November 2011
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Dolphins Die After Rave at Connyland →
Two dolphins were found dead following a rave at Connyland. The Swiss marine park had initially been accused of killing Shadow and Chelmers by allowing a deafening two-day rave to be held just a few yards from the dolphins’ pool. Campaigners had warned that the dolphins could be affected by holding the event so close to the pool, yet the authorities went ahead with the rave. Animal ...
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Watchthesharkives:
This will, among other things, make you cry…
KESEN-NUMA CITY, JAPAN - It’s 5am on the the north eastern tip of Japan’s main island of Honshu, and 75 tons of dead shark is being meticulously arranged into a neat grid of tidy piles, of twenty sharks per pile. If you thought shark finning was exclusively a Chinese problem, think again. Welcome to Kesen-numa City, Japan’s shark fin...
October 2011
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September 2011
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^.^
It’s been quite some time since I’ve posted & a LOT has been going on. my camera broke, I got laid off, recently found a new job that’s been pretty time consuming but I luvs it so far and there have been changes in pretty much every aspect of my life.
Fear not though! I have recently purchased a NEW camera, GREAT deal and I am very excited to get it! I also have a underwater...
July 2011
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June 2011
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Are You Blue? Ten Things You Can Do to Help Heal... →
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Watchyouknowicanspeakwhale:
A look at a local tragedy that encapsulates a global catastrophe.
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State may ban catch of tiger sharks, hammerheads
The state may ban the catch of tiger sharks and hammerheads in Florida waters, in the latest of a series of rules aimed at protecting the ocean’s top predators.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission plans a series of public workshops around the state to gather comments on a proposal to add these species to the prohibited list.
Sharks have undergone a severe worldwide...
May 2011
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Watchsharks-ahoy:
January Jones swims with a whale shark to prove a point.
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Give Sharks a Chance petition: effective activism →
voiceoftheocean:
All we are saying is give sharks a chance.
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April 2011
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3-19-11 Beach Clean up #5
3-19-11
Beach Clean up #5
Dania Beach. North of the Pier. 7-8AM
Clean up time - 20Min’s
Trash Collected - 6.5 lbs
had to chase this one down before it went back into the ocean.
more buried plastic
Sadly I didn’t get many shots this day, my camera had died and for once I didn’t have extra batteries. Also sorry for all of the delays on posting, finally having internet...
3-11-11 Beach Clean up #4
3-11-11
Beach Clean up #4
Dania Beach. North of the Pier. 7-8AM
Clean up time - 30Min’s
Trash Collected - 7 lbs
A bit Chilly this morning but not going to let that stop me!
well arnt we fancy, no typical teenager beer parties.
Tacos and wine… sounds like quite a combo.
yet another half buried bag
Parents should be setting better examples then this. come kids lets go to...
2/18/11 Beach Clean up #3
2-18-11
Beach Clean up #3
Dania Beach. North of the Pier. 7-8AM
Clean up time - 30Min’s
Trash Collected - 14 lbs
hidden in the bushes… always fun climbing in there to get it.
oh look at this, a half buried plastic bag. Almost didn’t catch it but very happy I did
time to hit the shore line… shouldn’t have worn flip flops and completely forgot gloves…
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Washington State Passes Shark Fin Trade Ban →
Great news from the Evergreen State: Washington State’s legislature has passed a bill banning the illegal trade of shark fins, an extraordinary step toward shark conservation on the U.S. Pacific coast. The legislation now goes to the governor’s desk to be signed into law.
March 2011
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Massive shark jumps onboard fishing boat →
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top 10 Turtle watching tips →
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update
Sneaking on the computer right now haha
So far there have been 4 clean ups…(would have been more if the weather hadn’t been icky a few weekends)
Total time picking up trash: 2Hrs 5 Mins
Total weight of trash collected: 38.5 lbs
a small start but better then nothing ^.^
the last two clean ups will be posted this coming week since I’ll FINALLY have internet again /happy...
update
7 lbs picked up this Sat. Will actually be able to update this coming week. hurrah for getting internet back!!
February 2011
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slacking
Just wanted to apologize for the lack of updating. Been having issues with my internet access time. The next beach clean up is scheduled for tomorrow 7 am and I will get the entry from last week and the weekend updated asap!
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Watchaqua-h0lic:
Please watch, it’s well worth it.
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Amazing shots
Exclusive Underwater Shots: Aussie Photog Captures Giant Mako Biting Tail Off Marlin in Mid-Release
When photographer Al McGlashan jumped into the Pacific Ocean off Port Stephens, Australia, earlier this month, his assignment was to film a textbook release of a striped marlin caught and tagged by New South Wales fisheries officials. But a 10-foot mako shark that had been stalking the shoot...
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Legend... The Shark that came for Poi...
Got bored sitting here at work so I doodled this little tribal Shark. It got me thinking about old Hawaiian Legends… this one was always one of my favorites. Taken from Hawai`i Island Legends, Pikoi, Pele and Others
The Shark that came for Poi
“See that shark!” “He’s a big one! What do you suppose he wants?”
As the men paddled toward the Kona coast they watched the...
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Plastic Trash in Oceans Enters Marine Food Chain
Plastic Trash in Oceans Enters Marine Food Chain
Zulima Palacio | Washington February 15, 2011
Photo: 5 Gyres Institute
Marcus Eriksen is on a global expedition to document and publicize the growing accumulation of plastic trash in our oceans, and to study its effects on marine and human life
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Green Packaging...
Top Ten Shark Stories of 2010 (part 1)
Information found at Bush Warriors
With 70 million to 100 million sharks being killed each year, the majority of them for their fins, concerns are rightfully exploding over these creatures’ looming extinction. The challenges facing sharks are slowly coming into the foreground in mainstream media. They’ve likely received more press in 2010 than in any year prior. While the plight of our world’s...
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Top Ten Shark Stories of 2010 (Part 2)
Information found @ Bush Warriors
#5: Series of Unfortunate, Rare, and Bizarre Shark Attacks in Egypt’s Sharm el-Sheikh Prompt Frenzied Media Hype and the Slaughter of Threatened Sharks
Outside a Sharm el-Sheikh resort post-shark attack (photo credit: Jim and Joanna Farr)
It was the shark attack heard ‘round the world. After a series of shark attacks over a few days’ time in popular...
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2/12/11 Beach Clean up #2
2-12-11 (Saturday)
Beach Clean up #2
Dania Beach. North of the Pier. 7-8AM
Clean up time - 30Min’s
Trash Collected - 6 lbs
Hurrah! Beach clean up #2. not the prettiest morning, very overcast but at least it wasn’t too nasty to get out there. I was very excited for today’s clean up, actually had some help this morning & we planned to start with ‘walking on...
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Nat Geo. 2008 Shark Men, a Great White...
here are some pictures from the 2008 National Geographic’s Great White expedition off of Mexico’s Guadalupe Island. They made a hydraulic lift to raise theses giants from the sea to get a closer look, take samples and tag them. oh how I would love to do something like this, I’d be in that water in less then a heartbeat! ^.^
Expedition: Great White
A great white takes the...
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