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May 10, 2008 TBRC meeting |
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Written by Stephen Boyd
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Thursday, 24 April 2008 |
The May meeting will be held at rainmaker2085's house on May 10th at 2pm. As soon as we get more info on the meeting we will post it here.
Address:
7463 Roxye Lane
Sarasota, Fl 34240
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 24 April 2008 )
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Nuked coral reef bounces back |
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Written by Stephen Boyd
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Friday, 18 April 2008 |
Nuked coral reef bounces back
- 18:30 14 April 2008
- NewScientist.com news service
- Catherine Brahic
What does a coral reef look like 50 years after being nuked? Not so bad, it seems. Coconuts growing on Bikini Atoll haven't fared so well, however.
Three islands of Bikini Atoll were vapourised by the Bravo hydrogen bomb in 1954, which shook islands 200 kilometres away. Instead of finding a bare underwater moonscape, ecologists who have dived it have given the 2-kilometre-wide crater a clean bill of health.
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Last Updated ( Monday, 21 April 2008 )
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Loggerhead Turtles Numbers Decline |
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Written by Bryan Gifford
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Monday, 24 September 2007 |
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CNN has an article today about the declining number of the Loggerhead
Turtles in the Gulf of Mexico. The article
is talking about the declining number of nesting sites on beaches in the South
East of the United States. There has
been a lot of effort to get the sp ecies back on the path to full recovery and
through the 1990’s they were seeing a positive number increase. This year the numbers are off anywhere from 2%
– 7%, which is causing researchers to look for a reason why. Commercial fishing is a suspect.
This article made me think, and off to research I went.
NOAA
has a page dedicated to marine turtles that are threatened or endangered. NOAA has a very detailed page on each of the
species on the threatened list. The
information is very interesting and detailed.
The
Loggerheads biggest threat is from the fishing industry. It
appears that Long line fishing (single fishing line with baited hooks every few
feet) and gillnets are the primary threat.
What can you do? Read
websites, information and education is the first step toward making a
difference, but it takes more than education.
We need to eliminate the major threats to the turtles, and you can do
that be being
aware of what you are purchasing when you eat seafood.
Turtles are just another example of the side effects we have
on our planet. Let’s hope awareness will
continue to grow and with that the populations of all those threatened species!
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