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World’s Premier Marine Ecosystem at Risk

Robert Hunziker — Mon, 31 Oct 2022 06:15:23 +0000

The Southern Ocean is 10% of the world’s oceans. Yet, it is arguably the most significant ecosystem of the planet for marine sea life as well as regulation of CO2 and ocean heat, serving as a buffer to climate change and thereby benefiting the entire globe. It is the final frontier of life support for Earth.

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Seaspiracy’s Nightmarish Odyssey

Robert Hunziker — Sun, 16 May 2021 20:38:02 +0000

Seaspiracy is a powerful new documentary about the hazardous, unruly world of industrial fishing and stomach-churning abuse, overuse, disregard for life, as shown on Netflix, released by Disrupt Studios March 24th 2021.

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Oceanic Sharks and Rays Have Declined by 71% Since 1970 – A Global Solution Is Needed

The CNCL Team — Sat, 20 Feb 2021 04:06:45 +0000

Marine biologists have been raising the alarm for several decades now, but their warnings were often ignored. Now, new research has brought together disparate threads of data into a single, global analysis of shark and ray populations in the open ocean.

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Overfishing Ban Could Save the Oceans From Climate Change

The CNCL Team — Mon, 14 Oct 2019 03:50:32 +0000

A ban on overfishing could protect the oceans and help fight climate change, a new report says. Overfishing is impacting the oceans' health and resilience.

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Plastic? What’s Really Killing Our Oceans?

The CNCL Team — Mon, 14 Oct 2019 01:01:15 +0000

The public has expressed growing concern for the state of our oceans, as plastic is quickly outnumbering the amount of fish in the sea. But what is the main driver of ocean plastic? It turns out that close to 50% of the plastic debris in our oceans is abandoned fishing gear.

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James Cameron’s New Docu-Series Will Make You Ditch Plastic and Seafood

The CNCL Team — Sun, 04 Aug 2019 22:22:45 +0000

James Cameron is teaming up with National Geographic to make a groundbreaking ocean documentary series, which may convince you to ditch plastic and seafood. Named “Mission OceanX,” the six-episode series will follow a hand-picked team of scientists, cinematographers, and filmmakers on board the maiden voyage of the Alucia2 as it sails across the Indian ocean.

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‘Unprecedented’ Decline of Plants and Animals as Global ‘Red List’ Reveals Nearly One-Third of Assessed Species Under Threat

The CNCL Team — Sun, 21 Jul 2019 23:35:46 +0000

The Red List, published Thursday by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), revealed that one third of all species the group has assessed are now under threat due to overfishing, pollution, illegal logging and trafficking, threats to water sources and habitats due to the climate crisis, and other factors, including many human activities.

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Sharks Under Attack: These Animals Are Overfished and Underprotected

The CNCL Team — Wed, 03 Jul 2019 09:45:11 +0000

Sharks are in far more danger from humans than humans are from sharks, and they need our help. A new report from Greenpeace International has revealed that, in the North Atlantic Ocean, some fishing boats are catching up to four times more sharks than swordfish, despite swordfish being the boats' official target.

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Extinction Emergency – We Need Action Right Now to Save New Zealand Dolphins

The CNCL Team — Thu, 06 Jun 2019 22:36:45 +0000

Human activities are pushing some marine species towards extinction, including some of the smallest dolphins in the world. Collectively known as New Zealand dolphins, Hector’s and Māui dolphins live only around the coast of New Zealand and they are dying in fishing nets at a rate that will see them extinct if we don’t change our behaviour around them and remove the destructive fishing nets from their home.

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We Are Witnessing the Collapse of Nature

The CNCL Team — Wed, 22 May 2019 05:23:57 +0000

We seem to be a pretty smart species, we create symphonies and 3D printed hearts and can take pictures of Mars. But really, how smart is a species that knowingly destroys its own habitat, to the point that it becomes unsurvivable? It is up to us, right now, to ensure that we protect biodiversity and treat the natural world with the care and respect required to support our species.

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Stop Eating Fish. It’s the Only Way to save the Life in Our Seas

The CNCL Team — Thu, 09 May 2019 05:34:41 +0000

Life is collapsing even faster than on land. The main cause, the UN biodiversity report makes clear, is not plastic. It is not pollution, not climate breakdown, not even the acidification of the ocean. It is fishing. Because commercial fishing is the most important factor, this is the one we talk about least.

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One Million Species at Risk of Extinction, UN Report Warns

The CNCL Team — Sun, 05 May 2019 21:31:46 +0000

A landmark global assessment warns that the window is closing to safeguard biodiversity and a healthy planet. Yet solutions are in sight. Theh bonds that hold nature together may be at risk of unraveling from deforestation, overfishing, development, and other human activities, a landmark United Nations report warns. Thanks to human pressures, one million species may be pushed to extinction in the next few years, with serious consequences for human beings as well as the rest of life on Earth.

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