLAND’S salmon industry has been linked to the killing of more than 300 seals in 18 months, new statistics have revealed. Scots are being urged to boycott the country’s salmon business after Government data, released through Freedom of Information, has named the locations of fish farms where 346 seals were culled. Seafood companies say the culls are a necessary last resort to stop seals attacking underwater cages and snatching salmon. Salmon industry linked to more than 300 seal deaths Sunday, May 12th, 2013. www.deadlinenews.co.uk/2013/05/12/salmon-industry-linked-to-more-than-300-seal-deaths/
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Post by ICV on Jun 12, 2013 12:22:12 GMT -8
International Cruise Victims Association (ICV) represents victims of crime on cruise ships, their families and friends, and individuals concerned about the problems of victimization and disappearances on cruise ships.
www.internationalcruisevictims.org/index.htmlShips of Shame -- April 08, 2012: They're sold to us as floating pleasure domes - luxury hotels on the sea - where every day is perfect and the party never stops. But scratch the surface of the cruise ship industry and the truth isn't so dazzling. sixtyminutes.ninemsn.com.au/video/?videoid=5a4968ca-f4ab-4041-b508-e3641a700d96Incredibly, one passenger goes missing overboard every two weeks.
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Post by clone on Jul 22, 2013 23:00:02 GMT -8
US Department of Defense is the Worst Polluter on the Planet *Top 25 Censored Stories of 2011* US Congress passed an explicit provision guaranteeing the US military exemption from any energy reduction or measurement An executive order signed by President Barack Obama calls for other federal agencies to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 Department of Defense is the largest polluter in the world, producing more hazardous waste than the five largest US chemical companies combined Depleted uranium, petroleum, oil, pesticides, defoliant agents such as Agent Orange, and lead, along with vast amounts of radiation from weaponry produced, tested, and used, are just some of the pollutants with which the US military is contaminating the environment United States is planning an enormous $15 billion military buildup on the Pacific island of Guam Between 1946 and 1958, the US dropped more than sixty nuclear weapons on the people of the Marshall Islands These developments will mean, among other things, the clearing of whole limestone forests and the desecration of burial sites some 3,500 years old; the restricting of access to areas rich in plants necessary for indigenous medicinal practice; the denying of access to places of worship and traditional fishing grounds; the destroying of seventy acres of thriving coral reef Fury as US 'bombs' Barrier Reef - July 22, 2013 www.independent.ie/world-news/fury-as-us-bombs-barrier-reef-29437416.htmlThe two AV-8B Harrier jets launched from the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard each jettisoned an inert practice bomb and an unarmed laser-guided explosive bomb into the World Heritage-listed marine park off the coast of Queensland state last Tuesday, the US 7th Fleet said.
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Post by DFO on Aug 1, 2014 17:35:41 GMT -8
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Post by clone on Aug 5, 2014 19:21:22 GMT -8
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Post by clone on Dec 23, 2014 22:31:06 GMT -8
Fish dying without spawning | Dec 4, 2014 at 2:00 PM Pink and orange are normal colors for ripe eggs inside female salmon. Black isn’t. But, that’s what Doug Stanger and ARMS volunteers Cliff Olson, and Joe Jurcich found this fall as they tallied spawners in Millionaire and Coho creeks, which empty into the Alouette River. “Something’s definitely wrong,” says Olson. “What really concerns me is the eggs we found. Most of the fish hadn’t spawned (milt and eggs inside). One female’s were black. Normally, there’d be just a few eggs left in them after a week, and they’d be a light pink or orangy color, not black. I’ve never seen this before.” In another coho, Olson said the eggs were absolutely white. more: www.mapleridgenews.com/opinion/284807621.html
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Post by pacific blob on Jun 7, 2015 22:02:17 GMT -8
‘Blob’ of Warm Pacific Water May Intensify Drought; Threatens Ecosystem Posted 2:49 PM, April 22, 2015, by CNN Wire, Updated at 10:20pm, April 22, 2015 “I’ve never seen some of these species here before,” Bill Peterson of the Northwest Fisheries Science Center in Seattle told the New Scientist. And he was worried about the adult Pacific salmon that normally feed on tiny crustaceans and other food sources that are not around in the same numbers off the coast of the Pacific Northwest. “They had nothing to eat,” he told the magazine of last year’s conditions in the blob. It appears that food has moved to cooler waters. In January, Bond told the Chinook Observer in Long Beach, Washington, that his concern is for very young salmon that are still upstream. “In particular, the year class that would be going to sea next spring,” he said. ktla.com/2015/04/22/blob-of-warm-pacific-water-may-intensify-drought-threatens-ecosystem/
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