Shellfish Disease Plaguing Lobster Industry [Windows Media Player]
http://www.mpbn.net/radio/mainenews/080822disease.htm
Rock lobster season 'prosperous' in south
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/southlandtimes/4675873a6568.html
Gulf of Maine Research Institute: Lobster Den [Macromedia
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http://gmri.org/media/videoPage.asp?ID=18
The Lobster Institute [Real Player,...
Yangtze River Dolphin
http://www.edgeofexistence.org/conservation/yangtze_river_dolphin.asp
Yangtze River
http://www.panda.org/about_wwf/what_we_do/freshwater/about_freshwater/rivers/yangtze/index.cfm
Alarm sounded for Yangtze River
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3826873.stm
World Conservation Union Red List of Threatened...
As an old saying goes, "There are only so many fish in the sea", and this is a saying that is becoming more and more true each year. With that in mind, the Monterey Bay Aquarium has developed the Seafood Watch site to help people make informed decisions about purchasing different types of seafood. The site contains sections such as "Which Seafood To Buy & Why" and "What You Can Do". In the "Which...
In a study published in the journal _Nature_, co-authors Ramsom Myers and Boris Worm concluded that 90 percent of the world's large fishes have disappeared from the world's oceans over the past fifty years, attributing this phenomenon to industrial fishing. Utilizing data from the past 47 years, Myers and Worm looked at the precipitous decline in the populations of species such as tuna, marlin,...
The first is a short article from Scientific American about some recent research that identifies ten biodiversity hotspots where conservation is becoming extremely important. An opinion piece from Christian Science Monitor claims there is a need for no-take marine reserves to protect fish populations and fisheries. A page from the Pew Oceans Commission gives some information about overfishing and...
A biology professor at Dalhousie University offers this supplement to a recent article in the journal Nature, which showed that there may be only ten percent of all large fish left in the global ocean. A three-page press release summarizes the article, outlines its implications, and calls for international collaboration to restore marine ecosystems. Additionally, the Web site provides graphical...