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Divester: (The fishermen were too busy recovering from the disaster to go out fishing.) Since there were fewer fishermen, the endangered OliveRidley turtle was having a better than average season, reproductively-speaking. However, less than one year later, the fishermen have gotten their lives back in order and headed back to sea. (via Cosmos)
Animal Rights India: Moreover, the resulting pollution from oil spills and chemical leaks will pollute the waters and eventually drive off the Ridleys" said Sanjiv Gopal, Oceans Campaigner, Greenpeace India." And this is kind of sad, butthe tsunami that destroyed the lives of so many people and crippled sections of the fishing industry actually did turtles a good turn, according to this report by Harsh Kabra: "The highly endangered Olive Ridley turtles have had a safe breeding season this year along the coast of the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Large numbers of the Lepidochelys oliveacea turtles are normally (via Cosmos)
News for a Synergic Earth :: We asked BBC News website readers to send us images of how these changes are affecting their lives. From New Zealand, Ilan Kelman, UK, writes: "This picture is of the parched hills just south of Christchurch, New Zealand, during the summer heat wave and drought of 2003-2004." Europe also suffered a major heat wave in 2003, with temperatures soaring to unprecedented heights in some places. (via Cosmos)
deskmonkey: Olive Ridley turtles See them before they are withdrawn. Any excuse but REALLY it is a very good reason (honest!) (via Cosmos)
[CatSpit :: Salivation for the masses.] Conflicted. Brain hurts.: What I hadn't appreciated is just quite the scale of the nautical devastation. As an avid scuba diver, I greatly enjoy marvelling at the wonders under the surface that nature has to offer.
[GREENPEACE | Defending the Deep : Episode III : Esperanza / NORTH WEST ATLANTIC 2005] Talking to Trawlers: It's incredibly challenging to obtain permission to board these vessels so that we can document what goes on, since the fisherman are very skeptical about Greenpeace and most of them don't want us to come anywhere near them. We had several radio conversations with the bottom trawlers in this area today and since I was helping out on the bridge I was able to listen to and monitor what was being said.
[Members.greenpeace.org] Undercurrents - August 2005 - Greenpeace Member Blog: When Omega said they would not accept even a voluntary cap at 115,000 metric tons, the ASMFC's Menhaden Board Chair Jack Travelstead ruled the proposal to be out of order. (Earlier, Travelstead had ruled any discussion of a moratorium out of order as well, despite the fact that the Commission had received more than 20,000 public comments in support of a moratorium.)
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