SandyHook SeaLife Foundation™
Your choices matter!
Medford, NJ 08055
United States
ph: 609.953.2677
fax: 609.953.2677
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what you can do
Those who have the privilege to know have the duty to act. - Einstein
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.
Effects of mechanized fishing
Ann Luskey talks
PLASTIC
it's in the water, it's in the fish, it's in us!
Plastic SEAS
Jeneene Chatowsky's amazing documentary on plastic pollution -please watch!
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
~ Seafood Lovers ~
For Safe and Sustainable Seafood
download Monterey Bay Aquarium's
seafood pocket guide or download the app
Watch
WHALE AND DOLPHIN CONSERVATION's
North Atlantic Right Whales struggle to survive
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
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
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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
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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
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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."
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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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Dr. Thomas Armbruster
President & Founder
Member
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM)
Catherine Armbruster
Director of Outreach & Development
Founder - Reading with PAWS
Mary M. Hamilton
Executive Director
Marine Conservation through Education, Volunteerism, Political Action
Supporting WildOceans (formerly National Coalition for Marine Conservation), Healthy Oceans Coalition,
Shark Alliance International, New Jersey Environmental Lobby
Phone: 609.953.2677
326 Stokes Rd. #372 Medford, NJ 08055 USA
Medford, NJ 08055
United States
ph: 609.953.2677
fax: 609.953.2677
SHSLFoun