Oceans
Wednesday, October 23, 2024
GA oyster shell recycling turns restaurant waste into coastal protection
By Isabelle Atkins for Grady Newsource.Broadcast version by Shanteya Hudson for Georgia News Connection reporting for the Solutions Journalism Network…
National Seafood Month: Fish farming crowds out wild salmon
October is National Seafood Month and the fish on your plate might not be coming from where you think. The U.S. imports 90% of the seafood it …
A call for moratorium on catching deep-sea mesopelagic fish
By Shi En Kim for Sentient.Broadcast version by Suzanne Potter for California News Service reporting for the Sentient-Public News Service Collaboratio…
Debunking the horror: To oceans, sharks are vital, not villains
As Halloween approaches, a spooky campaign aims to clear up the common misunderstandings about some of nature's most feared creatures. In …
ME ‘living shorelines’ counter rising sea levels, stronger storms
By Erik Hoffner for Mongabay.Broadcast version by Kathryn Carley for Maine News Service reporting for the Solutions Journalism Network-Public News Ser…
Ocean Protection Council refines plans to protect CA coastal waters
California has set a goal to protect 30% of its land and waters by the year 2030, so the Ocean Protection Council is working on which waters should …
Federal court rejects permit for industrial aquaculture structures
Ocean advocates are hailing a federal judge's decision that deemed a nationwide permit for industrial aquaculture structures unlawful. The U.S…
River herring loss in MA part of greater forage stock decline
Members of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head are asking federal regulators to help restore the river herring, a forage fish they said is vital to the …
CT seeing sharp drop in forage fish population
Connecticut's forage fish population is disappearing. The newest Atlantic herring stock assessment showed aside from overfishing, the species is not …
Group addressing menhaden decline in the upper Chesapeake Bay
Forage fish, a critical food source for other species, are in decline up and down the Eastern Seaboard but menhaden decline in Maryland waters has …
Northeast anglers: Forage-fish depletion is no red herring
Anglers along the Atlantic coast want stricter regulations to help improve stocks of Atlantic herring, a forage fish vital to a healthy ocean …
Latino voters in AR call on Congress to clean up Mississippi River
Some Latinos in Arkansas were among 400 residents across 10 states polled about the health of the Mississippi River. Both registered Republicans and …