Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Sea Turtles Netted
Entangled and drowned in a fishing net off the coast of Brazil, these green sea turtles in an undated picture are just a few of the MILLIONS of sea turtles that have been unintentionally killed by fishing opperations over the past 20 years, according to a study released by the journal "Conservation Letters".To see this release, click here:
"Of all the threats sea turtles face right now, bycatch is the most serious," said Bryan Wallace, a marine biologist with Conservation International and lead author of the study.
To read a commentary by Wallace on how he thinks changing your eating habits can help sea turtles, click here:
The study pulls together data from around the world on sea turtle deaths from nets, hooks and trawls, and questions the estimates of previous reports.
"Because the reports we reviewed typically covered less than one percent of all fleets, with little or no information from small-scale fisheries around the world, we conservatively estimate that the true total is probably not in tens of thousands, but in the MILLIONS of turtles taken as bycatch in the past two decades," the authors write.
Six of the seven sea turtle species are listed as vilnerable, endangered or critically endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's "Red List of Threatened Species".
To visit the IUCN official website, click here:
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Welcome to the official blog of Ocean's Advocate. You know what we are, and what we do, so now it's time to step inside our world, get the most up-to-date news, videos, article releases, pictures and interviews!
Our dedicated crew will shortly be posting unedited and completely raw video-biographies so you can get to know each and every one of them, in addition to never-before-seen footage of the places we work during our "Off Hours" from OA, and soon you'll also have access to behind the scenes clips and bloopers from our many adventures and get a "bird's eye" view of some of the work we do in the wild!
Don't forget to check out our other sites for more information and interaction with the crew! We've got lots of things going on this year so stay tuned, make sure to follow us on here, twitter, myspace, Hi5, youtube, friendster, our interactive forum as well as the official OA website to be opening to the public this year! Welcome aboard, and enjoy the ride!
Our dedicated crew will shortly be posting unedited and completely raw video-biographies so you can get to know each and every one of them, in addition to never-before-seen footage of the places we work during our "Off Hours" from OA, and soon you'll also have access to behind the scenes clips and bloopers from our many adventures and get a "bird's eye" view of some of the work we do in the wild!
Don't forget to check out our other sites for more information and interaction with the crew! We've got lots of things going on this year so stay tuned, make sure to follow us on here, twitter, myspace, Hi5, youtube, friendster, our interactive forum as well as the official OA website to be opening to the public this year! Welcome aboard, and enjoy the ride!
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