http://news.ubc.ca/2016/01/19/study-finds-30-per-cent-of-global-fish-catch-is-unreported/



Where to buy!

Greenpeace lists top 7 major U.S. retailers

offering sustainable seafood

1) WholeFoods

2) Wegmans 

3) Hy-Vee

4) Safeway

5) Target

6) Aldi

7) Trader Joe's

http://cato.greenpeaceusa.org/Carting-Away-the-Oceans-9.pdf

Plastic is killing the ocean.

http://ecowatch.com/2015/02/25/david-suzuki-stop-killing-oceans-plastic/?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=56ff932640-Top_News_2_28_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-56ff932640-85900797

 Effects of mechanized fishing



 Ann Luskey talks 

PLASTIC 

it's in the water, it's in the fish, it's in us! 

http://vimeo.com/72213378

Plastic SEAS

Jeneene Chatowsky's amazing documentary on plastic pollution -please watch!

http://vimeo.com/65569968

Sound is killing whales and dolphins

Join Ted Danson - stop seismic air gun testing in the Atlantic

 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ted-danson/my-petition-to-the-presid_b_3185090.html

Join Pierce Brosnan -  halt Navy sonar testing

https://secure.nrdconline.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=3053&autologin=true&s_src=sonarbg&utm_source=link&utm_medium=alert&utm_campaign=email&JServSessionIdr004=f5osn4qafa.app305a

 ~ Seafood Lovers ~ 

For Safe and Sustainable Seafood

download Monterey Bay Aquarium's

seafood pocket guide or download the app

http://www.seafoodwatch.org/

 Watch

WHALE AND DOLPHIN CONSERVATION's

North Atlantic Right Whales struggle to survive

http://vimeo.com/54951088

 Choose only American-caught seafood - support American fishermen!  

Watch 

Can the Oceans Keep Up With the Hunt?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oX4aFF6GtP4

     Take the 5 Gyres PLASTIC PROMISE

http://5gyres.org/the_5_gyres_plastic_promise

 10 Easy Ways to Use Less Plastic (oneworldoneocean)

http://www.oneworldoneocean.com/blog/entry/10-easy-ways-to-use-less-plastic

To learn more about plastic pollution in the world’s oceans, check out the following organizations: 

• Plastic Pollution Coalition: The coalition, which is made up of hundreds of organizations, seeks to reduce the world’s dependence on plastic products through education. They hosted a series of TEDx Talks about plastic pollution and the Pacific Garbage Patch.
• Plastic Oceans Foundation:Dedicated to raising awareness of marine plastic pollution through film and media, the Plastic Oceans Foundation emphasizes the interaction between humans and the ocean. They are a partner of the Plastic Pollution Coalition.
• 5 Gyres:To understand the impact of marine plastic pollution, 5 Gyres leads exploratory missions to all five subtropical gyres, the locations where ocean currents push debris into large patches. This organization works with Pangaea Explorations and Algalita Marine Research Foundation to learn more about these garbage patches and communicate their global impact and advocate for effective solutions.
• Algalita Marine Research Foundation: One of the sponsors of 5 Gyres, Algalita Marine Research was founded by Captain Charles Moore, who discovered the Pacific Garbage Patch. This foundation is dedicated to studying and mapping the garbage patches around the world.
• Plastic Debris Rivers to Sea:This California-based project is working to assess and reduce sources of trash in urban runoff.  One of their main goals includes facilitating dialogue between government, industry, and community to address the sources of land-based debris in rivers leading to the Pacific Ocean.
• List courtesy of OCEANA

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  WATCH the IMPACT OF SEAFOOD 

National Geographic's Interactive Seafood Guide

http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/ocean/take-action/impact-of-seafood/#/intro-video/

Save A Whale: Watch Valentina's Story http://www.youtube.com/embed/EBYPlcSD490?rel=0

SIGN THE PLEDGE - STOP SHARK FINNING

http://oceanicdefense.org/campaigns/stop-shark-finning.html

Up to 73 million sharks are slaughtered each year for the global fin trade, which fuels a demand for shark-fin soup, according to Pew. Fishers usually slice the animals' fins off and throw their still-living bodies overboard. Do not eat shark fin soup. New evidence suggests ingesting shark fin to be a potential health risk.  

Taiwanese processing shark fins 

Photos - Paul Hilton, Pew Environment Group and National Geographic

 JOIN the CAMPAIGN

Sign the Pledge to Boycott Bluefin http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/species/fish/Atlantic_bluefin_tuna/bluefin_boycott/index.html

MAKE SMART CHOICES - Choose Sustainable Seafood

Support supermarkets and restaurants that serve only sustainable seafood 

Greenpeace's Supermarket Scorecard

 http://cato.greenpeaceusa.org/Carting-Away-the-Oceans-9.pdf

As consumers, our seafood choices at grocery stores and restaurants greatly impact fish stocks.   

 Euthynnus alletteratus or Little Tunny False Albacore

(artwork - Catherine Armbruster)

For a complete list visit

Blue Ocean Institute 

http://www.blueocean.org/seafood/

Natural Resources Defense Council

http://www.nrdc.org/oceans/seafoodguide/page4.asp 

Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Pocket Guide

http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/cr/seafoodwatch.aspx

 PLEASE

DO NOT LEAVE, LITTER, DROP OR DUMP ANYTHING - Recycle!

