"Never does Nature say one thing and wisdom another." -Juvenal

Thursday, November 23, 2006

Still more signs of our dying oceans

The journal Science has published an article that suggests that this will be the last century of wild caught fish from our oceans. Very depressing news, but not surprising. BBC News has an excellent synopsis of the study:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6108414.stm

The silver lining to this report is that there is even more indication that marine protected areas could play a major role in slowing or halting the loss of species from the oceans.

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Southpark speaks for Greenpeace!


Blame Canada for the lame stance we have taken on deep-sea strip mining.

Clearly we need to take a precautionary approach to our exploitation of marine resources. Canada's lack of leadership in upholding the moratorium on bottom trawling is short sighted and tragic for these fragile marine communities.

http://squid.us/oh-my-god-they-killed-squiddy/

See also: http://oceans.greenpeace.org/en/the-expedition/news/bottom-trawling-the-un-decides

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