Plastic does NOT disintegrate quickly. Rather it eventually becomes a dust-like substance of minute particles that float throughout the water column and eventually to the ocean floor. Scientists believe it can last for centuries. 

 Jacques Cousteau walking a Pacific Island beach

View Chris Jordan's amazing photographs 

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=pGl62LuQask

Floating PLASTIC BAGS - SurfriderHumboldt

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Drowned Sea Lion - trapped in a wind sock 

Alaska

Photo - Alaska Fish and Game

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Pacific Albatross full of plastic garbage

Midway Island 10/2009

Photos - Chris Jordan

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BE INFORMED

 A guide on selecting sustainable tuna, shrimp and salmon!

 http://www.wildplanetfoods.com/thewild-way/sustainability/

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"The birds are gone because the fish are gone."

http://www.theherald.com.au/story/1848433/the-ocean-is-broken/ 

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Opposition to seismic airgun testing in Atlantic grows following Federal approval.

Take action - SIGN HERE!

http://oceana.org/en/our-work/climate-energy/seismic-airgun-blasting/overview

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To find sustainable seafood buy from community-supported fishery and dock to table programs 

http://www.triplepundit.com/2014/03/every-fish-tale-power-story-matters-people-planet/

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10 things you can do about plastic pollution

http://ecowatch.com/2014/04/07/22-facts-plastic-pollution-10-things-can-do-about-it/ 

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Glimpses of hope for fisheries

http://live.huffingtonpost.com/r/segment/scientists-predict-salt-water-fish-extinction-/52f3c6252b8c2a0d8e00024b

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Entanglement in fishing gear leads to a long and painful death for marine animals 

http://www.whoi.edu/news-release/whaling-design-default

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Marine mammals lead to fish - then die as by-catch

http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/plehner/imported_seafood_comes_with_a.html 

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Choose sustainable - download RIPPL - free app from OCEAN CONSERVANCY 

http://www.oceanconservancy.org/do-your-part/rippl.html

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Navy admits plans to detonate underwater explosives will kill and injure hundreds of marine animals

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/30/navy-dolphins-whales_n_3841924.html 

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EU states no more shark finning at sea!  

http://www.sharkalliance.org/content.asp?did=38294 

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Trash found in  

Pacific Ocean

~ 2 miles down ~

http://www.mbari.org/news/news_releases/2013/deep-debris/deep-debris-release.html

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Illegal Fishing

  $10 - $23 BILLION a year  in STOLEN fish

Sharks (for fins)

Russian sockeye salmon

Chilean seabass or Toothfish

Swordfish and tuna - Greece

Cod - UK

Bluefin tuna and other species of tuna

http://oceana.org/sites/default/files/reports/Oceana_StolenSeafood.pdf

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"Dolphin-hunting fishermen pour pesticides and other toxic chemicals into the water to immobilize the dolphins to make them easier to catch.

They apparently are unaware that this cruel technique means that any meat eaten from such a dolphin would be extraordinarily contaminated and dangerous.

Based the gravity of this situation in Peru we have determined the best way to end this practice is to bring the facts to international organizations such as the scientific committee of the International Whaling Commission and the Convention on Migratory Species."

Hardy Jones - bluevoice.org

http://www.bluevoice.org/

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SEAFOOD FRAUD FOUND

IN 21 US CITIES

"The United States is the second largest seafood-consuming country worldwide (China is number one), and more than 90 percent of the seafood consumed is imported. Less than 1 percent is tested specifically for fraud."  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/21/seafood-fraud-study-mislabeling_n_2733377.html?icid=maing-grid10%7Chtmlws-main-bb%7Cdl1%7Csec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D273398

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LIONFISH 

NOAA's downloadable guide to controlling this invasive species 

 http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2012/20121009_lionfishconservationareas.html

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WHO OWNS and CONTROLS the  WORLDWIDE FISHING INDUSTRY

Listen to Peter Neill, World Ocean Observatory, discuss Industrial Fishing

http://worldoceanobservatory.org/radio-item/191-industrial-fishing

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Pew-Ecotrust Study Reports Recreational Anglers Lose Millions as Fish Diminish

http://www.pewenvironment.org/news-room/press-releases/southeast-suffered-millions-in-economic-losses-from-overfishing-85899409732

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Fishermen Agree: Big fish need little fish to survive

http://www.sacbee.com/2012/06/22/4580769/fishermen-agree-big-fish-need.html

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Alarming Levels of Neurotoxins found in Shark Fins  

A study completed by the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Studies suggests that consumption of shark fin soup and cartilage pills may pose a significant health risk for degenerative brain diseases.

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-02/uomr-nis022312.php 

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World's Largest Tuna Conservation Coalition  Bans Shark Finning

The International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) Board of Directors "will require industry participants to adopt written policies that prohibit the practice of shark finning and refrain from transactions with fishing vessels that engage in the practice." 

http://iss-foundation.org/

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IPSO study- Ocean life on the brink of mass extinctions

"The findings are shocking," Alex Rogers, scientific director of IPSO, wrote of the conclusions from a 2011 workshop of ocean experts staged by IPSO and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) at Oxford University.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110621/sc_nm/us_oceans

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New study from the University of British Columbia reports that commercial fishing expanded exponentially since the 1950s and now includes the majority of the world's ocean, leaving few areas for expansion.

  http://www.seaweb.org/news/ou15_25.php

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